Bead Whimsey!
Rainshadow Hanging Garden Stole sample beaded bracelets for the workshop! examples of how colour and beads work together! Rolling Thunder Gauntlets Fluency Gloves Dryad, by Sivia Harding for Twist Collective, Winter 2009 a personal favourite right now :) Lumen, by Sivia Harding for Brooklyn Tweed's Wool People 4! Bead Whimsey with Sivia Harding That was the name of the class that I took at the Toronto Knitters Frolic. I have attended many workshops in my time, so it takes a special workshop to catch my attention. Do you know her? I have to admit, I wasn't aware of Sivia's work until it was announced that she was the special guest for the Frolic. When I did some research on line, I was intrigued by her beaded knits and signed up right away! "Bead Whimsey" did not disappoint! Sivia brought so many examples of her beaded knits. We talked about the different beads available out in the bead wor
Hi Anne, Oh my, HP!!!!!! I didn't know. Have you seen Nowhere Boy yet? Well worth your time, even if you're not a child of the 60's. It's a good story well done.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I was thinking of 'The Club' and how about in May, our second last meeting, we dress as the photo in the Rowan Mag, knitted garment, props, etc. The goal is to reproduce the original picture as best we can. In my case I'd need to find a long blond wig, among other things, to get the effect. You could take our pictures and they could be sent to Rowan in the UK !!! Rowan would think we were so committed to their product they would then invite us all to the UK for a series of workshops with their top designers! What do you think?