You know how it is.
You’re standing there, with your camera in hand, on top of a splendid mountain surrounded by rolling patchwork hills of green. Or you’re on a cliff where sea birds wheel and cry, overlooking an impossibly blue sea. Or deep in the middle of a quiet woods, carpeted with bluebells in the spring. You’re trying to frame a shot but, everywhere you look, it’s so breathtakingly, heart-stoppingly beautiful, you can’t decide where to point the camera.
Been there? Then you understand my dilemma.
I’ve been mesmerized by the beauty of Wales for nearly a decade. It has settled into my heart, and my knitting. The Gothic windows and spires of Tintern Abbey, the swiftly flowing stream cascading past the old mill at Cenarth Falls, the joy of sheep’s milk ginger ice cream, from Shepards, in Hay on Wye, the waterlilies of Bosherston, and the unmistakable silhouette of a red kite in flight.
Now these, and many more of my favorite Welsh places and experiences are yours to knit. I can’t tell you how pleased I am to share this tiny country I now call home in a new collection of patterns and stories, Welsh for Rainbow.
Welsh for Rainbow, Volume 1 – Heads Hands Feet, includes patterns for socks, mittens, scarves and hats and is available through subscription only. The publication date for the first edition is September 5th, 2011. On this date you’ll receive an email with a link to download the book. New patterns and stories will be added to the book as they’re completed, about once a month, and each time the book is updated you’ll receive an email with a secure link to the latest version. Individual patterns will also be available for purchase separately, about a month or so after they’ve been added to the book.
Price: £11.00
Apr 19, 2011