Monday, April 24, 2006

Ode to the Vintage Pattern.....

Vintage patterns, Vintage patterns
- how I love them
- let me count the ways...

I love thee by the length and breadth of your crocheted pants

and the ways of your structured collars.

I love thy brilliance

in the creation of dresses I had only imagined in my dreams.

I love your insistence
that yarn CAN be fur
Whether as loops, chains or fringe...

Oh how I love thy garish combinations of blue and gold,
lilac and green
and the ever prominent orange and brown with teal.
Thy garish combinations bespeak of a time when color did live!

Oh vintage pattern, how I marvel at your diligence.
The determination to carry a pattern on for pages.
The ease with which you speak of the size 11 crochet needle,
lo barely visible
to be used with floss to create bedpreads and curtains
- as if this were an activity worth carrying on.

Oh dear vintage pattern with your size 2 14 inch needles,
create the full length dress with extensive color changes and cabling.

Show me where the true craft of crocheting and knitting

has come.....

and where it should be.....

Oh vintage pattern, how I love thee......

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

VERBA LYNETTE PRESENTS SUE ROCK ORIGINALS


Host Verba Lynette will present Sue Rock of sue rock originals
on her weekly Tuesday evening talk show TONITE at 9:00 pm ON BCAT.
On the show, Verba will discuss with Sue how she got started, how to develop connections to African craft cooperatives and Sue's unique use of fashion in serving the community with her knitting charity which uses volunteers to design and create clothing for survivors of domestic violence. A variety of knit and crocheted items will be featured as you get an in depth look at this 21st century entrepreneur.

You can watch BCAT on Cablevision Channel 68 or Time Warner Channel 35
Or if you are outside the Brooklyn, New York area
Log on here - http://www.brooklynx.org/bcat/ and click where it says
WATCH BCAT LIVE to broadcast on your computer.

ENJOY!!