I got one of those Yudu things...

From Dharma trading and then read all sorts of stuff about how awful they are including complaints about how they're impossible to use and that they're just a toy and total crap. It is a
screen printing system that includes all the steps including a light to burn images to photo emulsion to a dryer for the screens and a platen to hold t-shirts while you print. Not a professional system by any stretch but pretty compact and user friendly...IF you read the instructions and watch some Youtube tricks and tips. Most importantly: let the emulsion dry, no really really dry.


Here's what I did after only one emulsion disaster:


The black is my first go at printing the entire image. The squeegee that comes with the kit isn't that great so I couldn't get the ink all the way to the edges and all the way to the far end of the image. So I taped off the parts I didn't really like anyway and printed the white. A nice opaque white, it worked!

Am currently cleaning the screen for the next go!

Christmas Eve eve

This wasn't the 23rd, it's the very beginning of the lunar eclipse on the 20th. You can just see a wee nibble being taken out of the lower left side of the moon as our shadow sneaks along. I didn't get any other pictures...probably could have tried harder but it was cold and I was busy watching the amazing amazingness!
This years wee tree! I love it, and the wee felted birds get to hang out on vacation instead of being on display for sale. See them with their little party hats?
The weeness of the tree revealed, it has to stand on the blue stool to be seen. You can just see the princess dog at the bottom enjoying the splendor of the wee tree.

and now with hats!

Birdies have been selling like mad so I've been restocking like mad! Stick stick stab with the felting needles and so the wee birds evolve...



This is the most recent one using some Harrisville roving I got from Webs (yarn.com). I like this kind of roving for felting, the staple length is really short and it's not combed for spinning easily. The Fiber Trends kits and most of the other rovings are really nice and smooth with a pretty long staple so when you poke the wool in in one place you can actually feel it pulling out in another.
Wanted poster for bird in a dunce cap.