from ages ago at Poppalina possibly the most adorable baby jacket of all time
I was dead broke at the time, as single mothers are wont to be, so made the whole thing out of a bag of stranded cottons I found in my yarn basket. There really is a lot to be said for using what you have, it forces you to improvise, with varying results, I admit, but it’s always interesting, you never know what’s going to happen.
As you can see, what happened here was a colour scheme that wouldn’t be embarrassed to front up at a Bollywood Shaadi. She made quite a splash in it. I always did so loathe the limited pastel colours available then for baby yarns, they used to make me so annoyed. It’s better now, but not much.
This project led me into others in which the whole point of interest was juxtaposed colour. Each colour has to work with the one before it and the one after, and beyond that, it’s completely random. I worked this idea for ages. I still do actually.
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that is adorable! what can be better tha cute and free??
brilliant! just like painting!
Beautiful! And well made too!
That is adorable! Love all the different colors!
Niki’s Ventures
Thank you so much for the link. When I opened my stats, I couldn’t understand why I had received a week’s worth of hits over night.
Mystery solved.
Shula
I think this photo was one of my first ever flickr faves.
“Each colour has to work with the one before it and the one after, and beyond that, it’s completely random. I worked this idea for ages. I still do actually.”
I do this too.
Love this!
Beautiful! What stitch is that? It’s so interesting.
Wow this is so nice and sweet – just makes me smile! It’s really beautifully made too.
What a great sweater to come from such a great story. What a treasure.
a glorious expression of whipup in the true spirit of the concept. art with heart.
That Sula is amazing.
This is but a sample of the wonderful work you will see if you if you visit Poppalina – http://www.poppalina.typepad.com
Wonderful and so joyful.