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Our Virtual Community
16 Jan 2018

Our Virtual Community

by fabrickated | posted in: Inspiration | 31

The Internet has only been available since 1990, the year my youngest son was born. I remember being shown that I was on it in 1996 (via my job) and feeling astonished. But I soon embraced email and gradually began … Continued

blogging, community, Instagram
Happy Christmas Everyone!
23 Dec 2017

Happy Christmas Everyone!

by fabrickated | posted in: Inspiration, knitting, WIP (work in progress) | 31

Speaking of Christmas Jumpers, can I thank the Demented Fairy for sending me this ace knitting pattern? And here are some knitting jokes The jumper I got for Xmas kept picking up static electricity so I took it back to … Continued

bread, Christmas, gansey, jokes, knitting, Rocquaine, wool, yellow
More lovely Elizabeth Zimmermann jumpers
12 Dec 2017

More lovely Elizabeth Zimmermann jumpers

by fabrickated | posted in: Finished projects, Inspiration, knitting | 20

I have been waiting patiently for one of my friends Giorgia to finish her sweater as she strongly encouraged me to do the Knit a long. And “Ta Da!” her jumper is finished. It is such a beautiful one, isn’t … Continued

black, Elizabeth Zimmermann, Grey, knitting, purple, red, wool
Learning to weave in a day
5 Dec 2017

Learning to weave in a day

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Inspiration, WIP (work in progress) | 32

You may recall I have a friend Bridget who we met on holiday. She and her husband sat on the coach in front of us, and while he studied a map of Jordan she knitted. We got on very well, … Continued

blue, cotton, learning to weave, loom, red, weaving
Making Christmas presents from scraps
28 Nov 2017

Making Christmas presents from scraps

by fabrickated | posted in: Designing, Inspiration, WIP (work in progress) | 32

One of the great benefits of the shoe making course is that I was able to pick up lots of discarded leather pieces. In the photograph below I include my feet, for scale. I think the dark brown is probably … Continued

Christmas presents, leather, sample books, wool
Do you care about how you look?
25 Nov 2017

Do you care about how you look?

by fabrickated | posted in: Inspiration, Style advice | 42

How we look is such an important aspect of who and what we are. Just as we have a character and personality, so too, we have an appearance – a body, a shape, a way of talking and walking. We … Continued

appearance, beauty, first impressons, natural beauty, style
What to learn next?
21 Nov 2017

What to learn next?

by fabrickated | posted in: Inspiration | 8

Regular readers will know that my main mission in life is to learn! After the bootmaking Ceci was asking What next? And so were we! I love travel, exploring nature, meeting new people, eating food especially food I have never … Continued

education, learning, photography
How successful senior women are portrayed on TV (British version)
11 Nov 2017

How successful senior women are portrayed on TV (British version)

by fabrickated | posted in: Inspiration, Style advice | 13

A recent discussion on Meghan Markle found all of us agreed that the outfits the women wore on Suits bore little resemblance to the workwear you might find in a modern lawyers office in NYC. I guess that is true … Continued

blouses, Dr Who, jackets, TV drama, uniform, women, work, workwear
Colourful suggestions for darker skinned people
7 Nov 2017

Colourful suggestions for darker skinned people

by fabrickated | posted in: Colour Analysis, Inspiration | 13

Do you follow the wonderful, funny, talented  Nakisha Smith’s blog Dressmaking Debacles?  She and I tested a jeans pattern together and I have followed her ever since. The other day she wrote an interesting blog on colour analysis. She concluded that … Continued

black people, BME, Colour analysis, colour directions, darker skins, winter
What’s happened to the cardigan?
4 Nov 2017

What’s happened to the cardigan?

by fabrickated | posted in: Finished projects, Inspiration, knitting, Tips and Techniques | 16

(sorry about my management of posts this weekend – post on colour coming on Tuesday) Since I last wrote about a cardigan, I made another EZ yoked sweater. Partly I was waiting for the Knit along knitters to finish their … Continued

bobbles, cardigan, cashmere, knitting, merino, steeking, violet, wool

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