Bead Whimsey!
Rainshadow Hanging Garden Stole sample beaded bracelets for the workshop! examples of how colour and beads work together! Rolling Thunder Gauntlets Fluency Gloves Dryad, by Sivia Harding for Twist Collective, Winter 2009 a personal favourite right now :) Lumen, by Sivia Harding for Brooklyn Tweed's Wool People 4! Bead Whimsey with Sivia Harding That was the name of the class that I took at the Toronto Knitters Frolic. I have attended many workshops in my time, so it takes a special workshop to catch my attention. Do you know her? I have to admit, I wasn't aware of Sivia's work until it was announced that she was the special guest for the Frolic. When I did some research on line, I was intrigued by her beaded knits and signed up right away! "Bead Whimsey" did not disappoint! Sivia brought so many examples of her beaded knits. We talked about the different beads available out in the bead wor
Right, you are not the only one. At least you can include me as another one. It seems that some yarns and fabrics must marinate some years before taking their perfect forms.
ReplyDeleteI'm ordering my skein tomorrow and that's the colour I was going to choose. It looks so yummy. I totally know what you mean about the brain freeze. I'm definitely making a pair of socks with mine. And of course there's only 3 projects on ravelry so far because it's just been launched.
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http://www.ravelry.com/projects/daggi13/nori
It's so pretty. Every one that has tried it just loves it. I know what you mean, it has to be the perfect pattern when you have the perfect yarn. Socks? Or is that too dull???
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