Coat for a Boat

The project that I had no knowledge of that recently ran in the UK.

A real knitted coat for a hand made boat.

Coat for a boat!

Big as in big discovery when visiting the Twisted Thread.

Articles with reference.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/content/articles/2009/02/13/coat_boat_feature.shtml

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/audio-video/Knitters-needed-to-make-coat.4945140.jp

Blog entry.

http://emma-bell.blogspot.com/2009/06/knitted-boat-and-brussel-sprouts.html

Kitty knit Cat.

Fishy Dishy Dresses

Scales and urchins.

Mermaidmaina

Art Post Trip

Here is some of My Textile Art that I completed late night before flying to my Uk trip.

I think that I was so excited about the Twisted Thread, anticipation of where my art would sit not having been to this type of exhibition since I stylised my work.

Got my self a signature, artistically.

New things new projects to be surrounded by creative artists.

I had to stop my self late night as I was on a creative roll.

There's more to follow!!!

These where the leaf print canvases to begin.

I had used crayon in the pink paint for texture and still a possibility to melt.

I had leaf printed.

http://theknittingforartexhibition.blogspot.com/2009/10/hungry-caterpillar-or-simply-organic.html

Hand stitched crochet to the canvas.

Stitched beads to the lighter on the two canvas.

And had hand embroidered, Red sewing thread around some of the knitted stitch shape.

I had used a piece of machine knit to get the imprint with the Gray paint.



Tissue paper leaves and a Jackson Pollack splash complement this detailed Textile Art well.

Crocheted Flowers and Knitted Art

Women/Feminine/Strong

Yet delicate at the same time. (Make do mend!)

My knitted Apron with an emphasis that its is almost under wear, The only garment to be worn/ defeats the object of protection.

Purpose.

Rubber Glove, for the down right dirty

Juxtapose

Suede lady at the race's glove.

Stockings.....
Seductive/yet cute.
Wellys and cutting the grass.
Prepare a fabulous meal with sex appeal like Nigella
Sex symbol/goddess......

to

Carrying your hurt child! weight lifter?

Yet dainty.
Breast Feeder/provider.

why do women have to be it all, all in different skins.

I mean wellys don't make a sex symbol.
You could imagine Deta in the Hunter Wellingtons and Burlesque out fit?.
(I mean she would probably look good? you get my point)

Yet a man,
A man it's Jeans and a t shirt that's it.
Cooking/sex appeal.......gardener, let me ask you, true?

Who are they every day? the same.

Because it's comfortable, for men.
That one uniform fit's all, it's what makes him, cute, rugged, handsome.
Yet Not the case for the female of the species.

Hormonal? I'll change the subject
From feisty feminism to Delicate Flowers.

My flowers made at the Twisted thread stall assisting, my time spent being productively. Still a work in progress, but I pretty pleased with my easy yet effective design. Flowers and how too?, where a big part of the Twisted Thread and Quirky's little stall, people who can?

People who can not! That's the world we live in, Doer's.........

And then the talkers,

That don't actually do but try to convince you that they have made bigger and better.

There where plenty of these, at the exhibition (very funny)

My Crochet Flowers

Charity shop Gray cotton.

Vintage acrylic

Recycled Ends

Filling a Gap with Crocheted Wallpaper

Project Wallpaper Knit/Crochet


A New Square/block.....well almost a square, maybe more a rectangle

Indecisive day, we all have them.

I'm pretty black and white (in opinion)

But today it all seems Gray;-)

A gap filled and the sun shone,

(for a second)

The weather darking by noon.

It's mostly Crochet the new square the yellow is the only knit.

Up close

A promise of better quality photo's with better lighting.

Hopefully (thumbs crossed) this week

Not as dark as today

These are not up top my usual standard;-(

I'm really enjoying the Wallpaper project

I feel that on completion,

the media and scale will make for some great photography.

Beading Trial and Error

Hammer beads and Cotton (Gray Rowan)

Size 12 hook.

The bottom is still to messy the beading is to cover a canvas frame,

I want the neatest of stitches/square and all in equal rows.

But It seems to be trail and error,

so far I have used acrylic the silky/neah!

Now the cotton/neah

Also I'm trying a regular acrylic..........W,I,P

Good for photography though.

Naughty dogs!!!


One of my work bins that sits in my front room, many project running at the same time, I get swamped so I stack stuff;-)

Rasmus whom is not aloud on the new sofa's(Rich rules)

Is indeed a rule breaker..........

I Leave the room........

I here a crash..........

I come in to the room, I ask Rasmus........

" Was that you?"

He shakes his head, of cousre not, but who else?

The "it wasn't me face!"

The evidence..........luckily he didn't eat any!

Poetry Society knitted Poem Completed.

Photos: Alison Friday, Hazel Buchan Cameron, Bob Coe, Tracy Farr and Megan Fernandes
Cute blog mention on poem knit that I took this picture from.
http://busstop.typepad.com/blog/knitting/

Below photo taken from the official poetry society web site.

http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/knit/

Poem Facts

The poem is by Dylan Thomas,titled
In My Craft or Sullen Art

Left to right measurement: 13 metres (43 ft) at its widest point

Top to bottom measurement: 8.7 metres (28 ft) at its widest point

Number of squares: 1200+ (Wow mega project)

I made one mint crochet square and one knitted lemon half square
(not a lot, but I helped);-)

Take time to look at the official site to read all about the poem.

Beginnings of my mint square.........
http://knits-and-pearls.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

Ghost Crochet Flowers

Ghost Flowers 09

Ghostly Flowers that look as if they should be swaying in the wind.

The wall paper back ground is a real juxtaposition with the crochet.
as they sit still as if set in a frame,
but you can image the movement, its as if they should be blowing in the wind.

Pretty scary surreal,
Yet calm at the same time.

How to achieve this.
1)Take one old canvas.
2)Staple gun a piece of Pink wall paper.
3)Crochet some random flowers.
(Old stashed ends)
4)Then stitch them with sewing thread to the canvas.
5)Leaving the tales/ stems free.
6)photo shoot.

The Play in Paint shop pro/even more ghostly.

More sinister.

Free falling ends.

A chain of events

Knitted Art Exhibition Blog, I had clicked on the comment part, I rarely get a comment on this blog. Found one recently that I had missed.

Comment from jafabrit
http://www.jafabrit.blogspot.com/
clicked on her blog
Saw this
I have seen this book on a few places but hadn't yet found any info and today I
did.

Clicked on this
(pick of book)
http://www.arsenalpulp.com/home.php

A knitted fairy

Then found this........I think that was all in the right order of events you know what it like when you get hitting links one to the next to the next..........

A chain of knit events
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11318156@N07/page1/
Yarn Bombing's photostream

Bus

Mouse

My life
My chain of events..........
And not much of a chain(crochet or any other stitch since Friday)

When I collected poor Rasmus as he had had his Nose Biopsy Friday morning!

My Poor boy

The Edwardian collar was a nightmare we gave him two days and then took if off, just popping it back on for walks.(Just ha ha)

He was just bashing in to everything and getting stuck in the strangest places.

Hopefully the biopsy will let us know just what it is that keeps making him swell,poor puppy snout.

Such a handsome boy;-), my son took this pic below he is sleeping or the
anaesthetic.

Beaded canvas project

Chain of threaded beads.

Just showing off my new sofa;-)
I love this green my family not so pleased.

Striped an old canvas, I will frame the good part of the canvas that was originally on here and recycle the frame for this project.

Stitches so far