…and then I went “curly”! August 31, 2008

…and this is my first wild crochet experiment: it ended up sooo curly! I arranged it in a way to suggest a flower; I must say that crochet is fun. I took up crocheting after a long time, I know just the basic stitches, however I am keen to carry on and try new things!

I think that I will take some yarns and stitch on top in certain areas to add some surface pattern. A few days ago I scanned this photo and did some digital manipulation; the image was intriguing, so I copied and pasted it on the shoes template to create a pair of canvas women mini slip on shoes, cute! Check out at http://www.zazzle.com/MEANMAGENTA

Knitting small… August 31, 2008

 

My Mom, Giulia, has endless patience, and so much talent! This is a small prototype of a crocheted pale blue bag, she is planning to create a much larger bag, with pale blue lining. In this photo Mom is holding the prototype, you can see how tiny it is, it fits in the palm of her hand.

I decided that the least I could do is to crochet a huge bag for Mom, so that she can carry about a few of her crafty projects. I am doing my very best not to miss a stitch and end up with huge holes, duh!

Weird dreams… August 25, 2008

I love beautiful, opulent, refined, and outrageously chic settings, places and milieux! Among my most weird dreams is to live, yes, live, in a perfume boutique, with all those beautifully arranged and packaged perfumes, ribbons, boxes, labels, sheets of paper to wrap perfumes. The air filled with an intoxicating waft of wonderful fragrances. I remember I had this bizarre thought for the first time when I was a teenager looking through the shop window of a compact, but beautiful parfumerie in Bassano, in Northern Italy. It was late in the evening and the lane was pretty dark, in contrast with this elegant shop, that was like a sparkling jewel case.

My second best choice when it comes to daydream about positevely eccentric abodes, I would not mind settling in one of those richly decorated tea rooms, overflowing with stuccoes, glasses, decadent Baroque interior decor and loads of cakes,…wonderful! A stylish boudoir adorned with precious china, elaborate cakes and imaginative window displays like the ones shown  here in the photo I took at Easter time at the Mangini patisserie, in my home town Genoa

Playing around with my photographs August 25, 2008

Knit Biscuits August 24, 2008

I have started playing around with some yarn and crochet, just for fun and to do something completely unrelated to computer work. I am starting to think it is turning into an addiction, just like when I was at University and I took up knitting and ended up covering the wall in front of my desk area with loads of knitted samples, many with bizarre patterns and choice of colours. My tutor looked on pleased, little did she know….

This is the shot of the early stages of my crochet experiment. I added two Rich Tea biscuits, because I thought it was poetic. For once I have chosen the auto-pilot mode and don’t have a project, pattern or end goal. I guess I have something to get out of my system, so I may be crocheting on for a long while!

I will soon take a photo of the surreal and curly sample, it is becoming a bizarre and somehow intriguing series of various stitches, in some parts it is quite curly, still only one colour, uhm…

Today I envy clouds and birds… August 21, 2008

because clouds are beautiful, ever changing, especially the white fluffy ones. I envy birds because they can fly away from everything if they wish to do so, and they can build countless nests wherever they like. I’d better log onto the site of the clouds appreciation society to be inspired, for anyone out there stumbling on my weblog, here is the link, fascinating and beautiful: http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/

Enjoy!