Scarf of the month...May

May's choice.

From my personal collection.

Chosen because it is
* 1950s....ever so.
*  hand rolled on two sides and  to the selvedge on the width.....which indicates to me that it was screen printed on 34" wide silk ( this is a feature I love and often look for)
* a Lanvin
* Low keyed label

In fact, I particularly like the label.
I have never understood why it is desirable to have double Cs printed or woven onto every surface, or to parade about with  "Tommy" written across the chest ( specially if your name is Carole or Jon)

I have some other designer scarves in my shop.
Forgive the shameless self promotion but one has to do what one has to do.

An early morning visitor

At about 5 am I was woken by that familiar 'thump ' of a bird flying into a window. If our dear Smokey  were still alive  ( died at age 24!) she would have been outside in a flash .

This time I found a young screech owl, only about 5"  high, looking rather stunned.  Poor wee thing.

I left him/her for about half an hour hoping he would recover, but he was still on the window ledge.

So I went to make him a bed ( or worse), a shoe box lined in old silk ties, thinking I would take him to the vet.

When I came back he was gone. I hope he is OK.

What a rip off......

Kerry wrote about a yo yo  maker  in her blog a few weeks ago. I thought she was absolutely right, yo yo s are  the perfect portable project.

As I had an Amazon gift certificate to spend I went to that site first.  The  1-1.25" size is  $7. 50.....but they will not ship to Canada,

So I clicked on Amazon.ca.......the same item,  a whopping  $51...........what a rip off.

I ordered from a shop on etsy  ( $5.50 )  and was very satisfied. 

all lower case

all lower case for the time being. i have fractured my shoulder and can only type with one hand.

so, no

  knitting,

sewing,

gardening

or practicing calligraphy for me.

instead, please look at my etsy shops ......can't cut and paste either.

Spring Cleaning....shawls

As spring is in the air....at least, in my imagination,

I pulled out my collection of old wool shawls and pashminas that I have collected over the years, planning to freshen them up and put some away for the winter.
All bought ( I hate the word 'sourced', so pretentious ) at thrift stores or church bazaars.

Some are nicer and/or older than others.    

Embroidered.

 and woven.

Seems I have about 30 or so by now.

But this pashmina has been my favorite for  20 plus years. Bought at a church rummage sale, I wear it constantly.


There was a little surprise for me at the back of the drawer, but I published it earlier, by mistake.

Scarf of the month for April

  Lets forget about the bloody weather and get back to the important things......textiles.

A new series..... Scarf of the Month.  We will see if I can keep it going for a year..

April's scarf from my personal collection.

 I chose this because it is/has
* 1950s
* nice heavy silk crepe
*script
* French script
*hand rolled hem
*romantic
* I have had it for decades
* a Jacqmar

If you like this you may like some other 1950s romantic scarves in my etsy shop.

Tempting fate

The previous post, the day before yesterday,

                                        tempted fate.
I bought this upon myself,

Its April 15th.......unbelievable!!