I bet that the majority of my readers and I include myself in this group, did not know that Ascension Day is a national holiday in Iceland. Ascension Day is 42 days after Jesus was crucified and ascended into heaven. No one told me that was today, Amanda went to the pool as usual to find it was closed and no one was coming to work downstairs so I googled Iceland’s holidays and that was when I learned what today is. Icelanders also get a holiday for WhitMonday which is on May 25th and ithat is 7 weeks since Eater. Icelanders have a total of 12.5 national holidays per year, they only get 1/2 a day off on December 24th. But now we know that a week Monday is another holiday we will be prepared and Amanda will not go to the pool that morning. It will be interesting to see how many people are at work tomorrow or if many take a vacation day so they can have a 4 day weekend. Fortunately the grocery store was open so we could get more supplies.
On to the important information in the blog, felting! I had a wonderful day in the studio, I finished the sea anemone and it looks great, look for yourselves.
It it is made up of 6 separate pieces put inside each other, they were made progressively smaller. I am real pleased with how it turned out. It took all morning to finish but the result were worth the work. I will probably make another one but start with a smaller outside piece as this one feels a bit clunky.
I don’t think I have shown you a picture of my studio. When I arrived the Icelandic wool that I ordered from Alafoss had been dropped off here and when I brought it to the studio I dumped it on two of the tables and as I am not sharing the studio with anyone I have just left it there. It is wonderful to come into the studio and have all of that coloured wool greet you.
Isn’t it wonderful, I have certainly used some but I have an awful lot more to use and I don’t think I have enough days here to use all of it. It was fairly inexpensive but that was without shipping.
I did get one more silk hankie coral completed, this time I chose grey roving as the background and then I lined the three of them up so you could see the difference.
That was my day, nothing done this evening, still fighting with my cold but slowly getting better.
Thanks for reading.
patmoorestudio 
Hi Pat – glad to hear you are feeling better! Thanks for sharing your stories and pictures – I am really enjoying your projects. I can’t believe time is passing so quickly !
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Janet I am glad you are enjoying my pictures and words, it is hard to believe that I am half way through mr time here. It has gone very quickly but it would be nice to go out for the occasional meal. Ah well, cooking for myself is not that bad, wieners and beans or an omelet is fine with me but having to do dishes all the time is a drag.
Have you got lots of seeds planted inside just waiting for the summer to begin? There is a bit of rain on the windows and still windy. Bed time for me now so best go, thanks for commenting.
Pat
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