Mood:  happy

The alpaca design uses alpaca yarn for the actual alpaca. 

 For my classes I use my hand dyed yarns in wool or wool/silk. I love the sheen of 100 percent silk in punch needle but it gets too pricey for class kits.

This summer for the MAWS conference, I designed a pattern that used their conference logo.  That was fun. 

 I like to punch needle embroider and like to design patterns.  I just get a little distracted.  So it is fun to be back at punch needle again.  Linda

Mood:  energetic

I spent the last few days with my Dad and had fun.  Now I'm back with ANOTHER DEADLINE.  I'm going to show my weaving guild how to make small punch needle ornaments.  I'm busy designing several Christmas punch needle ornaments that can be completed in 2 hours.  So far I've designed a Christmas tree ornament, a stocking, and a bell.  They are simple small designs because we don't have much time at the meeting to complete them.  This first punch needle item I designed for such a short task is a spindle

For that same class at SOAR I also designed an alpaca and a spinning wheel.