Ecraz Hozoï

"gold virgin wall"

Crochet a boat and a cream tea, stuff.....

The Spirit of Chartwell

(Chartwell, The family home name of Sir Winston Churchill)
http://www.spiritofchartwell.com/
Carmen and I find yet another way to do afternoon tea, A luxury Boat trip.
20 years younger than most on the boat, but with one thing in common.  That being the love of afternoon tea.

I'll give it 8 out 10 (needs a few tweaks) All round an enjoyable way to spend a day and night.  Also putting this trip up there with the Orient Express.

Another Christmas/birthday gift combined, and I would recommend it.

Photos below
Ice cream, Leicester Square.
Cocktails on the edge of China Town
All activities very enjoyable, you have to save but its all extremely worth it!

Vague

Fourth canvas in my returning home dark compilation of feelings, if this where Star Wars it would be the Dark side art the type Darth Vader would have had in his board room. This time I'm using the letters in  different way, actually stitching them to the canvas.

Fly catchers (hanging stripes)

Not sure of the correct title but this is my very own crochet version of the type of door hanging that where a very big in the 80's.  I need them for my art space as I find the door closed claustrophobic, yet if I don't hang the strips I get bumble bee after bumble bee flying in.  A Buzzing fly does nothing for your concentration.......

I brought the cheap plastic type, well really the only type I could find and they basically break every time I hand them.  So I'm working on my own version.

Two skeins and a doily.

Two skeins and a doily.

Two balls of Sirdar Crofters fair-isle effect yarn.

One charity shop Doily.
Moderate crochet skills.

A little imagination......

Whoooo Laaaaa

 Yarn of choice.

 Neck and shoulder.

 Front, I have added button holes I just need to find three matching buttons.

 It's a little skeletal in appearance.

 My photos uploaded in a complete random order, but it's ok as you get to see the complete project.

Birthdays and Stuff..........

Cake , yes another year older.  I have not had the heart to update my profile as I dont feel
that I like the idea that i'm that close to forty so for now ill remain 37.

"Age it's is only a number" who said that!

"But 7 sounds better than 8";-) who am I kidding.

Cup cakes from Asda, big cake and baby cakes mmmmmmmmm lemon and melt in your mouth sponge
8 out of 10.  Effort 10 out of 10.(Rich)

Knits for the Woolly Walk

Knitting, for this I used a crochet chain to complete the letter.  It's crocheted canvas for the back ground.

Fish

I titled this fish! , there aren't any fish.  I just thought that it looked a little tropical?

Auckland

New duck and a new destination so it's name is the place that it will be heading.

Duvet that mummy made.

Project Duvet

This has been a Long time in the making, saving tops since around 2002? he's beans T shirt bed cover.  He out grew the tops , bands and festivals I saved the front logos and stitched them together, don't look to close as I am not a seamstress, but my son was pretty impressed all the same.




His room is a bomb site, so it made taking the photos was a little difficult.;-)

 
Just so festival.
artyarn aka Rachel Elwel is always doing something for her community and always a collaborative piece, flowers are required.
link below
http://artyarn-justsofestival2011.blogspot.com/p/contribute.html

All over the WORLD!

I helped or am helping, a little bit makes a big difference.

knitted graffiti on a huge scale.

http://www.koes.dk/#/483666/ 
I sent the Home Sweet Home graffiti for this project and a little goodie bag of other knits, triangles above.  Which you can see in the graffiti shot above they are under the bridge.

http://stickkontakt.blogspot.com/2011/05/varldens-storsta-tack-till-vara.html

 

Stockholm's graffiti knitters , below I translated a little.  For the full story link above.
 It was tough as hell. Lift broke. Not just once. Several times. It was cold. it was weeks and weeks of work all rolled in.  crochet stitch, threads clipped, tied, carried across the world.
They thank all who helped. (hugely)
I have been busy lately and its a global task, so far, Sweden for a project in Denmark.

http://stickkontakt.blogspot.com/2011/05/kos-museum-of-art-in-public-spaces.html 

It's up its huge and it has a new word.
 Yarnity, Unity with Yarn.

