Fabio contemplates boughs laden with lemons, and dreams of a summer awash with limoncello… a furry feline line… and verdant love in unexpected places… May and June were lean in handmaded-ness… but soft! all is now beyond sweet memory since…
Month: June 2012
Mustard cable-knit cowl
As those clear and cold as crystal winter mornings descend upon us, and the desire to swathe oneself in warm and cosy woolies; I have finished knitting a neck-warmer thingamy-bob. I used Rowan belle organic dk, in shade 00010. This…
The Shopping and the Spoils…
…the lowdown on the fabric and yarn shops I visited whilst in Italy and Paris. First stop, Rome; and before we had headed off on our trip I had read about Fratelli Bassetti Tessuti in a really excellent review which is also on the…
A travel wardrobe…
Time away: 27 days Where to: Rome, Umbria, Cinque Terre, Lake Como and Milan in Italy: and finally Paris Season: the later part of spring. Going by current and previous years’ weather forecasts in these parts of Europe we…
Paris in the spring; such a marvellous thing
9 June Self drafted dress, Metalicus petticoat, Vogue jacket in red silk hessian, also a self drafted Tshirt underneath (not seen) for some extra warmth. This photo above was taken by Craig on the Pont Neuf in the setting sun.…
Gadding about
4 June Here I am about to pay a visit to my pal George Clooney in Lake Como… just kidding, hehe. I don’t know who lives in this beautiful villa in Varenna, Lake Como; but the white iron lacework gate…
Tripping
Me made May has been successfully completed, and the majorest challenge for me this time round was putting pictures in the Flickr group… A monumental difficulty when one does not have a reliable computer! Thank goodness for Craig whose expertise…
