Showing posts with label purls and lace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purls and lace. Show all posts

Saturday, September 18, 2010

who knew?!


so apparently my first item EVER made it to the front page! um...back in august. i have no idea how it missed my radar screen but see that there grey coffee cozy with the red buttons up in the second row? that's me! it's an item from my other shop purls and lace.

one of barbara cooney's illustrations from ox-cart man, by donald hall

while sewing and embroidery is my mainstay, i do love to knit especially in the colder months. it makes me think of the story ox-cart man which is one of my favorite children's books and it's a convenient way for me to get back to the materials of my roots since i grew up doing a lot of weaving, spinning, and dyeing.


for now, i've got a few new coffee cozies going up which are made with organic cotton yarn, pure wools, and each sprinkled with new and vintage buttons of all sorts. i hope to be expanding purls and lace this winter with several pairs of knitted mittens and socks as i really want the shop to focus on accessories that you can bundle up in. being able to get cozy and warm is, after all, what makes fall and winter so delicious to me!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Grand Opening: Purls and Lace



You might have noticed the new shop on my blog's sidebar...Purls and Lace—my new etsy shop!

This is my second shop and will be focused around recreating knit (and some crochet) accessories from vintage patterns. Snoods, spats, stockings, and lacy shawls for the lass who loves to dress with vintage flair! I'm also going to be making some cozies for hot water bottles, tea pots, and coffee cups. You can find some bulky knit cozies for your to go coffee cups in the shop now which I've embellished with lots of vintage buttons from my stash!

Just for you lovely blog followers, please take 10% off in my Purls and Lace shop for the next week when you enter the uber top secret code in the "note's to seller" section during check-out. And what is the uber top secret code you ask? the code is, drumroll please:

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

not kidding kiddos, just copy and paste! may as well have some fun with it if you're going to run your own shop, huh?!