vintage postcards

my mum recently came back from singapore and she had some of my late grandmother's photographs with her. i loved these sweet postcards that it seems my grandmother and her sisters had made up to give out to their friends and family.

jenny in picnic sweater

i probably don't need to tell you that this is the lovely jenny gordy, as everyone reads wiksten, but here she is trying out one of my samples! jenny and i were discussing a piece for her and knowing that she loves blue, i suggested this australian alpaca that i had in french blue. it had been on my shelf for a little while, waiting for me to do something with it and i had been procrastinating and was considering dropping it from my collections as it's quite an expensive yarn. anyway, making a piece for jenny was the perfect opportunity to try it out. as it turns out, i was so pleased with it that i've decided to include it in the upcoming collection. i've named it the 'picnic sweater'. it's almost the same as the cabin sweaters currently at anaise, but with longer sleeves (and different colourways).

also, as jenny mentions on her blog, primoeza scarves will soon be available through the wiksten shop! i am incredibly flattered as jenny's work has been of such inspiration to me over the years and her shop is such a delight with its unique selection of goods.  scarves will ship in the not too distant future so keep an eye out on jenny's store!

buttons, fabric

i sourced some new buttons today - both vintage. top ones are wood and bottom are unpolished horn. so beautiful. also a tiny piece of liberty fabric to try a new idea out with.

it's looking like i won't have my shop ready until late march or thereabouts but i'm working on some samples that i'm really excited about so i hope it will be worth the wait! i'm also hoping to get scarves out to some of my retailers before that.

shoulders

i love detail on shoulders. the top one is from this collection. the bottom one is a sample i've been working on. i've been hesitating about showing this because although i like the way it looks, there's a few technical issues that i'm struggling with - mainly because there's so much movement in knit, it's difficult to get two shoulders to sit symmetrically. i might try to apply the woven detail in another way. i make quite a few things that don't make the final cut, not necessarily because i don't like them, but maybe they're not technically resolved, or they're too time consuming/expensive to make. it's nice to give them some air time here.

more on samples

i thought i'd share a few images i took of some new scarf samples. these aren't 'proper' collection images, rather, are just meant to be illustrations to be sent to my retailers so they can choose stock for their stores.

 __________________________

 i've been getting a few enquiries lately asking whether i will have more garments for sale and the answer is definitely yes! the lovely anna, in the pictures above has been helping me out lately, but on the whole it is just me and it does take quite a bit of time to design and sample each new piece, especially when i want each one to be perfect. i'm (still) wrapping up orders from the last collection and have some custom work on the go as well. unfortunately some projects are on the back burner  like this one and this one, but i hope to have some pieces ready for my shop later in march.

laundry day

...well, not exactly laundry, but washing and drying samples.

jacquemus

JACQUEMUS / L'USINE from BERTRAND LE PLUARD on Vimeo.


love this little video i found via renee. plus the collection images are the nicest i've seen in a long time.
happy weekend!

a few more

the colours look so soft and velvety!

cat on film

an outtake from a super quick photoshoot that i put together this morning.

shout outs 2 - northcity4

 
an interesting creative hub is being set up by katherine bowman (maker of this ring) and four other well known melbourne jewelers such as anna davern and ali limb. named northcity4, the space will be a place for making, learning and discussing all things jewelry (and more). melbourne has a great contemporary jewelry scene and with these women driving the project it should be a fantastic place to check out and get involved in. see their brand new website here.
congratulations katherine!