Fiber art found me in 2021. The Covid quarantine was lifting, and after years of wanting to learn to weave, I finally gifted myself lessons at my local

yarn shop. I quickly became hooked, purchased a Rigid Heddle Loom,

and merrily began buying lots of cool yarn.  

 

One day after a lesson, a picture of an adorable little bunny caught my eye. The picture was on a box of a needle felting kit, sitting on the sale table.

The next week he was still there. I asked the owner what

felting was, purchased the kit, and began an amazing journey

through the world of felting.

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I haven't actually felted that bunny. Instead, the first thing I ever made

was a penguin my daughter named Gunther. Then I discovered

how to blend fibers and I designed and felted my own bunny.

His name is Marlow. 

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Today, Gunther & Marlow sit on the ledge in my studio

and watch over everything. They inspire me when a piece ends

up in my "bag of learning" that lives on the top shelf in a closet.

They smile at me when I add new colors to my wool wall.

But most of all, they remind me to breathe, try, and try again.

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