Infinity, and beyond

To start the story that is my new lush infinity scarf, I’ma have to go back a couple of months … In October I made my ultimate Halloween costume – Lydia Deetz’s red wedding dress – entered it into the WM Trimmings Facebook costume competition, and won! All that sewing with all that retina-burning-red was worth it. I won a €50 gift card to spend in WM Trimmings, which I couldn’t wait to spend since I’m in there every couple of weeks anyways. 

With my gift card I wanted to buy some things that I normally wouldn’t. One of the many pieces I picked up was some of Cygnet’s Seriously Chunky plum wool. You can’t tell from these pictures, but there are so many colours to this wool – I can only compare it to a petrol spill. If petrol spills were pretty. Another reason why I went with this colour was because, well, it’s a colour and I wear an awful lot of black. I had my eye on those oversized cowls all you fashionable young people are wearing these days, so I figured why not just knit one? So I did. 

This wool knits up fast and is so soft and lush and more importantly, WARM. I used size 12 needles, cast on 23 stitches and knitted 4 skeins of wool. This thing is HUGE {that’s what she said}. I took it for the ultimate test spin yesterday in some of Ireland’s highest winds, and I was as snug as a bug. No word of a lie. I just wish I had knitted it sooner.

Safe and sound

Seven days after wrapping, hugging and sending off Hilda’s hydrangea painting Stateside, I’m happy to say it arrived safely to its new owner! Barbara sent me this lovely picture of her and her handsome feline friend Smokey, who Barb admitted, doesn’t look too impressed with her new painting {lord knows how much my cats dis my stuff!}. But us humans know when to appreciate a good hydrangea painting when we see one. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – very jealous of your winnings Barb.

And best of luck on the epic task that is deciding on how to frame that beauty! Shadow box? Add matting? Black, or dare I say a colour frame? A charity shop revamp job? Decisions, decisions … 😉 xx A

Winner – hydrangea painting by Hilda Oomen

I am excited to announce the winner of my first giveaway. Without causing any more unnecessary suspense, the winner of Hilda Oomen’s to-die-for hydrangea painting is …  

Massive congratulations Barb!!! Mad jealous of your new piece of artwork. I know you’re just as crazy for hydrangeas as I am. Send an e-mail over to moi at alex@hydrangeagirl.com with your address details so I can pack this baby up and sent ‘er off in the post 🙂 
I’d like to thank Hilda for her breathtaking artwork and I would encourage you to creep her incredible Etsy shop. Her work is a constant source of inspiration and has induced many daydreams on my end of the screen. I’d also like to thank all of you who entered the giveaway. I can assure you there will be more drool-worthy giveaways to come that you’ll want to get your filthy mitts on!

xx A