DOTTY CUSHION

My friend Emma is a great knitter but she has the problem most knitters have - small bits of leftover wool.  She has come up with a good solution - multi coloured cushion covers using Kaffe Fassett patterns with her own colour schemes.  I helped her by mounting the knitting onto a plain background fabric and making it into a cushion cover, as she hasn't got a sewing machine.

I remember going to a talk by Kaffe Fassett many, many, years ago.  It was so exciting, as he introduced loads of colour and pattern into garments at a time when knitting was dull and boring - not the exciting and colourful craft it is today.  He came to knitting as an artist and worked with Rowan Wools to introduce ranges of beautiful coloured yarns. He was also intriguing, being a young good looking man in a world which at the time was dominated by middle aged women making unimaginative  knitted jumpers. He is now somewhat older, but is still going strong, having introduced his colourful world to needlepoint. mosaics, fabric, rugs, patchwork and painting.