Fibers: Superwash Merino, Merino, Wensleydale Locks
Colours: Pink, Gold, Yellow, White, Brown
Weight: Bulky
Technique: Gold Tencel wrapped single
Embellishments – Heart-shaped plastic heart beads with lace pattern, terra-cotta beads, stems of black silk flowers
Fibers: Merino, Silk, Teeswater
Colours: Brown, White, Gold
Weight: Bulky
Technique: Bumpy-Plied with Locks
Embellishments – Teddybears
Inspiration: The Teddybear’s Picnic Song
(More info, and the song here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nBUM1THgaQ&feature=related)
Lyrics:
If you go out in the woods today
You’re sure of a big surprise.
If you go out in the woods today
You’d better go in disguise.
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Picnic time for teddy bears,
The little teddy bears are having a lovely time today.
Watch them, catch them unawares,
And see them picnic on their holiday.
See them gaily dance about.
They love to play and shout.
And never have any cares.
At six o’clock their mommies and daddies
Will take them home to bed
Because they’re tired little teddy bears.
If you go out in the woods today,
You’d better not go alone.
It’s lovely out in the woods today,
But safer to stay at home.
For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain, because
Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic
CHORUS
Every teddy bear, that’s been good
Is sure of a treat today
There’s lots of wonderful things to eat
And wonderful games to play
Beneath the trees, where nobody sees
They’ll hide and seek as long as they please
Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic
CHORUS
As I am knitting ‘The Beekeeper’s Quilt’ I have become obsessed with mini skeins of yarn so I am now dyeing bamboo and merino/nylon minis. They will be for sale in the shop soonish!
Fibers: Merino, Silk, Mohair
Colours: Red, Orange
Weight: Bulky
Technique: Corespun
Embellishments – Mohair Locks
Inspiration:
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Fibers: Merino, Viscose
Colours: Green, White, Blue,
Weight: Bulky
Embellishments – Handmade Wool/Silk Felted Beads
Fibers: Teeswater locks, merino/angelina
Colours: Deep Brown with Auburn sparkle
Weight: Bulky
Embellishments – Gold sequins, hand dyed dark red/brown silk cocoons and teeswater locks
Fibers: Merino wrapped in Lurex thread
Colours: Red, White, Pink
Weight: Bulky
Embellishments – ‘Barbie’ Doll Heads
Fibers: Superwash Merino
Colours: Pink, Purple, Yellow, Orange, Chartreuse
Weight: Bulky
Embellishments – Felt Beads and Candy Striping
Fibers: Bamboo, Superwash Merino, Mohair, Metallic Thread, Firestar
Colours: Burgundy, Cream, Wine, Grey, Orange, Chartreuse, Blue, Pink
Weight: Bulky
Embellishments – Large Pink Flower with Sparkle Center
Inspiration: Thoughts of the closets of stars from the silver screen, pictures which could illuminate with colour now often were viewed in black and white by audiences….like a secret beauty that you were only able to experience in person.
Fibers: Bamboo, Merino, Seasilk
Colours: Red, White, Salmon, Grey
Weight: Bulky
Embellishments – Cotswold Locks
Inspiration:
He made a curious motion with his wrist as he drew the knife along the side of the pot, and every last vestige of cream was neatly wiped from the blade, as if it had been freshly washed. He drove the tip into the jam, took a blob encasing a strawberry back to the scone, and deposited it neatly in the middle. The result was so precise it looked like the work of a machine.
Page 205, Johannes Cabal:the Necromancer – Jonathan L. Howard