The Tulip Shawl
Techniques
No matter where I am teaching the one thing students all want to learn all the time are Techniques.Colour techniques, Shaping, Directional,Lace,Aran,Steeking,to name a few categories. Starting tiny 3 st beginnings to make fine tiny lace circles for your shawl,incorporating techniques and style from foreign shores or past times.Mastering,Aran,Intarsia,Lace,Top Down no seam garments,gloves,mitts,socks,hats,doubleknitting,fairisle the list… Read More
Hello Crochet –again
Well here we go again crochet is back again on the front burner of what people wish to learn about ,it never really goes away like knitting never does,it sometimes slips from the light and this is why I say here we go again. I crocheted in the Wire book and then of course wrote… Read More
New Year New Designs
Officially still on vacation time but have been working on a new range since November when I decided to take the studio offered to me at Farfield Mill. I so love being there and meeting the public and letting them wander through my fibre haven as I work,sales and commisions have been great and my work… Read More
Memories and Aching Bones
The only wedding pic I am allowed to show you until the bride and groom return from honeymoon. We had a family party the night before the wedding as family had travelled many miles for this event and the joining of 2 families is importrant and the party was great the weather good the food… Read More
Discovery
Discovery holds the post for today so click above and for a link to Alice Starmore and her fabulous yarns is http://www.virtualyarns.co.uk visit for a veritable feast .Happy knitting .
progress –would not win a gold though!!!
–love the look of having seams on show. Here we go forward to the medals –will not get a bronze at this rate.Watched all that beautiful opening ceremony and now discovering how much of it was a fake –quite upsetting really .Well my knitting is real . well happy olympic knitting .well done to our… Read More
Sunday, May 18, 2008, 08:48 AM CST [General] Well here he is the baby of Miss Iris little baby Cocobean –quite a ittle character a good blend of Miss Iris and Fudge . Sorted lots of silks today and rewound and untangles and did some general sorting in the skein box–I do like to… Read More
geometric beading
Whoa learning geometric beading so I can translate all my sketches of designs into beadwork has been todays task –Yep I know all the stitches but the discipline of shape reminds me of patchwork lessons all those years ago and angles and degrees etc anyway here is the result of Day 1 beading this way… Read More
Journey through Layers.
This was a fabulous workshop with Sandra Meech and the techniques used I would like to take forward and include my knitting into my computer art work.Sandra is taking it right into her quilts and they do look good.Get a chance to work with her and you will be fine and see what i mean,needs… Read More
