Score!

 While having a blast with Vickie, Mary, Priscilla and Tracy 
at the Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival last weekend, 
I came upon this little beauty, 
a prize find indeed. 
  
Kelli Terwilliger and her dad, Gary,
collaborated to create this tool that she calls
 Llabrys Niddy Nosty.
 It's a Niddy Noddy and Nostepinne
all in one. Brilliant! 
You can purchase this compact, gorgeous, locally made 
tool at Kelli's online shop: 
www.LladyLlamaFiberCo.etsy.com

For a truly wonderful look at the festival, 
please check out Tracy's blog:
www.myretiringlife.blogspot.com

Back at home with all these leaves covering our lawn 
it's high time to try my hand at leaf prints on paper.
As they say, "Get while the getting's good!"

First, I soaked watercolor papers in an alum bath 

and set aside to dry.
Next, I gathered leaves and layered them between papers.
Finally, I steamed the pressed paper bundle for a few hours. 

Where to go from here? 
Making marks with stitch and cloth seems obvious, 
but perhaps some rubbings, pen and ink, 
mark making with unconventional tools....
we shall see!

Oh, if you're interested, 
Sugar Maple, Silver Birch, Rhododendron, Cherry leaves
and a bit of rusty metal were used, 
and all were scavenged off the ground. 

Enjoy Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song), 
performed by Oscar Isaac and Marcus Mumford 
for the upcoming Coen brothers' film, Inside Llewyn Davis.