Curious. Creative. Living Boldly.
Aug 23
by Julie in Knitting 0 comments

Images speak for themselves…

I think these images speak for themselves.. Pattern – Samen by Stephen West. @westknits
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Aug 23
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So enjoying knitting!…

I love using my hands. Knitting. Being creative… … and living Boldly. This brilliant design is ‘The Doodler’ by Stephen West @westknits. So grateful to be feeling so good.
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Aug 06
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‘The Ice breathes’ in my own jumper design…

‘The Ice Breathes’ is my body of work generated from my experiences in the Arctic, and has been exhibited internationally as a moving image work and individual fine-art photographs. As an artist with my foundation in photography; over the past year I’ve found my artistic expression expanding into my knitting and fibre arts. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and my art that is an expression of it… and without really realizing it I’ve found myself diving into designing something from my own personal profound experiences.   I'm planning on wearing this to the Arctic in a few weeks to participate in the Arctic Circle Residency, which I am sooo excited about.   I’ve connected deeply with the Polar Regions and have felt ‘the ice breathe’. My photographs are an expression of the ‘unseen’ which I felt and brought me to tears in these incredibly precious and powerful places… and now this experience is being translated into this jumper I’m knitting.   When I saw #guthriesweater
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May 02
by Julie in Knitting 0 comments

Happy Days! Knitting … @Skeinydipping!

Happy Days! ... Well... I turned shit into fertiliser and what a wonderful world I have re-entered.   Knitting. Yes knitting! Have a peek at my my new Instagram account @skeinydipping.   I learned to knit as a child and bred angoras when I was first married over thirty years ago; and smile quietly when I see sheep in the paddocks - wherever we go, all across the world. I love wool. I love the hair from goats and alpacas. I love working with the softness in my hands. I love the earthy raw smell of unscoured fleece. I love the natural colours using plant dyes. I love the beauty in speckled hand painted yarns. I love the texture of stitches. I love the warmth of garments made with love and time.   I feel such a sense of comfort and joy when I knit.   I also love the rhythmic nature of spinning as the fibre slips gently through my hands.   The colours of nature reveal themselves miraculously as my pot of petals or plants surrenders and seeps their essence into the wet hot fibre.   Knitting pretty much was my saviour last year and I havent stopped. Always - "Just one more row! I laugh. My spinning wheel now takes pride of place in my room and I often have skeins of beautiful yarn at the end of my bed as I look at the colours in the morning as the sun rises.   I've been knitting a sweater for myself for a trip to the Arctic later in the year. I've also been knitting...
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