The sun came out...for awhile.

The sun came out on Tuesday and it was lovely. Haven't seen it since! I have a new job. For the next four months I will be conducting research in the form of designing and deploying surveys, conducting focus groups, one on one interviews, etc. for the

Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. I'm very excited to be doing this work but I will also be quite busy as I will have to travel to St. John's a number of times and also travel across the province to meet as many Craftspeople, Craft Artists, Designer/Makers as I can. The work will (hopefully) help determine where we can offer additional training to help us all become more successful! A lofty goal indeed. In my downtime I'm actually reading a book! which is another lofty goal in my world these days. I have also revisited a technique that used to facinate me...Shibori. Shibori is the ancient art of stitched resist to create pattern. Here I'm using a wool/silk mix and I've stitched across the width of the cloth in running stitch. Then I pull the threads to gather the cloth. Tomorrow I will overdye and then remove the threads to reveal the pattern. Stay tuned and stay warm. xxxb