Author: Ruth Singer

Thanks for all the lovely comments and enquiries about my panels! I’ve put a few up on Etsy so please take a look if you want any more info. Mostly, though, they are made to order.

I said I would invent some more adventures. I didn’t exactly invent my day out, but I did hope to have an adventure. I had to get up far too early (in the dark) to get to Birmingham for the launch day of the Midlands Textile Forum. The day wasn’t quite what I had hoped…

In lieu of anything new of my own to show you, I am going back to basics and showing one of my favourite inspiration pieces ever. I’ve never seen this actual item in the flesh. This one is from The Kyoto Costume Institute (although there may well be another elsewhere). It’s by Paul Poiret whom…

I felt the need to take photos last week. I tried to find the time to cycle along some back streets and get some random urbanness. I failed, but a walk in the woods was pretty fruitful. I do really like fungus. I also did some very random still-lives of vignettes of messiness in my…

My orange knitted thing has grown a little, but I’ve mostly been too busy going to this and being a band groupie by proxy. A weekend of fine company, sunshiney seaside, accordians and african dancing. What more could one ask for? I’m reluctantly back at work for a week (month…winter…) of teaching, meetings and MOUNTAINS…

That’s what my knitting says to me at bedtime. Just one more row. Hell, just one row, at all, today! Like wise my binding wants to be finished. My summer dress, in time for winter. But at least the autumn skies are good. A big clear-out is in progress – old stock for various sales…

As promised – a super simple scarf. This scarf can be knitted in pretty much any yarn, but is best in Aran or DK (Worsted or Sports weight). This example is knitted in Rowan’s Scottish Aran Tweed in DK with about 35 stitches. For a thicker yarn, 25 stitches would probably be enough – it…

I haven’t vanished, I’ve just been asleep! Origin was enjoyable, stressful, exciting and boring at various points and extraordinarily tiring. I’ve been trying to catch up on sleep all week, with limited success. I had a great time, some fantastic feedback, sales and contacts. I was really lucky to be on an aisle with great…

Origin countdown 0 days and a few hours. Well, I’ll be off in a few hours after a little more packing and hopefully some sleeping. Monday is drive down to London and setting up, and open to the public 9am Tuesday morning for a private view, and on til 9pm with a late evening private…

Origin is now 5 days away. I feel like there ought to be an air of desperation and panic in my voice, but somehow I’m feeling quite ok about it all. I think its just resignation that I really can’t do much more in the time left, so there is no point worrying. This may…