#vintagepledge · Sewing

Vintage Jacket – the collar that caught my eye

  One of those idioms that I until I come to type it I don’t question.  I’m now imagining the literal act of someone catching my eye.  Under what circumstances has my eye become free of its socket?  Am I grateful that someone has caught it?  !Imagination!  If you could just stop right there.  Things… Continue reading Vintage Jacket – the collar that caught my eye

Jungle January · Sewing · Style 4844 · Vintage

Midnight Jungle

A three-hander.  Sequel to My Jungle has Birds and Butterflies. Cast List Agent Velvet Black :  Velvet has always been in the shadow of her brighter and more popular colleagues: Intense Violet, Bahama Blue-eyes and of course the fiery red-head – Burlesque.  But not this time, this time Agent Black will truly make a difference. Pattern Patsy… Continue reading Midnight Jungle

knitting · Natural Dye Studio · yarn

Fair Isle Finished: Memento and Metaphor

A finished thing!  Reason to rejoice forsure.  I’m far from expert in these matters and a perfunctory glance at the Wikipedia entry would suggest that this patterning is not for the purists.  In my defence, it is rendered in a limited palette and I worked in the round.  It’s the alliteration that I was after, can we… Continue reading Fair Isle Finished: Memento and Metaphor