Friday 20 July 2012

Well, Fibre East - like Woolfest - turned out to be a success, despite horrible weather! It was mainly mud this time, inside as well as outside the tents. However, this didn't put anybody off - it was just dirty feet after all - and it was again lovely to meet everyone who visited the stand, (especially those who bought the book!).
This is my small corner of the Tall Yarns stand, with the Lace Blouse reknitted in Juno (see Support page), but with swatches of Tall Yarns Cash lace fine and Cash/silk lace pinned to it, as either of these could be used too.
Meanwhile Linda at Tall Yarns has some lovely shades in the Soliloquy Sock Lace, with which I've knitted my new cardigan.
For everyone who's waiting for the cardigan pattern to be put on here, many apologies, but I'm still waiting for it to come back from the pattern grader. I will give more news next week.And for those who haven't yet seen it - here is a preview.

Meanwhile, here are my feet at Fibre East. I'm wearing the shoes that I bought for the model to wear in the photoshoot for A Handknit Romance. I wanted to tone down the overwhelming prettiness of the garments with some funky shoes. I bought the shoes in my size (UK 7) thinking that the model would have similar sized feet - but it turns out she had size 5's (I think it does show!)

Thursday 12 July 2012

Fibre East

Just a very quick post to say that I will be at the Fibre East show in Bedford this Saturday and Sunday(14th and 15th June) on the Tall Yarns stand, selling copies of A Handknit Romance. I will have some of the items from the book with me and will be glad to recommend yarns from the stand that can be used as substitutes to knit them.