I thought that I would share this photo with you. It’s a picture that was sent to Lynette Meek (Le Tissier Designs) of her winning entry in the Vogue Knitting Live contest last January. This is the wrap and the model is also wearing the matching shift – albeit over several other layers. More pictures […]
I did say earlier that weddings were all about lace and didn’t Kate Middleton look lovely in her lace accented wedding gown! I loved the understated elegance of the whole affair and I loved the fact that there was very little “fuss” made about the fact that Kate is/was a “commoner.” I know that she
Shary Boyle I am fascinated with lace and lovely lace trimmed garments. This is why I was so taken with the work of Shary Boyle who has created, in porcelain, some of the most amazing sculpted figures trimmed in lace. In fact some of Shary’s “people” are actually dressed in real lace that has been
I just had to share with you a closet passion of mine (shhhhh – doll’s clothes). OK there are people out there who like miniatures – really! Some people even have children because they are so cute and so little:) So what’s wrong with some quick and easy projects that play with lovely stitches and
Well it is maybe time for a re-assessment of my lucky day diary. I started my diary in January and the idea was to try it for a month…to see how it might add a little luck…maybe I should say add a little more luck to my life. I was thinking Lottery win – several
Gauguin Sweater I have a book by Ruth Herring and Karen Manners, entitled Knitting Masterpieces, that has taken many of the great works of art and translated them into knitted sweaters. I love this book. I’m not sure that it is in print anymore; it was published in 1987. I have always wanted to “do”
Every once in a while you need a shot in the arm to get you back on a creative track – at least I do anyway. Well into my lap this morning fell an article about Roberto Capucci. Capucci says that he is more artist than dress designer, even though he has costumed some of
OK it’s the day after April Fool’s Day and I’m a little late; but I have just spent the last 3 days writing a pattern for the lace shawl Scorpio and I just lost track of time. Anyway, I have to say that for years I have been the fool. (Does that mean that it
Wool/Angora on cone I was just reading a review of a book by Donovan Hohn, who decided to track the fate of a lost cargo of those iconic rubber ducks. Apparently sometime in the early 1990s approximately 28,800 bath toys spilled from a container ship into the North Pacifc Ocean. Well, a large number of
Gaugeless Hat from Cabin Fever March is one of those amazing months that is full of a lot of “crazy things.” First it begins with St David’s Day, which is celebrated in Wales, a country known for its ties to the ancient Celts, the Druids and other mysterious “things.” March 1 is followed closely by,
