My Fashionable Life

I am in love with that hat. It would make a great knit...good idea.

I am such a sucker for stripes.

What a wonderful way to spend the afternoon. Greens are so lovely this time of year. Sometimes in the middle of winter I wonder what colour green is. To me, the garden is another room off the house.

OH, I am SO glad that you got to spend the day lounging. We should ALL have a day like that every once in a while.

LOVE the hat. Can't wait to see your version as I am sure that it will be absolutely FAB!

That hat does look fabulous. And, let me know what you think of that book. I've been eyeing it on Amazon, but am reluctant to pay full price.... unless it's worth it, of course!

I always love seeing pictures of your knitting! I'd love to know, though, what are you knitting, especially the white seed stich thingy? (Sorry, I know that's not a very technical term.) Your work is always so incredibly lovely.

My favorite late-spring pleasure is laying a few cotton blankets out on the banks of our pond and taking a nap with my dog, Hannah.

It is a nice hat. I have been trying to make something similar in a baby size, but as a novice knitter and without an actual pattern, I have given up and went out and bought a sunhat instead. One day I'll have a go again... will you share your pattern?

How lovely! I should take a day off while the sun is shining and do something decandent like that.

I have been enjoying your site for a while now,and I just wanted to say how incredibly clever and stylish your work is.Do you collect old knitting patterns?I have 10 patons knitting books from the 30s,gorgeouse patterns!Id love to send them to you,if you are interested.Cheers Sue.

Hello,

I'm new to your site and just wanted to say how pretty it is! If you don't mind my asking, what kind of camera do you use? The photos are beautiful.

I love Persephone books too! Have you read Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day?

My name is Debby, not Denis! whoops!

Love it Anna! Especially the hat idea... I'm curious as to how you'll make the brim "firm"... are you going to knit it around something? Lovely garden!

Gorgeous yard and I love the hat!

I knitted a child size hat in a very similar style in cotton fotr my friends 3 year old daughter. However, my friend loved it so much she stretched it so that she could wear it herself! The pattern was from an old Rowan book, Heads, Hands and Toes (or something like that) and it would be really easy to knit it slightly larger to fit an adult. Just thought I'd mention it!

Ps love your blog!

is that a knitting vogue or a actual vogue? may i ask which issue (of either the knitting or the fashion) ?

Oh I am so jealous of your garden!!! :-)

What a lovely way to spend the day.

Ye gads - you got a lot of questions in response to this post, but I have one more - source for the garden lounger? We used to have some like that and I haven't been able to find them again. Thanks!

Perhaps we can arrange a life swap for a couple days?

You have such a lovely garden! I have many of the same plants as you. I love a freespirited garden, with a shady place to relax. I, too, have taken the afternoon off to pamper myself. It is important.

Thank you so much for that book link, I came across that particular series of books in a little bookshop ages ago but forgot what the publsher was called and have been searching fruitlessly ever since. I can't wait to buy some of these.