Hankering for Yarn

July 30th, 2008

Jane Austen, the Little Gnome Girl and the Fairy Door spool knitters

It’s been so crazy busy around here that Jim and I have not had much chance of keeping up with our spool knitters.
A few weeks ago, I begged him to puhleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze spend some time at the lathe for me… so, bless his heart, he picked up his chisels and started turning….. yay!

Ah, bliss….. I love […]

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May 3rd, 2008

Jane Austen and the Panda Bears

What on earth does Jane Austen have to do with Panda Bears?
Here’s the scoop - I have been working on a new Jane Austen spool knitter for weeks now.
It really hasn’t gone well. I have drawn the face at least 7 times, and each time, I have ended up sanding it off the spool knitter. […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Jane Austen spool knitter flies away

I am just loving working on this series of Jane Austen spool knitters.
It just delights me every time Jim comes in from the workshop with a new ‘Jane’ that he has turned.
At some point, I am actually going to get to live with one of them. But for now, they keep getting adopted and flying […]

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March 20th, 2008

Jane Austen spool knitter in a cap

For the last week, this Jane Austen spool knitter has been sitting on my desk, unpainted.
I have been waiting for the perfect moment  to start drawing  the image on it.
All of a sudden, today it just seemed like the right time to draw her…. so  here she is!
Homage to Jane Austen in a lace trimmed […]

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March 4th, 2008

Jane Jane Jane- another spool knitter

An ‘e’ friend of mine, Marian Clark, has the most extraordinary collection of spool knitters I have ever seen.
 
She fell in love with the Jane Austen with a purple cape Spool knitter and bought it. She also bought the -next-
Jane Austen, even though I was still working on it, and hadn’t photographed it […]

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March 1st, 2008

Another Jane Austen Spool knitter

One of the things that is a bit tricky about being a designer and author and dedicated blogger, is that I can’t talk about the new designs that I am working on, until they get published.
So, I am steaming along on new work that has got me just beside myself with excitement….. and I can’t […]

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February 29th, 2008

Jane Austen Spool knitter

I am just in seventh heaven.
PBS is having a Jane Austen extravaganza that has me completely blissed.
I’ve been a Jane Austen fanatic since I was 11 years old, and still have my first copy of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ that  started my addiction.
 
I’ve been working madly to deadline on new design work, so haven’t had time […]

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