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holiday snaps

Posted in australia, flowers, museum, nature, new zealand, painting, travel, water on February 17, 2013 | 5 Comments »

Málaga

Posted in inspiration, knit, museum, portrait, Spain, travel on November 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Picasso was born in Málaga, so there’s a museum in a palace, which like so many things in Spain has Phoenician, Roman and Moorish remains underneath.
No photos allowed, here’s a postcard and a leaflet:

Some photos from MoMA and the Met a few years ago:

And more from Manhattan:

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Collins Barracks Museum & Tigerlily

Posted in inspiration, knit, museum, pattern, textile, yarn on October 2, 2012 | 7 Comments »

I just found out that photography is now permitted in some of Dublin’s museums – here are some textiles and yarns from Collins Barracks.

Samplers:

Miniature dressmaking:

Silk Yarns for weaving:

Linen yarn:

Crochet materials:

A knitter:

Some spinning:

A beautiful Harry Clarke portrait:

When the Barracks was a barracks:

Detail of Japanese costume:

Tigerlily pattern coming soon – stranding which lies flat with the help of some yarnovers and decreases – the pattern will work well with a rich dark MC and a light bright CC:

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Twilight

Posted in flowers, inspiration, kerry, museum, nature, portrait, sea, travel, water on August 3, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Twilight garden:

old Dingle:

Dublin:

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Holland shops, museums, souvenirs

Posted in flowers, holland, knit, museum, textile, water on February 26, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Thanks for recent comments! here’s a final round up…
Window shopping:

A shop selling Kyrgyz and Asian textiles:

Made some purchases from Corien Ridderikhoff at kleikollektief:

Some antique paper-cuts and Indian textiles from the Museums at Hoorn and Enkhuizen:

The galleon at the Maritime Museum: