Today Johanna, the Textile Centre’s director, toured us around Blonduos.  Johanna is also the inspiration behind the Vatndaela Tapestry, a 48 metre long tapestry telling the story of this region. You can see a picture of people working on the tapestry and read more about it here.

http://textilsetur.com/about/vatndaela-tapestry/

The tapestry sure is impressive, there are 12 metres completed and Johanna figures it will take 10 to 12 years to complete.  When she comes with an idea it is a big idea.

The town is divided by the River Blanda, a glacier fed river that flows past our bedroom windows.  It looks lovely but being fed by glaciers means it is always cold.  On the South side of the river is the old town with the post office, police station and town office, hotel, guests houses and some homes. On the North side of the river where we are has the schools, supermarket (with wool yarn), more homes and most of the businesses in town.  You can read more about the town on this website.

http://www.northwest.is/1blonduos.asp

We met an American from Alaska who is working on a sustainable fishing project, I am sure I will find out more about that as the month progresses.  Still some other people to meet who were not in today especially the woman who I corresponded with about the residency.

Felting wise I worked on this hollow coral piece that I really like.

And I finished this little guy, he is fun!

I felted another sea urchin and have another ready to wet felt so a pretty good days work and I started another complicated piece that needs to have felt cords made then sewn into another piece of felt and then wet felted. Many steps so that one probably will not be done tomorrow, felt cords take a while to make.

9:30 and the sun is still brightly shining, Amanda went for a before bed walk and I am enjoying the view of some snow-covered mountains.  That’s it for tonight.