i have a few pieces to show you today and we have a new roommate for the week. First the new roommate, her name is Gudrun and she is going to be installing an exhibit at the Textile Museum this week. She is Icelandic but lives in Copenhagen. I am not sure what her exhibit is about, I do know she has some dresses that her mother made 70 plus years ago and other old pieces of clothing, tomorrow I will find out exactly what she is up to but it is nice to have another person around.

We had a visit today from a group of women, and one man, on a Helene Magnusson knitting trip around the West of Iceland.  They were visiting the Textile Museum next door.  Amanda met Helene in Reyjkavik the end of April and she went over to talk with her and invited the group back to see our studios and what we have been working on. A nice group of fellow wool enthusiasts.

I had a productive day in the studio. First thing this morning I finished that darn marble piece, I threw it and rolled it for half an hour then rinsed it out and it is still drying so tomorrow morning I can cut the marbles out and  cut into it and it will be work of art!  I did finish the four small pieces, there are only three of them now, I was trying to use some horses mane on a piece and it did not work so the piece went into the garbage.  These are the three remaining pieces, I like them all but especially the one with the curly locks. 

  
I then started on another piece of dead coral as I need to add some height to the piece, they are relatively easy to make just boring.   The piece looks like a rock when finished, not very exciting but when you put a some felted pieces on the top they look pretty good.  Please ignore the safety pins, as soon as it dries I will stich it up, I just want the wool to remember the shape I want it to stay in hence the pins. 

  
I finished the final 4 coral tubes, they are drying and will be attached tomorrow, that piece took my about 3 weeks to finish and it is not that complicated, I guess I did not want to make anymore tubes.  So that was my Sunday. Lots done, still more to complete but I feel like I am on track to be ready for the open house on Thursday.  

Thanks for reading.