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                                             Read about my adventures in hat knitting : Head Start

 


    

 
  new work studio
 Finally, I have been kicked off
  the dining room table and even
  out of the apartment to a new
  studio on a lower floor.  It's
  a dream-come-true to have a
  "a room of my own" -
  Virginia Wolff lives!

  It's a mess already - but  Im
  in heaven...

  
 
   2008
   Springtime in Sicily
    March Spring break was
    spent on this rocky
    isle off the southern coast of  
    Italy. It's layered in
    thousands of years of
    historical ruins. Mt.
    Etna was rumbling, mumbling
    to itself the day we visited -
    something our guide said
    wasn't too common. The lava
    on the surrounding hills is
    dated by the lichen growth;
    light grey flows are the oldest  
    and the black flows are the
    most recent. A multitude of
    gray hues cascades down the
    mountainside.

   The food was delicious; we
   especially liked the vegetables
   and the ways in which they were
   cooked. Other favorites: lots a
   delicious olive oil, also sage
   leaves and onion slices, lightly
   batter-dipped & fried
     


   in olive oil, served with a glass of wine.
   Pumpkin, fried, then marinated in garlic,
   vinegar and sugar. Yum.

   I looked for signs of hand knitting
   everywhere, but our guide said that
   it's not widely practiced anymore and
   seldom for sale in this contemporary
   world of ours. (Italy has been
   inundated with inexpensive Chinese
   goods as well). However, the stunning
  



   mosaics at the Roman Villa de
   Casale a bit inland on the south
   coast revealed what could possibly
   be   ancient socks. The photo above
   shows what could be red leather
   sandal straps tied to a blue leather
   heel - but the light blue/grey
   underneath sure looks like a pair of
   hand knitted socks to me!

 
 Who's that girl?
    Our in-house model...is
my daughter, my muse
 Lydia Carron
represented by 
 NEXT in NYC

   

 

 

 


 



Wartime knitting
is a story I researched for years...in Vogue Knitting's upcoming Ultimate Sock Book, there's a brief excerpt from a work I hope to someday have published in its entirety - as well as photos of a half dozen or so items, the very tip of my personal collection...


     Top-Down Classes In the few spare available - I am sliding in Top-Down instruction at
       various Guilds in our part of the Connecticut woods...the project?...knitters start with a teddy pulli and
       depending on how fast they knit, they can cast on for a teddy cardi as well...Grrrrrr...how's your teddy faring
       on the fashion front?