blocking. help?

she's blocking

do you have to pin blocked items?

can i just let her lay there stretched

out on the towel to dry?

she's suppose to resemble this:

sundayknits

when finished

but

my gauge is wrong

therefore she'll be shorter

note to self:

get the gauge,

yes,

 the row gauge, too!

idiot.

happy stitches,

beth

nesting felted bowls

handknit, hand-felted

nesting bowls

by yours truly

happy stitches,

beth

moving right along.

sundayknits

the original worn by Ashley Judd

i'm using this in color #241

i'm about half way finished

i think i'm keeping this

lovely shawl for

myself.

what are you working on these days?

happy stitches,

beth



Lefkara, Cyprus. A dying art?

Lacemaking in Lefkara, Cyprus from Etsy on Vimeo.

let's hope not.

happy stitches,

beth

Kusha and patience.

slowly but surely

kusha kusha

a measure of patience
happy stitches,

beth

me and nuno

what do the following have in common?
merino top
silk tussah
hand-dyed silk chiffon
water
soap
bubble wrap
rolling pin
rolling, kneading, throwing
don't know?
let me show you
some of the prettiest examples

of nuno felting

nicola brown

janebofelt

Qaraqul

thefiberstudio

nuno felting

it's been a long time

coming

 let the process

begin
happy stitches,
Beth

union jack

full bloom cottage

source

rowan

helkatdesigns

brinkburndesigns

i'm loving all things

union jack

lately

happy stitches,

Beth

Cotton. Silk. Handspun. India.

"Hand spinning is still being carried out in limited areas of India for KHADI, the hand spun and hand woven cloth encouraged by Ghandi as a protest at village level against the British mill-made fabric imported into India. Gandhi encouraged everyone to do a little spinning every day and even to burn their foreign clothing. Eventually the handspun hand woven fabric known as Khadi took over even at the professional level."
Textile Travels 

as it was in the beginning

is now

and forever shall be

the beautiful art of the spin

happy stitches

beth

images

Ashley Judd's shawl meet Sunday Knits.

remember this post about

the gorgeous shawl that

Ashley Judd wore on the

Who Do You Think You Are?

episode?

well...

the brilliant designer, Carol of

Sunday Knits

has done it again.



whose shawl do you think this is?

isn't this just a perfect

translation of that

gorgeous shawl?
she designed it in her Nirvana,
one of the many
in her gorgeous line
of yummy yarns.
happy stitches,
beth

Ashley Judd and Jane Eyre shawl envy.

have you seen Jane Eyre?
there's a whole lotta hoopla
about that shawl in the
knitter ranks.
i'm having a go of it
using this 
here is my
progress.
let's not talk about
my yarn choice
or
colorway
the stripes, i'm not digging
right now.
tdb

Also, all the rage
is
Ashley Judd's shawl
in the
Who Do You Think You Are?
episode
see it here

this shawl I want

you have to see the whole

thing to appreciate it.

brilliant ravelers are

feverishly working to

come up with

a workable pattern

happy stitches,

beth