Anknel and Burblets

dreams come out my ears and go round my head and i read them.

  • On colour

    I’m not making much at the moment. Putting fabrics together and looking at them. Yes. Washing, sorting, clearing. Yes. That also. Thinking about combinations. Fabric synergies. In aromatherapy, two oils together, combined, can have a far more powerful healing effect than the two oils used separately. It’s a chemistry thing. Recently I bought some Lotta…

  • Today I love…

    Notari twigs fabric from Reprodepot. I’ve just got it off the line and it’s washed up absolutely beautifully. And now I see they’ve sold out in the natural. Strange. Things have been selling out left right and centre of late. Kaffe Fasset shot cotton. Wonderful and lovely all at the same time. This yellow is…

  • London here we come

    Tickets just booked for May 31st. One way. Back home. (We have two hometowns). Just how much longer can I contain my excitement? If I count on my fingers it’s only three and a bit months. View from Waterloo Bridge Jan 2006 Kevin, Waterloo Bridge Jan 2006

  • Two things

    1. A new site launched today. A collaboration. One half’s me. It’s called 44 times two. I’ll write more about it later. I don’t know what to say right now except it’s rather exciting to be doing this. To focus on photography again. You can read more here. And here. Those are much better words…

  • In freefall

    Our worldly possessions are falling out of our lives. Piece by piece. Photographed. Bid on. Sold. Packed. Walked to the post office. Bit by bit. I’ve been falling out of my body too a bit of late. Which means I need to go for more walks on the beach. I’ve made a point of not…

  • Tote bags

    In the shop. And for those of you who are wondering, no Swedish linen bags yet. Soon.

  • Nani Iro sewing patterns + Paris

    Thanks to Jen for the link to the nani iro site, I happened upon a heap of patterns for download. Follow this link and navigate by clicking the pictures or the dates on the top nav (as long as you stay within the sewing section). I want to make the baby bloomers! And a few…

  • Out with the old…

    This weekend I have at long last had the time to sit down quietly and sew to my heart’s content. And because I’ve been having such a big clearout on TradeMe (our eBay equivalent) I’ve been able to return to Linnet again (just in case I’d forgotten anything) – although really I need to be…

  • Today it’s raining

    It was good last week. As I said, some shop money came in. November and December worth from two shops, which of course afforded me a trip or two to Linnet. Today I am feeling so so drained. Today I will curl up on the (linen) sofa, drink chai spice tea and let my pisces…

  • Making. Making.

    As well as shopping, sometimes I make things too. Like bags. With echino and re:form and trefle linens and cottons. All mixed up like. With heavy lilac dkny linen handles that fit just nicely over the shoulder. And then I might make other bags from vintage swedish linen, a dash of japanese fabric, a piece…

  • Two books

    I ordered these early October. They’ve just arrived. The first ones got lost in the post somewhere along the way but book orders are never a rush – there are always plenty to read right here. The first book; one piece + smock blouse is the only clothing book I’ll be needing, at least for…

  • LINNET

    I’m officially in Love. I knew I would be. LINNET is most definitely in my top ten shops in the whole wide world. No, make that top five. My parcel arrived early this morning. It was probably more exciting than Christmas. Up we got Astrid and I, and out to carefully and slowly unwrap and…