Thursday, September 9, 2010

French knot success!



I would love to be able to pop a few French words in here just to celebrate learning a new thing! Champagne! Croissant!
All lovely things and about the only French words I know, so they'll have to do.

They might be clumsy and over sized take a peek above, my first ever french knots!
So excited to have cracked them!A sprinkle of them over things just adds a bit without adding too much...
(this flower hair clip is an old woollen dressing gown, washed until thoroughly felted then cut and shaped.)


Now sorry to rudely interrupt my stitching ravings but I have some nice news now for Brisbane locals who have some time up there sleeve this weekend!
Please feel very welcome to join me
either on Saturday from 2.30-4.30- Lido cafe at 120 Racecourse road
or on Sunday at Vagelis Cafe and Bar- 1 til 3, at 30 Racecourse road.

Bring a hook, needles and some yarn and we can swap tricks...beginners welcome!

I am attending to promote-
the diversity and craftyness of the Brisbane Festival ( a great job)
and also to gently remind all that it's Breast cancer awareness coming up in October
-so pink yarn only please...
Happy crafting,
XKate
To creative space travel this way or more recent stitching here or here





15 comments:

Kate said...

I was going to suggest the only French sentence I know, but after writing it was sure that the spelling was ridiculous. So Yay! Well done for mastering the knot. I hope to one day be able to claim the same.
And, you are so welcome. I think you are doing such wonderful things with craft and community.

Rosalind said...

magnifiques - I looked it up on line! :-) magnificent. Nice french knots.

Chicken Willow said...

Yay...well done on mastering the french knot! They all look perfect.

Unknown said...

haha, love the french words..And yay for tackling something new. Beautiful yarn projects in the works too.

Sarah said...

Well done on mastering those, I have tried but gave up quickly...really should give it another go!

Chrissy Foreman C said...

You crack me up Kate! Love how you write.
Your new special stitches look so fantastic ... I love how a little = a lot.
Good luck with your workshops hon, they souns fantastic x

Jill said...

Great french knots!! Well done! Have fun at the weekend - sounds like a good thing to do and a great cause too!

Kathryn Mitchell said...

Sacre bleu, c'est tres jolie! Or summat like that...3 years in Australia has NOT be good for my French hahaha. Liking the recycled dressing gown!

Christy said...

I'm impressed with your mastery of the french knot!

Kim W. said...

congrats for being awesome at french knots!! it all looks lovely!

Sally said...

Bravo!
French knots are on my list of things to crack this year too... you're an inspiration. Well done.

Chantal said...

I'm very impressed with what you can do with an old dressing gown. That flower looks fab!

Megan said...

congratulations on your knotty success!! tres bien ('very good' - about all the appropriate french i could come up with)

Cotton Kiwi said...

Ooh la la! Tres bien! Loving your new skill and how could that stunning flower ever have been an old dressing gown? Talk about going up in the world!! LOL. Wish I was local. I'd be there with needles and pink yarn!!

Kellie Christie said...

Excellent work on mastering the french knotting. Have fun at the knitting party :)