An iLE AiYE shrug and the mother of the bride.

To my delight, I received this photograph yesterday, from a lovely customer in the US, who had worn her Silver firefly loose weave shrug, to finish off her mother of the bride outfit, It's always a treat for me to see my work worn by my customers, these days it's a rare treat, with most of my sales being done via the web. I'm thrilled at how perfect the shrug pairs with her gorgeous dress, and works in exactly the way I designed it, ie: a little glam, arm cover up on a strapless/thin sleeved gown. Thank you Lisa for allowing me to use your image on my blog, and in the first instance for taking the time to send me an image of your special day,

A burgundy summer shrug

Double knitted luxury alpaca and silk m2m sweater

This was a custom order, the yarn is the softest most gorgeous of yarns I think I've worked with to date. all beit a bit tricky to knit with, as double knitting two skeins at the same time can lead to some tangling, I really need to get some kind of skein holder to make this task a little easier.

Just thought I'd share

One of my team mates directed us to this great community site, called ODesk, It's a community of PC based/designers,web builders, writers, admin, web support, Sales and marketing. There a whole list of support which from time to time you might think, gosh I wish I knew someone who could do that. well it looks like ODesk is gonna be the place to look. Check it out here https://www.odesk.com/contractors/?sid=2001&g=&clear_button=1 you never know when you'll need that little extra help.

Amazing work by Sergio Delifino

Sergio is one of my oldest friends, we were in primary school together from the age of 5, and spent many summers hanging out on the beach in Wales,  
Sergio headed to Bristol Uni and began working at Aardmans (Wallace and Gromit)   
Since then he's worked on many animation movies, ie: Legends of the Guardian, Chop Socky Chooks
His latest project is a short animation 'A Cautionary Tail' http://www.acautionarytail.com/ a funny fable about a girl born with a tail who stands up to bullies.
Serge is responsible for creating 'Alex' the little sculpted model above,  The animation is struggling for funds, but due to $1.00 plus, donations, it's raised over $48,000 well on it's way to the $80,000 needed to complete. 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513958374/a-cautionary-tail-0/posts/241186

I'm a very proud friend, and wish him all the success in his new adventure.