Yay! I'm really happy how my wool dreads worked out! While I was crafting them, I struggled to get the color balanced just right between the green, blue, and yellow accents. I think the stripes are a nice touch—just the right amount to add depth, but not so many that it becomes overwhelmingly Dr. Suessian.

I gotta say being able to dye the wool offers so much more color variety than working with synthetics. Plus, the ability to felt on additional wool for stripes really makes it fun.

Anyway, I gotta run and get headed to the big dusty campout. Once I return I should have better pictures of me and my hair dressed in something more fantastically elaborate than an orange hoodie.

I've been pretty busy after launching the NifNaks site and advertising my wool dreads. Several people here in the bay area have contacted me to get dreads installed before Burning Man and I've gotten a few orders from around the country. And of course, I've needed to work on creating my own dreads and get myself ready for the playa. I'm already packed and ready to go, my dreads are made, and I'm in the process of installing them now. I'll post photos as soon as it's done. After I come back from the playa, I have a few more dread orders to take care of but I hope to have some time to start work on my ideas for NifNaks Critters and the other fun wearables designs that are scampering around in my head demanding to be released. I will be chronicling my explorations into felted wool and other crafty things here on this journal.