Knitting, good food, a glass of wine, friends … a little bit everyday makes for great living.
Posted in peacock shawl on Feb 28th, 2008
Remember when I was in limbo about painting my peacock shawl. I ultimately decided that I didn’t have the talent to hand paint it well or the fortitude to gain the talent – so ivory it stayed.
But I’d like to think that if I had painted it, it would be as beautiful as this one.
Posted in peacock shawl on Nov 8th, 2007
Is having a KAL like earning a star in Hollywood? Last week, Ailsa kindly asked if she could start a knit-a-long for the Pretty As A Peacock shawl. And would I be willing to pop in now and then to ooh and aah over everyone’s shawls? To say I felt honored is an understatement. Of [...]
Posted in peacock shawl on Jul 17th, 2007
Warning: This post is long. However, I hope I am able to both entertain and enlighten about the thought process behind my shawl design. More over I hope that makes up for my wordiness. I also hope this may inspire someone else to persevere when they design something of their own.
I am anxiously willing the universe to bend to [...]
Posted in peacock shawl on Jun 10th, 2007
I want to thank you so very much for the praise regarding my shawl. It is an incredible feeling to know that you like it. There is always a fear that when you put something of yourself out there, it will be met with polite silence. I am incredibly grateful (and relieved) that you have made that fear not [...]
Posted in peacock shawl on Jun 7th, 2007
I am dizzy from the breathlessness of it all. Some time ago the Harlot wrote about the work that goes into designing your own lace shawl. So many of you have complimented me to the rafters on a at-the-time-not-yet-completed-could-still-turn-ugly-at-any-moment shawl. I felt torn between a rooster’s strut and a mumbled “it was nothing”. The Harlot was is right. [...]
Posted in peacock shawl on Jun 1st, 2007
I was incredibly touched by the overwhelming response I received from the last post about the peacock shawl.
Touched? That’s how you are going to describe it? Let’s try flabbergasted. Bowled over. Need to sit down from the shock. And the response – I think unexpectedly huge sums it up nicely.
The encouragement from all of you [...]
Posted in peacock shawl on May 13th, 2007
When one is knitting a lace shawl, there reaches a point where photos of the shawl look the same. The fact that an additional ten thousand stitches that feel like eighteen million gazillion have been knitted means nothing to the camera. Zilch, nada, nothin’. It looks like a lump of string with some pointy things poking [...]