Saturday 26 November 2011

....Julie Arkell.....

........now i bet that's grabbed your attention, hasn't it.............................................

.........tomorrow is the day that i have been longing for since May, ....the Julie Arkel workshop in London...........since the weekend i have been slowly filling my basket with the essentials that an obsessive crafter like myself  needs to take on such a trip to get her through the day.....


.........................Number one....take receipt and print out email of confirmation...generally one wouldn't do this but being me it would be just my luck to turn up and they have no recollection of who i am.

........................Number two.....take crochet hooks and various knitting needles, just in case.........just in case of what i don't know.......but just in case!

........................Number three.....take a small carton of soya milk for cups of tea as where ever i go i always take my own soya milk as most people look at you blank when you say....."yes' i would love a cup of tea...do you have any soya milk."?......and then you get the look.......so, to avoid 'the look' i take my own milk.

........................Number four.....take various bits of favourite materials and sewing stuff......also, just in case.

........................And number five......my camera.....most very essential.


......................Then......i had a phone call  to say that the workshop was cancelled, as poor Julie Arkell can't make it due to unfortunate family troubles..........the workshop is now in March.


..............................................................................Oh.......................................................................




................Of course my thoughts were with Julie and hoped that nothing too awful was wrong with her family.....but i couldn't help feeling rather deflated.....................but these things happen...........so i wont be bringing you all wondrous photos of my day in London after all............it shall have to wait till spring.............................................


........................so instead, for now, i shall show you what i have been up to lately...............


.....have you seen this over at Stephanies site.....at Tiny owl knits......





......well.....

.......now i have a gnome too.....





.....he's a bit of a 'billy no mates' at the moment.....but I'm working on it.....

......great fun to make and really quite easy, i have never done wet felting before and now i think i want to felt everything......and i also now have somewhere to keep all my double pointed needles.......well......one set anyway.....for now.


.....I shall be back on Monday to show something else that i have in progress, using some very new yarn.

.....Bye for now...
Pixie x



8 comments:

  1. you lucky girl! Julie Arkell is such a unique inspiring artist. and you can go to London in to her class, how wonderful is that!! i wish you could take few photos for us to see...

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  2. I havent heard of Julie Arkell, but I'm sorry your class was postponed :-(
    Your gnome is very cute.
    I thought of you today when we walked past Haruka, aa gorgeous 3 layered skirt with felted pointy hem- yummee!

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  3. I started reading your blog...
    You lucky, lucky thing....
    Oh no, how disapppointing. Sorry something has happened for Julie but So disappointing. We get all psyched up for these workshops. I would LOVE to do one. Bit for for me.
    BTW your felting is reallly cute.

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  4. You lucky thing you!!! I can't wait to see your goodies you make. I love Julie's work too, if I lived in England I would SO make it happen.

    :-} Lorraine

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  5. OH!!! ok that is not fun. HUGS!!!
    BUT you will get to go.... just later.....

    The gnome video is funny. I am sure you are feeling a bit off center after that class was canceled. Glad to see you are moving along!

    Lorraine

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  6. Awww Pixie, how disappointing for you... but I'm sure it'll come around very soon and you'll be creating something magical with Julie before you know it xxxx

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  7. Oh dear, at least you get to look forward to March now though!
    Loving the DPN gnome, never tried felting yet but everyone says it's easy so might have a bash at it. I mean I still have to try the fairy castle pattern for Tiny Owl Knits after you were a bad influence and sent me to the website, lol!
    Lori x

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  8. Love your little felted gnome! I just started hooking one last night.
    Sorry about the "Julie" workshop. Four of us girls signed up for the workshop in France in July 2012. Hope it doesn't get cancelled~ Can't wait to see what you create....

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