For the love of....

For a traditionally slow period, Sam and I have been awfully busy!   All last year, when new ideas occurred to us, we'd say "wait until January" - and here it is, January, and we are rushing around trying to do it all.

Sam is experimenting with her felting techniques - she recently got a bit of alpaca roving from our friend and neighboring farmer, Deb and made a pair of very delicate refined hoods for me to block and play with.  Next, she has been felting with contrasting layers of color - sometimes with 2 layers of the same sheep's wool from different years (they lighten as they age so you get complementary shades) and sometimes she layers dyed wool and undyed wool, a gorgeous effect that I am absolutely thrilled to start designing with!

Woo hoo.

Meanwhile I have been puttering around with straw hat bodies, to see what we can do about spring and summer hats.

And a pair of new shapes for valentine's day and beyond:

    

Pardon the pins in our heads

A new year!  Imagine that!  We at Little Hill Woolworks extend our salutations and appreciations to everyone, sheep, family, friends and customers, who made last year so exciting and memorable.  The end of 2010 was a big bag of thrills, including a lovely turn at the SOWA Holiday Market in Boston http://www.sowaholidaymarket.com/ which was a blast.

We came back woefully depleted in inventory but very, very encouraged!  It's so much fun playing dress-ups with new friends all day!

Now on to:

Chapter 2011 

In which our heroes make many hats, attend many craft shows and 

CONQUER THE WORLD muahaha

First stop: The SOWA Cabin Fever Indy Gift Show on February 13: http://www.cabinfevershow.com/index.html

meanwhile, we've got pins in our heads, trying to get our inventory up. 

Can you tell we've been in a purple and red mood?