Byemmajo’s Weblog
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Been SO busy!!
Hi everyone sorry not to have been able to write much – have had a very busy summer and last week my wee girl started school! Then this week I started teaching so everything has been very hectic….
Haven’t had time to put work in my etsy shops – though the scarves are doing really well and hopefully I’ll have lots of things to show you soon, I’ve been knitting a lot too recently so have some new things to show too..
so new things well be uploaded soon ..also WASPS are doing open studios on the weekend of 3rd and 4th of October so am getting for that too
hooray! New Studio!
At last after 7 years of waiting I’ve got a new studio ! Can’t wait to have most of my stuff out of the house and my loom saved from the garden!!
Not quite sure how I’m going to afford it but I’ll just have to chase those potential commissions! ( I have a few) tapestry portaits in the potential pipe line!
Any way I’d better get on…
just desperate to tell you!
what I’ve been up too!
apart from looking after tootsie…I’ve been grabbing time to knit these for sale… have a look in my etsy shop byemmajo.etsy.com
I’ve also been given a lot of fabric for using on scarves which is great so I’ve been cutting like mad to get resady to sew and get ready for a craft fair on the 21st!!
One of each colourway I’ve done! many more colourways to do my wool stock is pretty amazing!
colours,colors !
what should I do first? tan and golds?, more greys with subtle sparkles? purple with dark black purples ( purple is the new black they say!) I have to make as many scarves as I can!! Because each scarf is unique, its not a case of making another one of the same! It just can’t be done as we only have tiny amounts of each fabric which we are ‘up cycling’ into a luxury cashmere scarf. My brain is so full of different colourways to do that I’m finding it difficult to get started!
I’ve put samples of colour ranges in my shop www.jemmajo.etsy.com for people to choose colourways from -
I’m so ecxcited I’m just been told that more sample fabrics are coming from Paris for me to use on the scarves!!
New labels , New Scarves!
New colours …..Blues! also our new labels came today which i can’t wait to put on our scarves!
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- new labels
Have pinned pinks and lilacs and blues onto the more turquoise one already!
looks gorgeous!
BRAND NEW shop on Etsy!
I’ve at last opened a new shop for the j’emmajo scarves and moved them there from my knitting shop byemmajo. This may seem a little strange to do that but I’ve had so many commissions for scarves recently that it seemed to be the right thing to do and not have them mixed up with knitting and other things. Actually I named the shop back in april but couldn’t decide whether to or not…
Today I’ve pinned out a gorgeously rich chocolate brown scarf with purples and blues will get a photograph soon…I also started doing some wee cotton bags but am not sure………….will photo them when I think they are right.
Things to do….
finish tapestry portrait
62 group piece for august
More violet and blue scarves – using the taffetas on the cashmere should be devine.
finish off the knitting and post to byemmajo.etsy.com
acounts up to date
textiles brief before august
cup cake teapots start
cupcake hats start
beret knitting pattern
i’m sure there is more!
long day today
got some amazing 60’s shelves that someone had put out for rubbish…nice and narrow will look fantastic with a lick of paint!Will be great in the hall.and FREE!!! Dad helped me get them into his car though we had to go and buy screwdriver to get legs off first!!
Then went to the park as had promised the wean……….spent a couple of hours there before we got rained on and went home.
Actually did send an invoice and two red cashmere scarves up to invercottage – fantastic resteraunt on loch fyne in the west coast of scotland. They are situated on the side of the loch right next to castle Lachlan which is the ancient home of the Maclachlans. I’ve been making exclusive cashmere tartan applique scarves for them! They are made using the same principal as the pashminas in my shop but with light wool tartan tabs. Really really contemporary looking and gorgeous!
Turned out to be a nice evening so I’m off out to sit on the front step and watch tghe world go by with the wean.
Today I’m excited because I love my new item!
I love my new item in my shop www.byemmajo.etsy.com !! Its beautiful! Took me ages to make yesterday as I was terrified of getting a mark on it some how!!
Bridal pashmina
