Next to stripes
I love toile. I think it was the first "name" for a fabric that I learned when I was little. And then I learned a little bit more about toile and how it can be manipulated.
But I never thought I'd see toile come into the CAS room!
These are just a sample of the lovely ditty bags we received from St. Ann's in Lyme, CT. Carole is the master coordinator at St. Ann's and when we published the ditty bag pattern, she quickly introduced it to her group. Last week, we met up in Connecticut at the CT ECW annual meeting, and she loaded 175 (!) of these goodies into my car! Yes. 175! And a good number of them were toile. Lucky seafarers!We also got a box full of goodies from Nikki in San Jose, CA.
I love how Nikki incorporates purple into her set. Sometimes pinks and purples are hard to know what to do with. Seafarers come from all over the world, and different cultures react to colors in different ways, so I never want to say "no" when I get questions about using purples, pinks, and light yellows, but I also want the seafarers to LOVE the handknits they get. I think Nikki does it just right here--just a touch of purple, to liven up the black. Nicely done Nikki!

















