My Auntie Vi introduced me to the kinda clangy colorways and "slubby" textures of Noro Yarns--a company founded by Eisaku Noro.
Noro says his color and texture choices are cultural as well as personal:
From ancient times, Japanese have accepted, enjoyed and been charmed by the ununiformity, unevenness,d and occasionally the coarseness of nature.
Vi knit this sweater, below, of Noro yarn when she was ninety. It's one of the few things of hers I kept when she died six years later.
(Is it a silk-cotton-wool blend?)
Looking for color-combo inspirations for my God's eyes, I got it out this morning. It fits! And perfect timing: It's Sweater Weather.
I've also loved the colors of knitter/quilter designer Kaffe Fassett––
sort of Victoria & Albert go to Morocco, via San Francisco:
I'm aiming for a polka-dot effect. Though the crossed sticks make that hard, I'm pleased with the direction.
I don't have the right pinks though.
So far I've used yarn I had on hand or bought cheap from the store.
I may have to go shopping!
But I do really like this one:
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I like that one too!!
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DeleteAnd thanks for your comments on yesterday's post--I like Servant Leadership too--I just had to get over the "handmaid" association!
I think it is something we both do....
DeleteIt’s a good thing to do ❤️
Deletei have some wonderful rug wool that i could send including a very lovely pink and brown. let's say i bought 4 and 5 pound skeins of rug wool and have plenty to spare!!
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YES PLEASE, K.
DeleteI will swap you for that 1986 AI book if it’s still there when I return to work Friday!
ps not sure if i wrote about this before but my kaffe story. two years ago i was visiting my brother and sister-in-law in monterey, ca. we drive along highway to this incredible restaurant that has been there since the 40s right on the water. it is nepenthe started by his parents. i was telling my sister-in-law about kaffe and his niece who is also a painter. we both end up in the bathroom at one point and she points out that the mural in the bathroom was painted by my friend, kaffe. as someone else was in there, i just agreed. when we got out, i told her that i know of him not him but we decided that was okay!! nothing like name dropping at times!!
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DeleteGods eye with lashes is extraordinary! My yarn has all been given away unfortunately - none of them were exceptional. No regrets. The orphans only like red and gold, It is in knots. It's how they measure their world. LOVE XO
ReplyDeleteI love that… They measure their world in knots. I have a plan to do a red and gold one – – I have some vintage gold wire that I hope I can use…
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