Slippers–and camellias–again!

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Every time I think I can’t make another pair of Bev Galeskas’ Felted Clogs… I turn out to be wrong.  I made two purple pairs and a blue pair… one purple pair were felted as dinner entertainment in order to be a good fit for the recipient.  One blue pair await felting.  And this pair await a recipient.  I think the kicker is the number of people who speak to me about slipper love when it’s cold!  And perhaps, how quickly I can whip out a pair of these nowadays.  Long gone are the days when row 2 took me twenty minutes and I had to lie on the couch for the rest of the evening afterward.  Have I said before that I hope Bev Galeskas is a rich woman?  When I went to the web to get that link to the pattern, Ravelry said ‘Would you like to see 10525 projects made from this pattern and much more?’  I hope Bev did a great deal on royalties and that she isn’t facing the difficulty of some of those songwriters whose work only made other folk rich!

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And, not to be deterred by the comedy of errors of my recent camellia experiment, I decided I may as well pick up the remaining fallen camellias and preservation dye with them (the first such jar is looking good).  Some days, my goals have to be small!

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2 responses to “Slippers–and camellias–again!

  1. Bev Galeskas really got us hooked on felting three-dimensionally didn’t she? She was an amazing, talented woman but unfortunately passed away a few years ago–way too early. Glad her creativity has inspired so many.

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    • Dear Marilyn, I didn’t know that Bev Galeskas had passed away. Her clogs were certainly the first thing I ever felted other than a knitting needle cosy 🙂 She has left quite a legacy, one I hope she would have been proud of.

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