Well, where did all the months go to? How is it that one minute it was January and I was thinking it was going steadily and I was getting SO much done and here we are and it is September and shops are already starting to stock things for the period that everyone knows is not really a holiday for anyone (especially if you are in charge of shopping, cooking and feeding the 5 000 relatives).
I have carried on designing and publishing to Ravelry and frankly it has been crickets and I made more money from selling three finished items than I did in an entire year of selling patterns. I will still periodically publish patterns, but they are going to be in collaboration with the lovely yarn sellers who I come across, and who have a joint interest in getting my work and their yarn in the hands of eager knitters and crocheters.
SO… I will be making things I love and then will decide if I want them to go out into the world and be loved by others.
The first one I will be offering up is the Coralie top. I will tell you her story. You see the beautiful Peacock blue? This was sent to me by the very first artisan yarn dyer I ever worked with. Veronica, or Ronni to her friends. She lived in Maryland and had a boyfriend and the sweetest child. He had blonde hair and rosy cheeks like Ronni. He loved to knit. I designed my very first garment with her wool, my Summer Meadows top, which is still my best seller. She was the kindest, most giving person. Time went by and we drifted apart, as internet friendships sometimes do. It was therefore a terrible shock to discover she had passed. I think of her little boy and wonder what he is doing now and where he is. I now put tiny bits of her yarn in my projects, to make them and her memory last.
I made this top when we were on holiday in Granada. If you have ever been to Spain, you will know how the buildings and flowers are an explosion of colours, especially the enamelled wear. I collected together a big basket full of glorious cottons and pearlised acrylics and started crocheting. It grew organically and Coralie was born.
She is slightly see through so you would be advised to wear her with a camisole underneath or over a dress. She is elegant and classical. She is a night under the stars and a bowl of pomegranite seeds.
Details: Mix of cotton, hand-dyed wool and pearlised acrylic. Hand wash only.
Bust 36 - 40” ( pretty stretchy ). Shoulder to hem 20”
Free postage within the UK. I will post worldwide and will quote you.
95 pounds.
