I have always wanted to cut a Virginia Woolf-esque figure. Tall and graceful with a certain Bloomsbury bookish air. Sadly I am much too silly, disorganised and plump to ever fool anyone.
Except my boyfriend seems to totally buy into this dream, bless him.
For my birthday he has given me a 1920s knitting project bag. The embroidery is ever so fine – done in wool on jute (I think) – and the bag is lined with fine linen. It is absolutely gorgeous in the most perfect early twentieth century Bloomsbury intelligensia way. It’s possibly the best present I have ever been given.
He also gave me a needle-felted scarf in black, orange and sky-blue. Needle-felted!
I’ve been given an absolute tonne of wool by friends and family: Drops Silke-Tweed in creme and mustard; Kauni Effektgarn in a red-burgundy colourway; 2-ply wool in deep indigo-purple and grey, Sandness Sisu in green and red, worsted merino in a stunning dark fuchsia and a full cone of orange 2ply alpaca. Not to mention all the Rowan Felted Tweed I need for Flyte.I don’t think I’ll ever need to go wool-shopping again.
And people have also given me perfume, jewellery stationery, book vouchers and books! And the sun’s out! Aww..
A huge thank you to everyone who’s been part of making this one of the nicest birthdays I’ve had in a long time.
i had no idea that there was such a thing as a 1920′s knitting bag. it is almost too visually exquisite to be believed….and happy birthday, it all sounds perfect!!
Happy birthday, you! *hugs* And that bag is completely gorgeous!
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/02/how_to_latex_leggings.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954 – This is from a Copenhagen crafter and this is slightly scary.
The bag is gorgeous. It sounds like you are having a great birthday.
What a fabulous present! So glad you’re enjoying your day – really great birthdays are hard to come by beyond the age of 10!
Oh, gorgeous bag. Any boyfriend who gives you something like that is a keeper :-) ( And remember to skip the suicide-part of being Virginia Woolf.)
But then again there is a lot to be said for remaining (at least inside) 10 for a long time :) Makes a lot of things more fun!
Glad you had a great birthday!
@kv: I had an inkling.. mainly because my partner had mentioned seeing one just before Christmas. Hmm.. funny that. And thank you :)
@mahoni: Thank you, sweetie!
@Bridgey: where do you find these things? And thank you for the company the other day. It’s always great meeting up with you.
@Paula: Thank you! I hope things are well and that I’ll see you tonight?
@Kirsty: That is very true .. ever so often I do get very excited about things. Maybe I am secretly ten years old on the inside?
@KM: I’ll remember to stay away from the suicide bit. And yes, I think we can agree that my partner’s nae too shabby ;)
@DK: We’ll be ten year-olds together forever, I think. And thank you. sorry about the late reply.