Heart-felt joy

What a smashing day it's been. I have been recovering from my sicky head for nearly a week and the arrival of Mum and Dad set me well and truly back on the road to well-being. Especially as Mum and I had a surprise up our sleeve for Dad. It came about because Simon has taken Will to see a live musical tribute to Star Wars at the O2 which left Anna, Mum, Dad and I to amuse ourselves. I felt we deserved a treat and when Sam said she was free to have us over for a workshop day I hesitated for all of five seconds!


As I have mentioned before I can't seem to change the order in which photos appear here so just act surprised when I tell you that Dad made THE most fantastic hat, Mum a very classy bag and I made bangles, balls, dreads and an Easter nest.

Anna had a fabulous time too, playing with Sam's gorgeous daughter, husband, guinea pigs and chooks.
The felt we made was wet felt in 'one piece'. We ransacked Sam's stash for fibres that caught our attention and either worked with them as was or carded them on a drum carder to soften them and give us one long 'bat' with which to work. All of us have finishing touches to add, and I'm afraid my woolly gems have really added two more projects to the list but essentially Dad made a hat in four hours- from fluff to head- that can't be bad!
I had such a lovely time, huge thanks to Sam and her lovely family and to my lovely family for a magical day which I will never forget. xx