Please have a look around to explore my interests and activities. At the moment, this website is still being constructed, so come back later to see more!
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High-Relief cable hats
I finally managed to finish all test samples of HRC hat knitted with different yarn weights.
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Knitting
Knitting has been my biggest passion for more than 50 years. It is a pure magic to see how the long thread becomes a complicated fully fashioned garment. I’m fascinated with knitting structure: seemingly simple loops on the needle can be manipulated in so many ways, to create new fabrics. It’s not immediately obvious…
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Origami
I read about origami courses given by Sergei Afonkin (St Petersburg) in a newspaper article in the early 90’s. I enrolled and studied with him by correspondence course for 5 years, receiving a teaching certificate, then an origami master diploma. I took to origami quickly and easily, maybe because of my engineering background and love…
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Sewing
I’m not sewing much at the moment. However I still enjoy it and like to choose the most spectacular and interesting projects, like this amazing Bow-dress by Tomoko Nakamichi from her book “Pattern Magic”. I used the same blue-silver handwoven silk and lyocell lining to repeat this dress in miniature as well. Here are a…
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Welcome!
The best gift
What a lovely gift – two necklaces with pendants repeating Dave’s origami horse design, by La Menagerie. Thank you, darling, they are so beautiful!
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Nicolaus Day
I learned about Nicolaus Day on 6th December after I moved to Germany. Such a nice tradition: children leave their shoes outside the bedroom door on Saint Nicolaus Eve in hope that Saint Nicolaus will leave them a gift… But even if you are not a child, it is still wonderful to believe in miracles…
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Magnificent Prague
Origami convention in Prague
High-Relief cable hats
I finally managed to finish all test samples of HRC hat knitted with different yarn weights.
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