More about Romeo

More Romeo Gigli, and some Alexander McQueen, who worked in Gigli’s studio before studying design in London.
The model in the ads is Kirsten Owen photographed by Paolo Roversi.

Romeo Gigli – inspiration

Summer 1990:







Winter 1991:




Approximate pronunciation: Ro-MAY-o JEEL-yee

Birr Castle

Thanks for recent comments!
A visit to Birr Castle to see Magnolias etc:









Early photography at Birr:





The telescope:

Czar Plum Blossom at home:

From orangepippin.com:
“Czar is a large dark black/purple early-season plum, with good astringency and useful for culinary purposes. It can also be eaten fresh if you leave it to get fully ripe. The blossom is a notable characteristic, being unusually large for a plum.
The Victorian fruit enthusiast and author Robert Hogg was sent some samples in August 1874 by the growers, Rivers of Sawbridgeworth. This was the year of its first fruiting. Hogg subsequently rated it as an “excellent plum”. Rivers named it Czar in honour of the Czar of Russia, who visited England that year.
Czar soon become a popular garden plum in English gardens, being easy and reliable to grow (thanks in part to blossom which has some frost resistance), and producing good crops.”

Hopefully some knitting news soon…

Back in action

St Patrick’s Day trip to Lough Tay:



lichen and moss on quartz:




Sunday morning:

Avoca magnolias:


As usual there’s lots of knitting going on, but nothing to show at the moment.

Sunday shadows

Mini with collar (she had a slight problem with her eyes):



Dun Laoghaire Magnolia and weathered paintwork:

Surfaces

Camino Leaves

Some photos of new pattern, Camino Leaves.
Like Camino Zigzags this pattern contrasts plain knitting with areas of mass stitch-dropping.
The top photo is in Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball sock yarn, the other sample was made with half a Zauberball Laceball in the Shadows colourway.