22 June 2009
Gorgeous Things Undercover- From Our Hearts to Yours
Who here lo-o-o-ves "Absolutely Fabulous"?
The other night I was watching it and came across this nugget of dialogue:
Edina: I'm opening a shop, Pats.
Patsy: Ooh, what are you going to sell?
Edina: Oh, just gorgeous things, you know.
Patsy: Ooh, lovely.
Edina: Gorgeous, tasteful, little stylish little gorgeous things."
That excerpt was my inspiration for a special Undercover feature. The next few posts will be dedicated to showing off the gorgeous things that I have been working on in secret for the past few weeks.
First up, we have this gorgeous little heart which comes straight from Knitty.
Since this was a wedding gift, I wanted a rich, jewel-toned red and went with Estelle Watercolours, a mohair/acryllic yarn that I've used before and loved. The heart took about 3 weeks to knit up.
Front
See...Life-sized
I had some trouble visualizing how the second artery was supposed to work and I had to perform last minute vascular surgery. With minutes to go before we left for the wedding, I was able to graft the artery where it belonged. Next step: framing.
Back
The glass in the frame didn't give the heart much room to breathe so Joe removed it and so we were left with a lovely open-faced framed heart.
Framed
And: an action shot
Hope you like it.
Stay tuned for more handmade gorgeous things,
Erika.
The other night I was watching it and came across this nugget of dialogue:
Edina: I'm opening a shop, Pats.
Patsy: Ooh, what are you going to sell?
Edina: Oh, just gorgeous things, you know.
Patsy: Ooh, lovely.
Edina: Gorgeous, tasteful, little stylish little gorgeous things."
That excerpt was my inspiration for a special Undercover feature. The next few posts will be dedicated to showing off the gorgeous things that I have been working on in secret for the past few weeks.
First up, we have this gorgeous little heart which comes straight from Knitty.
Since this was a wedding gift, I wanted a rich, jewel-toned red and went with Estelle Watercolours, a mohair/acryllic yarn that I've used before and loved. The heart took about 3 weeks to knit up.
Front
See...Life-sized
I had some trouble visualizing how the second artery was supposed to work and I had to perform last minute vascular surgery. With minutes to go before we left for the wedding, I was able to graft the artery where it belonged. Next step: framing.
Back
The glass in the frame didn't give the heart much room to breathe so Joe removed it and so we were left with a lovely open-faced framed heart.
Framed
And: an action shot
Hope you like it.
Stay tuned for more handmade gorgeous things,
Erika.
Labels: Gorgeous Things Undercover, kniticisms
