A little alteration,

I made a little alteration to the cowl, allowing it to drape a bit more around the chest, giving a touch more coverage.

more sunday knitting

So Sundays are my favourite day for knitting, I get to knit new things, catch up on orders, tackle more time consuming projects, and I can sit in my comfy chair, in my PJ's all day without rushing to the Post Office, or packing up orders.

So this morning I've finished off this cowl, it's a luxury 100% Cashmere yarn - not cheap- i've knitted it on a small needle, with a rib effect, this means it falls into the time consuming category.

this little parcel of luxury is heading off to my regular customer in the States.

Endless weekends & Sunday knitting

So the camera is definitely lying today, because this little black dress looks much more beautiful in real life than it does in these images, the yarn is so gorgeous, with a double knit throughout, sometimes a triple knit to add thickness and luxury, and the netting effect, of which you can't see all of it, due to shadows etc.

Anyway I'm hoping after what seems like months I'm finally at the last hurdle with this dress, My very patient Friend- Renee (a fantastic interior painter/finisher, checkout her work here http://reneekopal.com/home.html and her singer/songwriter skills here http://www.myspace.com/reneekopalmusic)who commissioned this dress has a wonderful curvaceous figure, so it's going to look a lot nicer on her than it does on this mannequin. I'm hoping she won't mind me taking a few pictures of her wearing it.

Fabric in a can

http://www.fabricanltd.com/

Wow i'm so excited by this new technology, developed by some clever peeps at Imperial college London, and the Royal College of Art, A spray on fabric which when dried, can be removed, the shape remains, so you can wear it again, and you can even wash it.

The ideas/designs which can be created from this are running/sprinting infact, through my head, it's just mind boggling.

So now when you coin the phrase, 'wow did she pray those pants on', it might possibly be that she did.

Sadly the aerosols aren't on sale until next year, but the good news is, an aerosol will cost around £8.00. http://www.fabricanltd.com/

Just what I need - NOT

I've always wondered what it'd be like to sit on a Jury in the court of law, and often wished when friends were called up, that I too could be called.

Well that wish has come true, except now I wish I didn't have to go. yep I hear you, be careful what you wish for..

Anyway i have a two week appointment with a pending case from 4th October.

Whilst this will be a completely new experience for me, which I'm looking forward to, I could really do with-out loosing so many hours in a day just sitting in a court room,

I'm also a little worried about the nature of the case, I'm kind of squeamish, so any nasty pictures or crime is going to make me feel ill, so I'm praying it's a high profile celebrity thing, hehe.

Anyway, this will mean my shop will be a ' go slow ' zone for this time period, I'm hoping to still keep it open, but to have a longer time period for made to order items.

Almost there

Just some finishing touches, buttons and neatening up to do. Mind you this image is showing the shade a lot brighter than the actual real life shade, which is much more like the swatch below.