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Botanical 2

Bonnet
Hello! I hope your week is going well so far. Here are a couple of small makes I finished recently.

One botanical embroidery (I've just planted some tansy in the garden – so I had to capture it) and a little bonnet for a new baby.

The embroidery was worked free-style, but for the infant hat I used this pattern, and some baby alpaca/silk yarn. I modified the pattern by omitting the 'bear ears' (I love them but I thought the recipient would prefer the classic bonnet style) and working i-cord ties.

A few things I've noticed around the traps lately, that you might like too:

+ + + My grandfather Roald Dahl, the magician, by Sophie Dahl

+ + + Mummates, a new online Kiwi mums network 

+ + + The Instagram account of this Swedish textile artist

+ + + Orange fennel + mint slaw (with crispy fish tacos) on Homegrown Kitchen

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5 responses to “bonnet + botanics”

  1. Sarah Avatar

    Great links – thanks for sharing 🙂

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  2. muenzeeins Avatar

    embroiderie is poetic as always! thanks for the links, I love the Roals Dahl article, very mouving..

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  3. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you sarah! miss you, XXX

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  4. Ella Avatar

    Oh I love Sophie Dahl’s writing! Have you read The Man With The Dancing Eyes? It’s lovely. I have her cook books and though I’ve never used the recipes, her tales in between food make them utterly worth keeping. And isn’t she just the spitting image of her mum?!

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  5. tinyhappy Avatar

    hi ella – i love her writing (and cookbooks) too though i havent read that one you mention – thanks for the tip! will have a look for it in the library XX

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