Our move from the vast and sparsely populated French Midi to mega-city Berlin requires a period of
adaptation. Life in a beautiful place came to an end and is missed
tremendously. Luckily, it is not material possessions we miss. It is friends one cannot easily visit any longer, it is my country cat Howard
who did find a new home but is missed every day, and there is le
Lauragais landscape, the infinite fields, wide horizons, Pyrenees mountains, the Montagne Noir, and the sky with sunrises and sunsets beautiful beyond description - all of this having been the main reasons for
living in that part of France for almost two decades.
Timbuctoo - adding new circles
In many ways we are lucky to have found a true home and friends in so many places,
be it in Germany, the UK, the United States or in France - so I would like
to belief that we will feel at home again someday in this big city of
Berlin. I am slowly picking up my threads again in the truest sense of the word, getting my
yarn stash organized and continuing dormant projects. The cowl Timbuctoohas made a few steps forward - moving along the road to Timbuctoo inch by inch so to speak. As one
says, the path is the goal. And who says one has to hurry knitting ...
This is the last part of ART TEXTILE BERLIN - highlighting a few more artists participating in the exposition in Berlin. The vast array of arts kept the visitor almost spellbound - each room held new surprises, affording lovely insights into old and new crafts and creations. Click here to see all four blog posts on ART TEXTILE BERLIN.
Two more works by Eva Lippert- showcasing her art in a glass cabinet. Such lovely gatherings of materials, be it beads or buttons, yarns or fleece, an almost transparent precious look at one time, darkly glossy and beautiful the other, combining knitting, crocheting, beading, quilting, weaving, just following the voice of the materials.
Mormon, Anne-Marie
- See more at: http://www.textile-art-berlin.de/teilnehmer/mormon-anne-marie#sthash.pdtXab17.dpuf
Beautiful gathering of sensuous materials
Mormon, Anne-Marie
- See more at: http://www.textile-art-berlin.de/teilnehmer/mormon-anne-marie#sthash.pdtXab17.dpuf
Mormon, Anne-Marie
- See more at: http://www.textile-art-berlin.de/teilnehmer/mormon-anne-marie#sthash.pdtXab17.dpu
See this interesting blog by Tara for excellent pictures of bracelets made with the Wikinger Strickliesel. You can see how the wire is wound and stitched around a stick, its size determinant for the length and diameter, crocheting in the round so to speak.
Jewelry made with Wikinger Strckliesel (spool knitting)
Bracelet made with Wikinger Strickliesel (Bracelet and picture by Tara)
Closing this post with a picture of folded Origami ornaments, bringing bright rainbow colors into the church St. Maria, in Angermünde (Uckermark, Germany). I was thinking of how lucky we are that we are able to live in a safe place and how urgently we need to help those less fortunate.
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In all colors of the rainbow - Origami in St. Maria (St. Angermünde, Germany)
Yoomchi = Korean Art of Papermaking - Artist Sang Hoon Yang ”Love
Song”, 600x1800m, Joomchi, Wire and handmade Paper. Hanji is strong and
long-lasting traditional Korean paper, made from the inner bark of the
dak (mulberry) tree, famous for its ability to resist fading, even after
1,000 years. This material is popularly used in the fashion industry,
normal life and artwork creation, such as Yoomchi.
Profusion de Fleurs
There are so many beautiful images to look at and sometimes I just wish I could have a true Afterimage - especially when I see lace - I like the idea of having a beautiful picture stay on the retina for a while, even if it does change color! An image of lace I cannot ever see long enough. Lace knitters are a tight-knit community, an oxymoron if you reflect on this. Many want to try out lace knitting just once - and some get hooked - or "needled" as the case may be. And sometimes a new pattern is published and one is totally enamored from the very start, love at first sight - in French so aptly called: "un coup de foudre".
Here are my latest hits of lightning - the incredibly airy, lacy Medallion Wrap by Kathy Merrick.
After I received the Vogue 2012 Special Crochet Issue as a present from of
my daughter Anne I ordered the Rowan Kid Silk Haze rightaway, but could
not even wait for it to arrive, just had to start instantly with some
stash mohair, tirelessly gathered by daughter Valerie. It looks beautiful even in these colors - and I don't
think I will be bored with making this pattern twice! By the way - the picture of the old lichen-covered tiles holds a surprise - look closely!
And hold that afterimage - like I do when I see my wonderful grandson Victor on Skype - the screen picture closes with a blubb at the end of the call, but the image of that laughing three-year old stays on!
The next project that needed doing as soon as the image turned up on my computer screen was the ingenious Wingspan by maylin Tri'Coterie Designs. My stash Noro Silk Garden Lite found its perfect project application, after I had originally intended to knit a giletbut was not happy with the outcome. For this wrap, I used the German short row method to avoid visible holes between the wedges. For joining the yarn I used the overlap method by TechKnitting
.
The Wingspan is almost finished - I might add some frills at the outer edge and an I-cord - one shall see.
I am always on the look-out for fancy stitches and techniques.Fairy Stitch Sarahof knit1felttoo (on Ravelry) just added a great, beautifully photographed pictorial of the broomstick stitch done with lace ribbon yarn and I found a good video with a demonstration of the Channel Island Cast-On, done by OfTroy. A variety of cast-on methods are found on her video blog. I find it not complicated to follow printed stitch instructions, but a video demonstration or pictorial is so much easier to follow and understand the technique.
Working with Lace Ribbon yarn can be sometimes be a challenge if you are a perfectionist.
Ribbon yarn spins and twists and one will constantly have to counter the twist and keep the yarn straight. If this characteristic bothers you, you will have to add untwisting time to your project schedule!
A green knit and beaded Easter Egg for Kri's Easter Egg Hunt- hopefully someone will hide it in a green bush...
This is made with a set of 5 double-pointed needles with DMC yarn, starting with an Emily Ocker CO. Increase 8 stitches evenly in every row until the desired circumference. Knit straight for 3-4 cm, adding the pre-strung or hook-introduced beads. Decrease 6 stitches in every row (oval shape), stuff it with cotton wool or fleece just before the opening becomes too small, attach a transparent thread loop to hang it up.
