Music Everywhere (Page 13)

Very bright fuchsia pink V-necked jumper (age 2-3) with cables and a silver sparkle filament knitted in.

In the pink

The demographic round here is a little odd. Not so long ago I was told that there were more under-1s here than over-55s; I don't know if that's still true, but we do have an awful lot of toddlers in this area, and our church reflects

A rather bald gentleman wearing an off-white calico waistcoat over black everything else.

Toile and trouble

This is d'Artagnan. If you're not a fan of baroque/early music, you almost certainly won't recognise him; if you are, you'll be doing a huge double take right now, and asking yourself "is that really...?" Yes. Yes, it is.

Twinkly old geek in mobility scooter wearing black chiffon poncho over crop top and black maxi skirt with cat print.

Feline groovy

Here's the poncho from that Burda pattern of which I showed you the top yesterday, made in a black deadstock chiffon with what they call a foil overlay. In effect it's a metallic gold surface print; it's so fine it doesn't really

Twinkly old geek in mobility scooter wearing very shiny gold sleeveless top and inevitable black fedora.

Going for gold

While I do have a preference for independent sewing patterns, for reasons I'll probably go into at some point, that doesn't mean I never use the major brands. This one is Burda 6589 (and, yes, I made the poncho thing as well, but I want to

A piece of red cable knitting; the design is ornate, and the rope cables mirror each other.

Absolute Bliss

You may already have noticed I like knitting cables. In fact, I don't knit anything other than cables (there is one person in the world for whom I would be prepared to knit Fair Isle... but only one). And I don't know how many times I&

Red hat and scarf, knitted in a complex cable design, draped over a rollator.

Where did you get that hat?

Many years ago, when acrylic yarn was always pretty horrible but it was the only thing I could afford to knit with, I designed and knitted a V-necked slipover using the traditional Irish cable pattern "Homes of Donegal". Fast forward a few decades. I've put on

Twinkly old geek sitting on a rollator and wearing a very fancy black and gold maxi skirt.

Concert pitch

Before I started having mobility issues, I used to get to a lot of concerts. These days, I'm not able to do that easily, and I miss it; indeed, I miss it to the extent that I organised a couple of concerts this year in the (honestly rather

Twinkly old geek in a mobility scooter, wearing red, including a dramatic floral print top with a funnel neck.

Southbank Style

Today we're all about the Nina Lee Southbank Sweater, which is my current sewing obsession; it is just such a useful style that I'm making several of them. The one you see here is the first one, made in a rather snazzy deadstock scuba fabric, and

Twinkly old geek standing supported by a rollator, wearing a mid-grey cape and off-white fake fur tippet.

I'm just wild about Harry

I have been wearing more drapey things lately - dupattas, pashminas, that kind of thing; and an ordinary coat won't go over those properly, so I needed a cape. I chose the Harry Cape from I AM Patterns. For a start it was the right length; I normally

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