Linen

fabrics - the first one for a skirt I am trying to make
the samples are from here - I'm choosing new covers for my ikea stools!

How daring will you be with pattern size? I'd like the first one, please!

I like these handwoven scarves by Ilse Acke - textile designer in lovely Bruges.
Her blog here and flickr

oh so hot

...and these are the last photos from Perugia and surroundings...pity we missed this place.

wrapped and ready to go

I finished the blanket and made a cover with unbleached cotton fabric.
I also added a small pocket at the front for care instructions, wool content, etc.

Perugia - part 2

On the way home from Perugia we stopped in Cortona - it was so hot!

Perugia - part 1

a weekend in Perugia - I was incredibly lucky to find Giuditta Brozzetti's weaving studio open
- the owner, Marta, is a young and very determined lady who keeps up the work started by her grandmother -
and the weaving studio is located in an old church, with an incredibly suggestive atmosphere.
I just couldn't stop taking pics! You can see all of them here.

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It's incredibly hot in these days, I am almost longing for Autumn!

I completed a little commission
- mixing together different yarns: merino, cashmere/silk, angora and cashmere, in a swedish lace pattern that creates little squares -
Now off to wash it!

leather weave

this is Giulia, who works here, weaving leather strips to make a bag.
Simple plain weave, but very effective!

I have been thinking about this bag too - I like the idea of leather without lining - and natural tan handles.

true enough

Yesterday we stumbled upon this exhibition by Bojan Sarcevic
[the last photo is only a door of the gallery!]