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@HarrietMonkhouse Thank you!
I can't take credit for the sunflowers. They were formed by nature.

@VE2UWY Those are awesome! I particularly like the sloth. But where do you put your bananas?

For those who don't know what felting is, it is sculpting with wool. Any wool will do: sheep, alpaca, goat, even hair from your dog, if properly prepared. The wool is compacted upon itself using small, sharp barbed needles and eventually solidifies into the shape of your choosing. It can be used to make lifelike animals or whimsical creatures and scenes that don't require turning neighborhoods into deserts or blowing up the power grid. #felting #fiber #art

@VE2UWY A lot of people haven't heard of felting. When I describe it as sculpting with wool they get a vacant stare. Even when trying to explain how it's done to people, they usually don't understand. It's only when I hand a felted object to someone and have them hold it whilst I explain how it's made that they understand.

Today I found a large set of felting items for $5.59: fifty small pieces of roving in a variety of colours, dozens of needles in four different sizes, a felting pad, many felting molds and two storage cases to hold it all. A good score for me but I wish I could find the person who gave it away and give them felting lessons so they didn't get discouraged and kept going with it.

@Caiotekit Maybe I'll make a diorama with the snow people on snowy ground beside a few trees with tiny working lights. That would make a lovely winter decoration.

For $2.44 I bought this complete kit at the thrift store for the roving and needles but these snowmen are so adorable I'm tempted to just make the kit as intended. #felting #wool #roving

@TheConversationUS Raising questions? Really? We already know how this will end. We've read the book.

@pezmico So much this. Also about my own gender. It affects me not at all what gender people want to think I am.

@elderpumpkin No but I saw that one the other day! (Small world!) This is on Parker in Shirley, MA.

In New England we turn lemons into lemonade or, in our case, successive blizzards into twenty foot snowmen. #snowmegeddon #snow #blizzard #snowman #sculpture #fun