knitted tangles, beach ribbons and pebble textures

a day at the beach never fails to inspire ...

and you can never be quite sure what the sea will wash up for your delectation

one fine summer day this year ... I found fragments of tightly knitted tangles

perhaps a busy fishermen snagged his sweater on his boat 

I wonder at the journeys such items travel before they come ashore

entwined with beach ribbons of kelp and bladderwrack

this discovery ... made me want to unpack my needles and find winter grey wool

to knit a fine piece of grey knitting... just because I can

after moving house in the summer ... I am still slowly unpacking my materials

slowly finding some order in my studio and arranging my projects in a pleasing way

I am enjoying taking my time with this ...

pebble colours and textures continue to inspire and fill my thoughts

yes ... I am a pebble collector

I sent a pebble to a dear friend ...

a friendship pebble in a small collectible tin full of little treasures

my friend Cathy Cullis sent me this beautiful painting

from her "Messengers" series but painted especially for me ... 

it's called "the pebble collector"

you can just see that lovely dreamer house so close to the beach ...

just like my new home ... only a few steps to the water's edge

in Mousehole

you can see my house in this photo ... it's not grey like Cathy's imaginary house ...

but mine is a dreaming house ... a forever house I think

Mousehole has to be one of the most picturesque and beautiful villages in Cornwall

I find it to be such a relaxing, peaceful place and I love my new home very much

gratefully, there is much to explore and photograph in 2015

the past few days we've had very strong southerly winds

throwing up very high tidal waves over the harbour walls

I love that changes in the weather mean that every day there are new things to notice

each and every morning the day starts differently

I find myself grabbing my camera before anything else

to capture the sunrise, the colourful skies, the colour of the sea

the changing tones of the lichen on the rooftops

the weather itself, the tides, the birds ... so much inspiration

beautiful in all weathers ...

I am still very much in touch with my beloved St. Ives and have many friends there

I can drive to St. Ives whenever I want and visit the beaches and galleries

I am still a member of St. Ives Arts Club and I am a founding member

of St. Ives Textiles (working out of Porthmeor Studios) from September 2014

... so I feel I really do have the best of both worlds

I am very happy to be a part of St. Ives Textiles

and we will be exhibiting in St. Ives during the September Festival 2015

to be held at {St. Ives School of Painting} Porthmeor Studios, St. Ives

I shall also be working towards a show of fine art textiles (all new work)

at St. Ives Arts Club in early November 2015

so there is much to focus on as we move into the new year


 at this time of year ... thoughts turn to new projects
and unfinished ones too!

 I hope to revisit and complete all the things I had begun to share here
and didn't get around to sharing (finished) for one reason or another


thanks for following along and for visiting today
I am truly grateful for your friendship
and I'll leave you with these tangles while I go and find grey wool