NEVER say never…..

I have succumbed.

I have gone to the dark side…

I have thrown in the towel of persistence and given up/

I am going to try punching with Valdani threads.

(G A S P)

tiny balls of temptation 

...for years (years!) 

I have always waived-away any thought of using Valdani threads 

for my punch needle work…

why?

…dunno.

stubborn

cheap thrifty

i guess.

really? me???? nahhhh.

I enjoy reading posts from fellow bloggers such as 

Doreen (Vermont Harvest) 

and Rebecca (Simple Quiet)

and love what they do with this thread…

their palettes are beautiful and so inspiring :)

I was rooting around my sewing room last night, and came across a basket buried deep within a shelf..

in the bottom of the basket I found them.

8 small balls sitting there looking at me ~

"hello!"

they said quietly….

I ignored them.

one of the balls somehow fell to the floor and rolled over to my slippered-foot

as if to say:

"can we come out to play now?"

I actually felt sorry for it.

after many minutes of kicking the little thing around,

I picked it up.

I swear it giggled…

so,

I grabbed my needle.

ugh.

threaded it with the end of the little ball.

ugh.

and punched a few loops….

Hmmmm……

why was I struggling so much with myself to use this?

I am such a non-conformist.

I  H A T E change.

I…I….

oh!

I LIKE it!

the 'star' on my needle is there to remind me that it is a newer needle ;)

 I began punching ~ 

the threads began filling in with painterly colors on my project…

wow, I thought.

please excuse the farm-wife hands and hangnails…haven't been to the big city for a manicure lately ;)

I had one problem though…

that little ball kept rolling away fro me as I worked.

So

I grabbed an old jar from my work shelf and plunked it in.

it works for me!

kerplunk!

Ok, to all of you who have heard me say the words:

I will NEVER use Valdani ~

…just scratch that will ya?

welcome to the dark side….

I will never again

say never to anything ~ before trying it first.

I will be ordering bucketfuls of Valdani from the company today 

...and enjoy being added as a Designer in their program.

and I'll show my finish soon :)

...so mote it be.

* Blessed be *

 Lori