My creative space this week has been dominated by indecision, mess and general ennui. Oh dear. Nothing for it but to head to the fabric shop, be assaulted by the riot of colour and the feel of the fabric. A few *cough* dollars later and I walked back into my house with my head held high, my mind buzzing with ideas and new fabric in my hands. My cutting board was out, my rotary blade sharp, and many bags were cut out that night. And that's what's great about shiny new fabric - I haven't had the chance to get sick of it yet.
I'm hoping that the bag fairies* will be making lots of them while I sleep, so that I can have them at my next market at the Old Bus Depot on July 11.
I am currently making crocheted shawls eight and nine for the year. Eight is over half way done and I am loving it to pieces.
Nine, however, I am not in love with yet. I am doing a crochet-a-long with a friend, using exactly the same red yarn (Wollmeise) but different patterns. She is using South Bay, but I thought I would do something different and do Glorious Morning. We "hooked on" during Brown Owls on Saturday. But I like my friend's shawl more as I think the red yarn deserves something flouncy like South Bay, and not something geometric like Glorious Morning. I'm having total red shawl jealousy (mine's the one on top) but I will persevere to see how the pattern develops.
Check out the other creative people over at Kirsty's! Go on!
* Let's be clear. The bag fairies are make-believe. I am the only person who makes these bags. But a girl can dream, right?
I say keep dreaming girl... you just never know!
ReplyDeleteLovely fabric.
ReplyDeleteI love the way the colours are working in that shawl.
Fabric shops make me happy too :-) No 8 shawl is just stunning! Look forward to seeing how No 9 turns out.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, gorgeous fabric. When you are done with the bag fairy can you send her over here to help me out?
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of the crochet along. I think it will be really lovely to see them alongside one another when they are finished.
ReplyDeleteYoure bag fairies must be related to my housework and filing fairies!
ReplyDeleteI'm constantly let down by the fairies too but you never know, if you believe hard enough...
ReplyDeleteThe fabric is lush.
I love your shawl and the self striping effect it has. You truly are the queen of shawls this Winter! I saw keep going on the red one too. It might surprise you.
ReplyDeleteI am drooling over the fabric. Sigh...
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Gosh - that shawl is awesome - the colours are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteShawl Eight is autumn in yarn. Wow-ee. But I do have a bone to pick with you regarding Bag Fairies. You do realise every time you say you don't believe, one of them dies?
ReplyDeletePS. Heart thank yous for the newspaper clipping - kidlets suitably impressed with their Dad!
i don't know about ennui, you have lots of beautiful things going on! for me, it's heading off to the office supplies store
ReplyDeleteI'm SO going to be at the OBDM early next time! :D
ReplyDeleteAnd you really are the shawl queen! I'm still trying to work up to casting on my next one... ;)
That shawl is beautiful! Love the colours!
ReplyDeleteThat fabric! It's lovely.
ReplyDeleteShawl No. 8 is beautiful, very pretty colours.
nothing better than retail gratification of the fabric kind and that haul looks very impressive. the hooking is seriously impressive too. persevere with the red, i sense that it will look great in the end
ReplyDeleteAs an artist I would like to say as a general rule: darker color yarns will look better with more holes to "let in light" this contrast brings them alive, whereas lighter or paler colors do better with closer patterns and less holes as this diffuses the lighter color and it makes less of an impact than it could, which may be why your friends red shawl looks a bit better :D
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the new bags all made up! I migh have to seak over and steal one of those fairies though!!
ReplyDeleteI'm working on the 11th so I can't make it to the markets ;-( But I hope you have a fabulous time!