Unfortunately, no-blogging hasn't necessarily meant more knitting. Just loads to do with kids, school, business, family and garden . GARDEN - you can actually hear things growing; I was actually standing contemplating what to do next when I heard the faintest, but distinct pop! and our fabulous poppies were opening before my eyes!
Garden inspired I have managed to make a start on the "Green Man Project" for the Mid-Essex Weavers, Spinners and Dyers planned, permanent exhibition at the Cressing Temple Barns. We are producing 16" x 16" textile panels based on the Green Man theme so I have begun knitting/crocheting a selection of leaves to frame the face - the idea for the Green Man to be peering through the foliage. I'm planning to dye some of the fantastic
Gedgrave Rasta green to make a beard and hair - it's fabulous being able to mix and match texture/colour and pattern - it's just knowing when to stop!
A close friend has just congratulated me via facebook on this image without fully understanding the enormity of the undertaking. "What exactly is it?" It is, for me, the ultimate challenge - cobweb lace. The yarn has been produced via Melford Green Alpacas and was originally intended for another purpose entirely (long story!) but my personal target for this year was to create a Shetland Isle Shawl so this superb yarn was just too good an opportunity to miss! Watch this space for progress - could be a long wait!
Unfortunately, no-blogging hasn't necessarily meant more knitting. Just loads to do with kids, school, business, family and garden . GARDEN - you can actually hear things growing; I was actually standing contemplating what to do next when I heard the faintest, but distinct pop! and our fabulous poppies were opening before my eyes!
This is it - my first attempt at a triangular shawl from scratch - and I'm really pleased with the results. This follows comments from Shandy and Ellie on the "Pure Alchemy" yarn and how they'd like to see a project for one or two skeins. I have managed to "chart" this pattern and hopefully, once I can turn it into pdf, it'll be available for download!
You just can't help going "aaaahhh" can you? Today, Tilly and I took a 100 mile round trip (one end of the county to the other) to visit Tracy and Peter Ranger and their fabulous flock of Wenslydales at Gedgrave, right on the edge of the Suffolk coast - overlooking the North Sea. Ostensibly we went to pick up an order of Tracy's fabulous lace weight yarn and meet her flock, inevitably we talked all things yarn for an hour or two (the accompanying lemon drizzle cake was terrific!).