"Well done all of Stickkontakt "

NEXT

Australia 
And the Melbourne lights Festival. 
Face book
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Light-in-Winter-festival-2011/208301252525139 
Blog
http://theknitwits3056.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/winter-festival-facebook-page/ 
I helped knit wit(Deirdre) a little with this project, I sent a Jiffy packet to contribute towards this big project the ART graffiti with a duck of cousre.

Will update as and when.............

NEXT

The Woolly walk along. 
Last but not least
Auckland, New Zealand and a place called ----------Davonport.
Blog and links to project
http://knittygraffity.blogspot.com/
 
http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/connect/events/2011/sep/84657-the-woolly-walk-along

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knitty-Graffity/392847405420?sk=wall&filter=12

An art installation that's all about the Rugby and even a little docu about the art piece made at the same time of the insulation, I can't wait to see that.

I'm  currently in the making for this Jiffy pack,;-)

Will up date as and when.

NEXT/ shocking and I'm not helping;-)

Duck Stalker

http://twilighttaggers.blogspot.com/2011/03/float-away-duck-project.html
It's seems my ideas are taking on all over the world!!!
whilst randomly looking for some thing's to do with the Melbourne festival of light, I couldn't believe my eyes!

Chance or a copy? how did this happen.

I think that the ducks are a pretty good imitation.  And really if I where the inspiration, I'm  pretty flattered its just suck a good idea.

Maybe we could do a duck exchange?

Evie's shawl SOS and a few others things.

  Evie's shawl SOS

my progress is slow with this, she's now 7 weeks old(there about) It's my knit cafe project and I haven't managed that for two weeks!;-(  so I thought id do a little and when i pulled it out of my project bag! this has happened,yarn snap? 
Or I cut something I shouldn't?
The way I see it is that I have three choices.......


As being knit I cant work out what to do, so it's frog it, but I've spent weeks.
  
Embrace the hole?

Or take it to the next knit cafe and see if someone could help;-(

 Below
My Crocheted garden planter.

I happily planted my sweet peas, it wont last forever but I figured why not brighten up an old wicker tub, I made a lining using a plastic bag;-)

 Sewing.

  I so gotta Sow......


My sewing machine has been worth its weight in gold this last two weeks, I have customised five band t shirts.  Completed beans duvet cover that's made from all his young teen years metal tops(back burner for years).  Customised my birthday dress with a pretty little trim. (Primark) so it needed customising.

I even heard the scariest thing the other day on the radio, LBC (so fact) that people where coming to the UK for holidays just to hit Primark Oxford street? (shocking)



Jelly 

My graffiti being appreciated.  below my art that I donated all for a good cause.
http://jelly.org.uk/2011/05/06/things-we-have-been-doing-lately/

 Mines at the bottom (The orang-utan artist unknown to me)

 Back to sewing............

I brought this basket when I was 19, so yes it's officially vintage.  It was one of the first things that I brought when I left home.  As a child I was always fixated by sowing boxes, and there contents,button tins especially.  My mother had a vintage Tupper ware box(Brwony orange with a cream lid!)

That happily held all her needles and treads, for years.  My nan (more more) Mother, mother had a tin full of buttons I would tread on to cotton to make necklaces(I was very young).  

But sadly I out grew this box along time ago but the memory made me hold on.  

But I have decided that its time to upgrade.  The reason I haven't is that what would I do with this cherished box?

Yes I have to admit I have been a little taken with the Kath Kidston! Happens to us all eventually, but why buy new when old was still in good working order just squashed!  and then my good friend gem said that she needed to get a sewing box as she was forever losing her pins!  

Music to my ears, she is going to happily give my retired box a new home and come my birthday ill be treating my self hopefully to a big shiny new one;-)

What to do with a doily and two balls of Sirdar Yarn

Inspired by a cardi that I had seen in Primark (two mentions;-() I decided to construct my own but using one of the many vintage doily's that I have collected.

Below yarn and progress so far (detailed blog to follow)

Mixed Colour way, ill Ill finmd the label and post name(Just in-case)