I just got back from a few day is beautiful Wausau Wisconsin. No joke. It is a beautiful little town full of all sorts of historic homes.
My mom and I drove up there to see the Birds in Art exhibition. It was totally worth the 6 hour drive. I wish the museum had posted pics of the art pieces. Some of them were simply amazing. I would like to think that craftsmanship is my driving force and these artists, even though they are working in a completely different medium really gave me something to aspire to.
I have been making progress on the Luv-able Hug-able show. (Photo gallery is from last year’s show) Promise I’ll take some pics early next week.
So I finally have some progress worth sharing….Here is a girl I am working on for the Luv-able Hug-able show.
After working on her for awhile I realized that she is sort of inspired by the Morton Salt girl. I have always been fond of her and especially the color scheme. I must have copied it subconsciously. I am thinking of making her a blue rain coat.
BTW, her leg it not broken. I just haven’t sewn it on yet and it is just stuck under her dress.
Thanks to everyone for wishing me well. I feel much better. I am down to only one coughing fit a day 
A few of you have asked about the fox pattern. I still do intend to put it in my etsy shop. I am just being slow about it, sorry. In the meantime I have a really important show to get ready for. I have been invited to my first New York gallery, and it’s in Soho too! I am very excited. The show is called Luv-able Hug-able at Gallery Hanahou. I have most of my pieces started already. I’ll get some pics up soon.
That’s me in Ireland with a bunch of sheep in the background. We (my husband Terry, my brother John, my dad and I) started our trip with 6 days in Dublin. I live in a mainly Irish neighborhood in Chicago, so it all seemed sort of familiar. Next we went out to the country for 8 days, which was by far my favorite part of the trip. I got to see lots of ruins and TONS of sheep, which was my main objective.
We stayed at Ballymaloe, a slightly shabby country house. It was fantastic. I had Irish coffee in the drawing room every night before the 5 course meal prepared by the cookery school run by the same people. It was a very relaxing atmosphere. Which was perfect because I ended up having to stay in for much of the trip. I caught what I am pretty sure is pneumonia and it still hasn’t gone away after a week and a half (I am writing this under the influence of Theraflu).
But like I said, I had a great time nonetheless. The night before we left I bought an extra suitcase for all the aran wool I bought. Some of it is pretty authentic stuff, a slightly uneven 3 ply with all the lanolin still in it. Now I just need to decide what to do with it. I am pretty sure some of it will be knitted into a sweater like this. I have been dying to make something with honeycomb stitch. I have never done it before but I just like the way it looks. The rest might become an aran aphghan, but I not sure. That seems like a whole bunch of work, we’ll see.
