Last one

http://www.etsy.com/listing/38087687/navy-blue-chunky-hat-last-one-in-this

This is the last Navy blue chunky hat, this yarn was discontinued a long time ago, I have just enough in my stash to knit up this last one.

Only 1 - 2 left

Just letting you all know, I'm almost out of this shade, I have enough to make 2 more poncho's, but I'm probably going make one for myself, as this shade is perfect for my colouring, so this means I might be only selling one more of these. http://www.etsy.com/listing/53111783/blue-peru-poncho-cape-ltd-edition

sunshine gloves

Who doesn't love a little yellow to add some sunshine to your day.

Yes it's bright, and tends to keep catching your eye when wearing against the darker tones in life, but wow doesn't a dash of colour just do something to an otherwise monotone outfit.

These are part of a ltd edition, as the yellow cashmere frill yarn is long discontinued, I expect I can make about 5 more pairs. http://www.etsy.com/listing/19070617/ltd-edition-yellow-cashmere-frill

in Vogue

This morning I have the headache from hell, I've taken a pill to relieve the pounding, and then through my door via the postman, came another pill in the form of this months Vogue, which has my iLE AiYE wraparound jacket featured in the catwalk collection, This clearly made me feel a little better, so having not browsed through a Vogue mag for many years, I thought I'd sit with a cup of tea and take a few minutes to absorb the wonders of the designs, sadly my headache wasn't allowing me to be inspired.

Hood ON or Hood OFF

So the final stages of this sweater are complete, sadly the yarn was rapidly running out, after knitting up the scarf/lapel, the last section was to make a hood, with such little yarn to play with, the hood turned out a little snug, it doesn't feel tight or uncomfortable, but perhaps isn't quite a roomy as I'd hoped, but having said that, when the need for a hood arises, the last thing you want is that cold wind getting in through open gaps, so it's a tricking decision. Hood ON or Hood OFF. as of now the hood is off, I took these images to get an idea of what it will look like if the hood is on.

Personally I think I'd go for the hood ON.

mosaic crazy

So I thought i'd share some images of my bathroom with you, after showing you some of the tiles I'll be using for my fire place, I figured a little viewing of my ever so small bathroom would be something of a colour/design experience.

Mr iLE AiYE and I created this room some 10 years ago, based on an Egyptian theme, with hand painted panels in each wall, we researched each image carefully, eventually deciding on, a map of the river Nile, hieroglyphics explaining the ritual of applying make-up, Sun Ray, a Rosetta Stone and the tree of life, and then of course there's the mosaic ceiling mirror which we placed over the bath, this is great fun whilst relaxing in the bath, however the deeper reason for this, was more of a cleansing of the soul, ie: water, bathing, nudity.

it took us about 5 months to create this space often working till the early hours of the morning, smashing up tiles and fitting them like a huge jigsaw. I've never tired of this bathroom, (dispite it probably being the smallest room known to man) it's a peaceful space, full of beautiful colours and shapes, I hope you like it too.

iLE AiYE inhouse job

So this week, I've been concentrating on re-designing, and demolishing my previous fireplace,

As you can see from the image at the top, work is now ready for rendering, and tiling.

I've chosen a mixture of tiles, these mosaic type tiles are just to add accents of colour to a larger light biscuit shade marble effect tile. I'll show you these when the job is finished.

I'm hoping to have it all finished in about 2 weeks, which will bring my sitting room re-decoration to an end, and I have to say it's looking mighty fine, like a little boutique apartment in London.