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Don’t forget it’s Unravel this weekend!
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UNRAVEL- Farnham Maltings
Posted on February 21, 2013 by ehdknits
Debonnaire in Paris-Aiguilles en Fete
Posted on February 21, 2013 by ehdknits
Made it back from Paris in 1 piece with van intact however without my credit card machine and most importantly red book which were stolen during breakdown ( along with a camera and some other personal stuff). Those who know me know I put everything in this book so I may have lost some contact details from the last few months. If you gave me these at Sandown( January), Harrogate, boutique de Noel or red cross, I would love an email. However, if you try to tell me I owe you 5 skeins beaded silk, beware I have a memory like a hawk….
amazing show, all the stalls were beautiful. Thank you to all my wonderful clients and Francois, Ellen and Anne for helping me out
Some pictures taken by the lovely Francois Blondeau
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lost details in Paris- attention French clients!
Posted on February 19, 2013 by ehdknits
attention des clients à partir de l’Aiguille en Fete. malheureusement, mon ordinateur portable a été prise après l’événement et je n’ai pas tous les détails que j’ai écrit vers le bas.si je vous ai promis des aiguilles ou des modeles, s’il vous plaît pourriez-vous me contacter par email à ehdknits@gmail.com. je vous remercie de votre patience et le merveilleux accueil à Paris!
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New Hand dyes prepped for Paris
Posted on February 9, 2013 by ehdknits
Been ball banding like crazy some of these goodies prepped for Aiguille en Fete, Paris next week. Above some superwash DK merino. Below some new mulberry silk with metallic thread
some merino silk lace
and saving the best for last camel/silk lace which is so shimmery- just fantastic
lots of other new yarns- I think the baby mille colori balls are really cute
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New Home, New Dog, NEW STUDIO
Posted on January 24, 2013 by ehdknits
2012 was a challenging year, but one of accomplishment. Major highlights were
- selling our home for 13 years in London and moving to the country. We are now on the Berkshire/Oxfordhire border between Reading and Henley. While this was a huge move in all aspects, the fabulous upshot is that Debonnaire no longer lives in a storage room but here:
Moving in
Studio in progress:
It is a huge wonderful space and set up like a shop- well at least my version of a stuffed shop. Amazing the amount of goodies I uncovered in the move. In any case, all the yarn , needles, needlepoint and threads, books , patterns and samples are fully on display. The studio is open any day I am not on the road exhibiting so best to call if you’d like to stop by ( 0788-799-4351). The address is Row Lane Farmhouse, Row Lane, Dunsden, Berkshire RG4 9PT. Your sat nav will bring you straight here. It is about a 50 minute drive from West London ,10 minute drive from Henley or Reading.
Other big news is our new dog Theo who arrived with us in September ( as if I didn’t have enough to do). He is quite the stunner
He like his new mother is obsessed with yarn and sheep, so far 3 skeins of silk, 2 skeins hand dyed sock, 2 hats and 1 cowl have been chomped, as well as various assorted needles. Even though he has his own stash of baby sheep, he goes after mine- I felted Christmas sheep beheaded, 2 decorative ones dejambed….
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- Theo 6 months
Needless to say, I am smitten
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New Embellished Yarns
Posted on February 24, 2012 by ehdknits
Thought I was in heaven thursday when about 30 skeins Blue Heron Rayon Metallic showed up (had an emergency shipment as I almost completely sold out in Paris):
Then yesterday, huge box of embellished silks finally arrived:
New Silk Lace:
Colours are not done justice with my camera-
Off with all to Unravel to set up today. Held this weekend at Farnham Maltings, Surrey, the show features about 65 fantastic purveyors of yarn wonderfulness. Check it out:
http://www.farnhammaltings.com/news/unravel/748/574/96/unravel_2012.aspx
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L’aiguille en Fete- Paris Exhibition
Posted on February 21, 2012 by ehdknits
A wonderful but exhausting time in north Paris last week exhibiting at L’Aiguille en Fetes. Paris shows open until pm so we had no time at night to do anything but eat dinner afterward. Managed to stuff in all my favorites however.
French clients were fabulous, most notably Francois who visited me on 2 different days and by the time I had returned had finished 1 pair of mitts with my new supersoft merino superwash:
formidable,n’cest pas ( my pigeon french..)
managed terrible french throughout- although I am still thinking numbers in French and can count to 100 quite quickly now. Hopefully will be able to pronounce ” la laine” correctly next time.
Unusually for moi, the trip passed without any major drama. Am inordinately proud of the fact that I negotiated a right hand manual van throughout France without incident. In all, fun, fun ,fun. Debonnaire retournera!
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