 Housewarming Dates
Saturday Feb 1 - Noon to 4pm Sunday Feb 9 - Noon to 4pm Sunday Feb 16 - Noon to 4pm Sunday, Feb. 23 - Noon to 4pm Drop in for a Handwork Hangout style social with tea, coffee and snacks. Make one of our projects: a wool needle-felted nametag or collaborative mandala-painting - or bring your own handwork (something portable and good in social settings ie. mending, knitting, crochet, spinning etc.) I'll be keeping regular studio hours approximately 10am - 5pm Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Visitors are welcome! Please message me via my contact form (or text me if we're already friends) to let me know when you're coming and to confirm I'll be there.
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 Fieldhouse Team members Hilary and Nelle handed me the keys on Jan 9 and my pal James and I moved shelves and a whack of art supplies in a couple days later.  Karlis Kalnins (of BC Mobile Sauna Society and Freestyle Focus Group) cleaned out his shed and dropped off a sick electric organ that sounds amazing and will be key for random jamming. Thanks so much Karlis!  Everything went really smoothly - but it was on a tight timeline for my first housewarming event - which took place on Sun, Jan 12 - a day after the move-in. So I spent Saturday night assembling shelving and getting things somewhat organized and put away so i could welcome a few wonderful guests. Songwriter Barb Shaw (aka Random Old Lady aka Sister Mary Barbara) played some guitar and organ. The House was Warmed!!  A needle-felted dinosaur made by Heather. She said, "Everything looks better with a face!"
The place still needed some care and attention - so i set about patching, painting and mouse-proofing by poking steel wool into holes.  I grew up in Hastings Sunrise (I attended Tillicum and Hastings Elementary Schools in the '70s and '80s) - but I haven't spent much time in this part of the neighbourhood. To get to the fieldhouse, I ride the Makemobile along the Adanac bikeway (the road surface is in rough shape and needs an upgrade!) meeting neighbours and stopping in at cool neighbourhood businesses - including the family-owned Windermere Market that offers a good selection of real, nutritious food and carefully curated groceries.
Other neighbours include Bosa Foods, Steamworks Brewery and the mallards of Charles Park. If you know the neighbourhood around Adanac Park, I'd love to hear your stories and recommendations for places to visit in the comments!
Started some studio work: dyed some corriedale wool blue. We'll use this wool to make felt for needle felted nametags at the upcoming housewarming events.
I'm collecting anagrams of Adanac Park Fieldhouse. Have a good one? Add it in the comments or send it to me.
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