No, this has nothing to do with being a fibre artist in a craft show but having interesting friends. Our friends showed us a house in transition and this is one of the bathrooms, the decor is red… right down to the toe nails on the claw footed tub!!!
Well, there’s another workshop done, and a lot of fun it was too. Two of the participants had been here before but the third who had not is a seasoned knitter and did a great job. The technicality wasn’t the problem there but creating a garment that would fit and suit her. With the help…
That’s the question I ask many of my clients or they ask me. As time goes on and my hands get older there won’t be a choice, using cotton on the knitting machine, creating jackets with shaping means using multi prong tools to move stitches in and out creating vertical darts. Sure I like the…
My first post… hmmm. It’s four days and counting to the drive to Toronto to set up my booth for the One of a Kind Show Spring 2006 and it’s the frantic time. I had soooo many plans for over the Winter, give a one day seminar on the software I use to create the…
Well, cruisng the library for something else I found a wonderful book in the business section: ‘Shops and Shopping 1800 – 1914’. Yes, it really is a book about what it says. I’ve just dipped into it so far but I’ve decided that I have to find a copy for my own library in my…
Just a quickie with some news:* I have about a 1/4″ of fuzz on my head. * Three of my garments are being shown in Sandra Whitton Gallery for the next month. Kingston’s Downtown Art Walk is on today until 10pm…. I’m going no matter how cold and snowy! * SWGallery open house December 1…
Just so cool… my neighbour’s sister in England has been doing some fibre art/knitting/college project thingy in ‘Here Gallery‘ called, I think, ‘Twisted: Knitting on the Edge’ in Bristol that I just find neat to look at. I got sent some pictures of her giant needles and of Steph working that I just had to…