Denise Powell - Where Do You Get Your Inspiration ?
It’s true - knitters never fear the cold!
Despite the
frigid temperatures we had a number of our steadfast knitters come out last
night and they, in turn, were rewarded with an inspiring presentation by Denise
Powell. She shared with us her Interpretations designs and described
how and from where she draws her ideas and creative imaginings.
She explained
her long love affair of traditional textiles, and both historic and cultural
clothing from around the world. She
brought a wonderful selection from her Interpretations design line including a hip-length kimono with a lovely cherry blossom
embellishment some Egyptian jewellery
inspired knit collars, an exquisite and detailed homage to an Edwardian ladies
jacket and an African inspired tunic and many many more.
She explained her
creative process and how she became a designer and described the process in
which one creates a design and gets it published. We thank her for answering all our
questions. The Peterborough Public
Library does have a subscription to the magazine that Denise mentioned last
night; A Needle Pulling Thread, but we only have two issues thus
far.
We really
enjoyed her talk and she left us with a challenge to find our own inspirations
however and wherever we may find them.
If you can dream of a rose teapot cover than why can't you make one?
Also a special
thank you to the lovely one (you know who you are) that shared some candy with
the group, I promise will
try to bring the remainder of them to next months meeting.
NEXT MONTH
We are so excited to ramp up for the Knitting games, which will feature the following competitions:
- The Two Row Dash - Speed Knitting
- Derriere Tricoter - Behind-the-Back Knitting
- Blind Needles - Knitting Blindfolded
- Tandem Knitting - Knitting with a friend...one hand each!
