Category: Ruth Singer

I’ve got a couple of events coming up in the next few weeks and some new stockists. The Eco Design Fair, London. 24th November 2007I’ll be selling off my Dragon range including bags, scarves and purses made from recycled, vintage and eco fabrics as well as corsages and other sale bargains. Everything will be significantly…

I got tagged by Paper Flower Girl to share my sustainable living tips. I’m struggling to avoid ranting about annoying ungreen behaviour. This is something that is really important to me. I am not going to list the ordinary stuff like recycling and turning off appliances, surely everyone does that?! I’m going for the less…

How did that happen? Who stole this week? Another of life’s mysteries. Maybe it was this chap. He didn’t take all that long to construct, but maybe he’s some kind of time-eating monster.I had a very enjoyable couple of hours this week observing the first sessions of a school project I’m documenting for Creative Partnerships.…

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…