Sudbury silks and signs of Spring
This morning I saw snowdrops on the way to school, my heart leapt at the sight and in my mind I went briefly back to Wales and thought of my little hillside there which is no doubt covered in snowdrops right now, although they may not be quite ready to flower but poised, on the point.
We had more snow yesterday and the days remain cold and grim but the memory of a strong sunny day last week is still in my memory, combine that with the sight of snowdrops and other bulbs ready to burst and I know that the back of winter is broken. The only way is up.
Of course whilst the air remains cold scarves are still a necessity and clearly the man who gives his wife eighty pink roses deserves a beautiful scarf.
Based on the Denise Schmidt patchwork scarf once again.
This time a more masculine take. I made the whole thing narrower and longer and used many, many strips.
The fabrics thrill me. Tie silks in so many colours and patterns. This area of Suffolk has strong historical links with the weaving and silk industry and Stephen Walters and Son continue to prosper in Sudbury, my local town. I was much too excited to discover their fantastic mill shop where you can buy tie silk by the half metre or indulge in a lucky dip bag of off-cuts for just a few pounds. My head buzzes with possibilities, I love these tie silks, they make my heart beat faster. I have a rather alarming urge to turn them into curtains and definitely a dress.
But for the moment I contained my excitement in this scarf. There are some daring flashes of colour, a little purple, some bright pink but plenty of sombre navy and all backed with a sombre pinstripe to balance it out.
I'm afraid the Technical Advisor has not been paying proper attention to America's Next Top Model. He proves a rather unwilling model, so I snatched what shots I could.
I must also draw your attention to the hand-knitted hat upon his head and tell you that on this half-term trip to London I had one of those thrilling moments, that only a knitter can fully appreciate, when I realised that all of us were wearing hand-knitted hats. Oh happy day.
This morning I saw snowdrops on the way to school, my heart leapt at the sight and in my mind I went briefly back to Wales and thought of my little hillside there which is no doubt covered in snowdrops right now, although they may not be quite ready to flower but poised, on the point.
We had more snow yesterday and the days remain cold and grim but the memory of a strong sunny day last week is still in my memory, combine that with the sight of snowdrops and other bulbs ready to burst and I know that the back of winter is broken. The only way is up.
Of course whilst the air remains cold scarves are still a necessity and clearly the man who gives his wife eighty pink roses deserves a beautiful scarf.
Based on the Denise Schmidt patchwork scarf once again.
This time a more masculine take. I made the whole thing narrower and longer and used many, many strips.
The fabrics thrill me. Tie silks in so many colours and patterns. This area of Suffolk has strong historical links with the weaving and silk industry and Stephen Walters and Son continue to prosper in Sudbury, my local town. I was much too excited to discover their fantastic mill shop where you can buy tie silk by the half metre or indulge in a lucky dip bag of off-cuts for just a few pounds. My head buzzes with possibilities, I love these tie silks, they make my heart beat faster. I have a rather alarming urge to turn them into curtains and definitely a dress.
But for the moment I contained my excitement in this scarf. There are some daring flashes of colour, a little purple, some bright pink but plenty of sombre navy and all backed with a sombre pinstripe to balance it out.
I'm afraid the Technical Advisor has not been paying proper attention to America's Next Top Model. He proves a rather unwilling model, so I snatched what shots I could.
I must also draw your attention to the hand-knitted hat upon his head and tell you that on this half-term trip to London I had one of those thrilling moments, that only a knitter can fully appreciate, when I realised that all of us were wearing hand-knitted hats. Oh happy day.
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Celia
Lovely man-scarf!!!
And very impressed re the handknitted hats. I still haven't gotten round to that one I promised G at Christmas...
K x
Your scarf is lovely. And nice hats!
I can't wait to see the dress.
What a lucky husband to get such a fantastic scarf. Mine won't wear scarves, and his poor gloves are languishing on the needles. But,my heart leaps a little when I see all of us in our handknit hats as well.
We have plenty of my husbands old ties around - I can't bear to part with them despite not having any conceivable use for them (apart from dyeing easter eggs).
Thanks again for this great suggestion, your pictures are safed already in my gift-file. (Only bad, that we haven´t such a great tie silk fabric here, too.)
With my very best wishes, have a lovely and hopefully sunny day,
Suzi
My neighbour works for one of the silk weavers in Sudbury, not sure which one, he designs fabrics for them - can you imagine! dream job! Their curtains are all his designs, gorgeous.
Love the scarf, specially as it goes so well with the hat.
Cheers!
and i SO get the! look! we are all wearing knitted hats moment! such a fulfilling moment!
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