Snow snow and more snow

new CD Design bag

Just a taster and some colour on this white white day,this bag is the foundation of the new Chrissie Day bags so watch this space –

Well I am getting tired of snow now as it is preventing me doing the chores that have to be done and the things I wish to do ,like calling on old acquaintances to talk yarn and felting and felted slippers etc .Funny I always think of slippers when it snows, today I have a bright pink pair on from one of my earlier patterns .Yesterday when it was icy cold I wore my Lopi felted slippers they are so warm I remember sitting with Janine at Glaramara years ago when slippers were being produced like a factory .I cannot think how many pairs I have knit or designed since then or even how many differing yarns and variation on a theme there must be .

Remembered today to do all my ACID membership stuff now that is one very good organisation to belong to and if you have ever been worried about your work being copied then I do recomend it to you.With images you can of course make sure you have your copyright registered and even if you put them on flickr they are logged as being copyrighted and you get a link attached to them.

I have taken now to logging all my patterns even before they go off to publishers and magazines  just as an extra precaution –we live in strange times .

Back to slippers and warmtoes yesterdsay I met a very special young lady who will be 1 year old on Sunday called Holly.Her Mother had bought a pair of knitted shoes designed by me actually a special order I did and she visited me and it was a delightful time I was given a lovely Thank you card with a cat with attitude on wearing a tiarra .

Holly would have been a very clever girl to know that at the moment I am busy designing my daughters tiarra for her big day in May.

If jewelry is a passion for you as well as yarn pop over to http://www.beadilicious.wordpress.com and see what I am doing over there.

interference

Hi everyone ,well I did finish the olympic knitting with about 1 day to spare but have been away felting .It has rained and raIned here in the uk and especially in the lakes so much you come away feeling you have rising damp.

 So to weaving –I have now woven my first length of cloth and started planning my experiments to get unnatural woven lengths  for fabric manipulation .going to be good fun .

Spinning another skill but I think better to be learnt in another place where craft is craft .Mother has fallen in love with the olympic top so today got more ‘manos del uruguay’ to knit another for me .

Roll on winter now so we will get to spring and maybe some summer in 2009 or will it be a hunt for the sunshine .

September mornings already

Oh what !!I cannot believe it is September already -where was summer and those hot sultry days? –well Autumn is my favourite time, I have to confess it just stirs something deep inside,and this is my birth month so lots of yummy presents etc ,slightly makes up for another year whizzing by faster than I can knit.

Well been to Glaramara again and it only rained on the last day,by which time I was exhaustedbut totally exhilerated with all the fibres and creativity and felting etc and 

                                 

meeting old friends and making new friends .Lizzy if you read this I cannot look at a plum without thinking of you,haha.Here are some piccies of us all gathered ready to start felting with Mollie Littlejohn from Australia .We all had a fabulous time the whole thing was oorganised by http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk  Ruth and Alan have this down to fine art now and we all get very spoilt with great atmosphere great teaching yummy food and scenery to blow your mind .

So it is back to the real world and deadlines etc .Have a 3 month lace series running in Knitting starting next month October issue ,so that has been lovely to do especially after my Elizabeth Zimmermann knitalong with http://www.Knitpicks.com .

This American yarn company has some beautiful products but will not ship to the UK, come on Knit Picks please start shipping .

It is the time for all the great knitting shows as well Allie Pally and NEC but my favourite has to be Harrogate ,which is my home town.I will be there every day this year with http://www.Paviyarns.co.uk   teaching on the stand and book signing so that is exciting and I hope to meet lots of people .  Check Pavi out some lovely new yarns and hand dyed yarns and silks yummy and juicy .

Promise to myself will aim to write more and to all who email me and spell my name wrong which results in bounced emails try the following maybe that is easier knittinglady@dsl.pipex.com .

Keep knitting and felting, should include crocheting as my new book Quick Crochet will be out before Christmas ,lots of fab things in there to do and lovely yans used .See those who make it to Harrogate .