A Needle Pulling Thread Issue 51 Sampler
Come fly with me as we dream about our favourite destinations! We asked our expert designers to choose their favourite spot in the world and bring the destination to life in their needlework. See various renditions of favourite destinations through quilting, machine embroidery, beading, rug hooking and embroideries. The humble flip flops are recreated as beaded designer footwear, and the common towel is transformed into a personalized lounging chair cover. Let's not forget the shawl, beach cover up and Fair Isle Cardigan reflecting the art of gorgeous vacation knitwear.qui
Come fly with me as we dream about our favourite destinations! We asked our expert designers to choose their favourite spot in the world and bring the destination to life in their needlework. See various renditions of favourite destinations through quilting, machine embroidery, beading, rug hooking and embroideries. The humble flip flops are recreated as beaded designer footwear, and the common towel is transformed into a personalized lounging chair cover. Let's not forget the shawl, beach cover up and Fair Isle Cardigan reflecting the art of gorgeous vacation knitwear.qui
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High Fibre
Socks
Sock 1 ALL YOU NEED
Sock 2 IS MORE YARN
Picture a large hall with rows of spinning
wheels up and down the center, each
with a spinner wearing a handknit. Now
imagine around the outside of the room
to see vendors’ tables filled with handdyed
yarn, carded fleece, bags of raw
fleece and even a cage of angora rabbits.
What you’re imagining is The Gathering
– an event held every year right here in
Port Hope, my town.
I chose this event as my destination to
celebrate because for me it has become
a glorious, extravagant day of shopping
and visiting with other fibre enthusiasts.
My High Fibre Socks were knit with
purchases made at The Gathering.
The variegated yarn is Rambouillet wool
and mohair created by Alison Brown.
The purple is wool and silk hand-dyed at
Yvie Knits in Ottawa.
The mauve and green are my handspun
wool and alpaca fibre from a farm near
Lindsay.
Even now I can remember the purchase
experience of each.
The sentiment on the soles is simple and
can be a statement or a question:
ALL YOU NEED–IS MORE YARN
IS MORE YARN–ALL YOU NEED
– Lorraine
66 A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD ● issue 51
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