Soul Warmer - Soft and Simple

A soft and bulky yarn, Lana Grossa Ragazza Lei,
was perfect for this small seamless shrug/bolero.

The pattern is Lynn's Shrug, from Trish Woodson.
It is a quick knit, but please note that the pattern is
not very precise.
If you want to have your shrug looks like in the
pictures, you will have to read the pattern very
carefully and reverse the positioning: CO the
side panels where the front panels are supposed
to be and vice versa.
An invisible three-needle bind-off makes it just
perfect - and the little soul warmer will hug you
nicely during all those wintery days ahead.

Koyo - Japanese Autumn Leaves

Not that this project had lingered unfinished - it's been patiently awaiting its turn since May 2007 until there were photographs available doing justice to its looks! A fine Noro Daria Multi metamorphosed into a lacy collar cum necklace, with a kumihimo-braided closure string, with macramee knots at the end.

The pattern is simply a knitted decorative edge.

Refound Love for Lucet

For some time now I've been admiring the airy Lucet necklaces made by Marie-Christine. A friend of hers custom-made this wonderful wooden Lucet for me and I took to the craft as if I had never been away - never in this case being exactly 65 years. The joy is still the same although the hands may perhaps be a bit slower. I had made a friend in New York through Ravelry and sent the necklace to her, a very talented freeformer - her Walk Through the Woods (A famous play with Sir Alec Guinness, on stage in London in the eighties) resulted in a lovely project on Ravelry called Path through the Forest. Here's my re-first Lucet necklace.

IMAGINE - we remember John Lennon

You may say I'm a dreamer but I am not the only one....

8 October 2010 -  born this day in 1940,  John Lennon was a magnificent dreamer.
We remember John Lennon and his dream of a peaceful world - a world that will be one.

Imagine and Google Video Doodle on John Lennon and Stand by Me 

and this beautiful rendering of John Lennon's Imagine.