Sunday, October 3, 2010

Pineapples

September was a busy month. Hence my neglect of the blog.

I finally got a chance to take a look at the Montse Stanley book. In it, I saw the knit pineapple purse. I can take or leave pineapple to eat. Actually prefer dried pineapple to fresh. But I love pineapple as a design element. Hence by obsession to find the pattern for the pineapple purse from Jane Gaugain's 1840 book the Lady's Assistant.

The book is in open source and .pdf format on the web and a Raveler has written the pattern in Spanish and English. Here's a piccy from someone who has made the bag.

I spent about a year embroidering this; never finished and the project was lost in one of my moves. I was able to purchase a brand-new kit on e-Bay in 2008 and still have it to do.





The pineapple was a symbol of welcome in the 18th century. It's used extensively as a motif in crochet doilies. The Yarn Council of America has a pineapple afghan pattern on it's website. 2011 could be my Year on the Pineapples.

I continue on the shrug--endless stockingnette and the blue shawl. I just finished the first of my second pair of fingerless gloves. I am making these longer; didn't mess up the K2P2 ribbing this time (woo hoo).

Saw a good film, ABCD, with one of my favorite actresses, Madhur Jaffrey. Liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Have started the Pascoe and Dalziel series of video. It took a couple of episodes for the dramatized Pascoe character to grow on me. Ellie and Dalziel are perfectly cast.