Fall Blanket October 2018

Just liked working with these colors.

Around the world

Peru

Kaffe Fassett 

 Quechua man in Peru

Crocheter in Morocco

Congo

Fair Isle knitting in Fair Isle, one of the Shetland islands in Scotland

PussyHats, Women's March 2018

Nature-Based Textiles

 Vanessa Barragão's works highlight ecosystems above and below the sea.

Portuguese textile artist Vanessa Barragão produces carpets and tapestries from a variety of different techniques, creating multi-faceted landscapes with the use of latch hooking, crochet, weaving, basketry, and felt. Her environmental works present imitation coral, fungi, and algae as three-dimensional elements in plush contexts such as the circular work viewed above which she calls Earth Rug. The piece was developed for this year’s Milan Design Week and spans nearly 15 feet in diameter.

More here.

Purple and Blue Lamp Post. Extra granny squares from Cousin Afghan.

Bat Mitzvah present for Cousin Ellen Kaplan

Blue Bluesy Blueish Blue!

My hats inspire

Nancy Ricci of Knitty City was so inspired by my summer cotton hats, that she made a bunch, wore them around her yarn store and created a demand for classes.

June hats

Purple & Blue - Work in Progress

For this gift to cousin Ellen on her Bat Mitzvah in September, I received only one instruction:
PURPLE AND BLUE.
Chose a Granny Square Afghan because I LOVE this style.
Here is a "crazy" granny I found on-line that I might emulate:

Or I might just go with the standard, same size squares

The work-in-progress (W.I.P.) that I have started:

The Mola of Panama and Colombia

Watch this Textile Artist as she creates a mola.
Click here for the video.