With all those acorn caps I've been collecting, finally I made them into soft felted wool acorn garlands. It takes quite a number of steps, from drilling holes (I need to exercise my arm muscles - I had a sore arm after drilling few hundred caps), stringing them on hemp cord, and attaching the felted wool balls. I hope to keep some of them in my room, wrap them around a mini-pine tree I hope to have this winter, and add some festive atmosphere in the house!

My favorites are the white ones as shown above, but I've also been making the multi-color garlands and also custom single-shade ones as well (blues, greens, reds, you name them!)

Have you heard of acorn picking? I get asked often, "Excuse me, do you eat* those?" when I'm picking acorn caps in the nearby park for the Delica's felted acorns as well as lavender filled acorns. I try to go early in the morning, after my daily run, and it's right during the time when everyone is going to work (I live super close to my day-job so I have the extra time in the morning), so I get those weird looks or questions. 

But regardless, apologies for slow updates in both the shop and the blog, but as you can see, I have been working behind the scenes, making new projects (soon to come!), dreaming about new crafts, and also preparing for the holiday season!

* There is actually a Korean dish that uses ground acorn powder to make jello-type of dish, which I use to make it into a delicious salad - I'll share my recipe with you later!

New "Dot" felted bowl line, preparing early for later this year! Lots of pastel tones, browns, earthy tones. Each bowl takes about 30 minutes to an hour to crochet, and few days to fully felt.