I forgot a few things! Too much DIY with this wedding, and all done within the past few months: it just all blurs together.
This was my hairpiece. I made it out of the lace from my mom’s wedding dress.
And I made these ones for my bridesmaids.
Here they are in action:
Last, but not least, here is the ring bearer box and pillow. I did the sewing, my (now) husband made the box.
Well, I talked about doing it, and I’m pleased to say that I actually did.
With the help of some friends, including Ilana, Joanna, and Lynn, I have knitted my wedding bouquets, corsages, and boutonnières.
Not only can I still not believe I got them done on time, I am beyond happy with how they turned out. They are even worth the 240 inches of i-cord I had to knit.
As you probably know, I also knit my wedding shrug. Here are a few pictures of it.
I’m now married to the love of my life and knitting was involved. No wonder I’m smiling.
First, the fauna:
Happy Easter Monday! From Desmond
Now for the flora:
As mentioned in previous posts, I (with the help of some awesome fellow knitters) am knitting the flowers for my wedding in addition to my shrug. This is why I’ve essentially been away from the blogosphere for the past month or so. That and the other elements of wedding planning and getting ready to move in May. Now I finally have some actual FO flowers worth sharing, so I thought I would.
First is this tulip from Lesley Stanfield’s beautiful book 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet. (she has also made it available in a few other places, one for free!). I think it might be my favourite so far.
So favourited, I had to take several pictures.
Here are the others I’ve been working on:
An anemone, also from Lesley’s book.
This calla lily is another favourite. The pattern is by Cathy Ren.
A peony, also from Leslie’s book.
And lastly, a rose. It’s this pattern I mentioned in this post.
I think the calla lily and tulips will win out as the bouquet flowers. Now to figure out what I want to do for corsages and boutonnières…
Now that the mittens from my last post are done, I’ve finally had time to work on my wedding shrug prototype (originally mentioned here).
Aaaaand *drum roll*
Ta-da!
Now to start it in white!
… and then take it to where my dress is beings stored to make sure the colour matches. Man, getting married is a lot of work.
Speaking of the wedding, I also need to start making some prototype flowers. My fiancé and I have decided we’d like to have homemade flowers at our wedding. I originally got the idea when I was first looking at knitted possibilities back when we first got engaged, and he agrees that it would be a nice, personal, (and inexpensive!) touch, and very “me.”
One idea:
Bunch of other ideas:
Patterns I’m leaning towards:
Knit version. However, I like the leaves and stems from here better.
Another knit version that I really like for the corsages and boutineers, simply because it is flatter.
And, since I’ll need about 50 flowers, I’m very lucky to have awesome knitting friends who have said they’ll help 😀
Two posts a tad close together, I know, but I had to share the fruits of my second day at the Creativ Festival. Pics of my adventures as a model for the Fashion Knits show to hopefully come soon.
Voilà my haul of goodies, comprising both days:
Breaking it down, we have the two awesome books I got, more detail in my other post. Both are entirely worth the investment, but I love that I got them at a huge discount from Grantham Books. They’re at the festival every year, and I always come home with something. On their site they list other shows they go to as well as permanent locations.
In the foreground you can see some navy blue DK possum merino. That’s right, possum. It is made in New Zealand, and available in Canada here, the UK here, and the USA here or here. Apparently, “the possum fur is hollow and, when spun with merino wool, produces a hardwearing yarn with superior heat retaining qualities.” Either way, it feels awesome and I am excited to try it. Here’s a close-up.
I also picked up some good ol’ Berroco Vintage Chunky in white from Creative Yarns. It shall one day (soon) become the shrug for my wedding dress. I’ll be using the same pattern as for the one I talk about here.
I think it will be gorgeous. Actually, I know it will be because someone has already done it:
I also got some neats beads, pendants, and a pair of cool glass earrings at this store’s booth.
After much hunting, I was finally able to find a booth that sold Brother equipment for my Brother sewing machine. I got some thread, extra bobbins, a blind presser foot for fancy hems on dresses and dress pants (I have a backlog of stuff to fix…), and a teflon foot and twin needle for sewing onto knitting, so that maybe I can finally get the lining onto my cabled belt from way back.
One thing I did not buy, purely because I have a large enough stash already, is the HPKY I fell in love with. Their website isn’t the greatest, but I believe the yarn is called Lamé. It’s a bulkier weight and has strands of glitter running through it. The booth selling it (called Yarn Deals, LLC) I could not find a website for anywhere, but they had these wicked knitted samples that only need 1 skein:
I especially like the one with the tapered and braided ends. It makes it really easy to wear as a scarf or snood/hood type thing. Gotta remember this design idea for later.
And finally, you may remember Ozzy the Alpaca from yesterday’s post. Today, I leave you with a fortune.
Cnyttende Textiles 