Goodwool

It was another cold and gray Winter Sunday so

to make things a bit brighter I wanted to do a 

little woolgathering.  I headed to my favorite

thrift store for my treasure hunting.  I have

decided to change the name of my "to go" thrift

shop from Goodwill to Goodwool...

...because for under $15 I got this PILE of

wool that I can cut apart, felt and make into

new creations.

I haven't been woolgathering in months

since the last time I had a box filled with

wool clothing to be felted.

After my Mom's death in September I felt I 

needed a project to get my mind off my grief

and give me plenty to do once I dove into the

project.  My studio needed to be revamped.  So, 

I started by emptying bins and long forgotten 

boxes onto the floor in the middle of the studio

 and I sorted through EVERYTHING,

I had this three piece office desk in our family

room.  Years ago we bought it thinking the desktop

computer would sit in the corner section and each kid

would have a desk on the side where they could do 

their homework and share the computer so they 

could work together to cure all disease and bring about

World Peace.  Of course the kids rarely sat there to do

their homework,  they soon had laptops and worked in 

their rooms.  Mr. Wonderful and I worked at it for 

years but we ended up with laptops and tablets and

phones and realized we'd never have a desktop computer

again.  So, I decided to bring it into my studio to use as

a sewing and storage table.

Craft and wool storage is in this cabinet.

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My stitching table and computer desk with wool

felt storage in the corner.

Large cutting/work table, fabric storage,

drawing desk and button shelf in this corner.

There is another corner with more storage 

but that still needs some sorting and organization.

Mia the Wonder Dog hangs out with me all the 

time. I'm looking forward to getting to all the

projects I have sketched out and have floating

around in my mind.