Usually, on an early december weekend I’d be taking part in both the Selvedge winter fair in town and the Open House studio sale event run by a generous and enterprising group of friends in Balham. Continue reading
Tag Archives: pattern
just because we can’t see it…
I am sitting at my table, I am eating a late lunch, I am looking out the window: the light is clear, the sky is blue, the leaves flicker the brightest of greens in the sunshine: it seems idyllic. Continue reading
from my window
Each morning when I comb my hair I twist any stray wisps together and float them off through the open window in the belief that they will be found by some sharp-eyed avian and soon be lining a cosy nest. Continue reading
one dot does not a pattern make
A little while ago I was asked to give a lecture on the principles of pattern. Continue reading
…looking forward…looking back…
It’s lovely to welcome some new small people to the planet – several young friends have had babies this year, beautiful boys and girls, twins and singletons – congratulations to you all! Continue reading
reasons to be cheerful
It’s been quite a dreary wet winter so far. The other day, driving in the drizzle, I laughed Continue reading
a travelling encyclopedia
I prepared a suitcase full of pattern and colour to take with me to Mexico. Coals to Newcastle you might think. Continue reading
made to measure
The sitting-room desk I sit at for ‘office work’ is one designed and built for my parents in the ‘forties. Continue reading
winter lights
It’s nearly the solstice, the shortest darkest day of the year. I long for the turn-around when the morning begins to break a little earlier and the daylight stays a little longer. Continue reading