In support of Youth Music’s Build A Band initiative, which encourages young people to have a political voice via their music-making, legendary British fashion designer and ethical campaigner, Katharine E Hamnett has designed an exclusive series of organic, limited edition T-shirts featuring one of the iconic slogan designs she has become famous for.

The men’s/women’s ‘REVOLTING YOUTH’ T-Shirts are available in black or white with slogans in a choice of pink, purple, orange or green. The T-shirts are a complimentary gift with every donation of £25 to Youth Music. You can find out more about youth music and Katharine Hamnett's work together at youthmusic.org.uk/revolt.

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As a fashion photographer, Andy is fully involved in the creative process, and works directly with models, model agencies, designers and fashion magazines. Andy has a wide range of equipment and experience in studios, on location and at fashion shows. Studios are hired where necessary, and location shoots are undertaken using portable lighting and backgrounds where appropriate.

A model portfolio service is also offered. Each shoot is tailored to the style(s) the model requires in their portfolio, and typically includes high fashion, commercial, print/editorial and swimwear.

Sessions may be indoor or outdoor and can involve a number of set and clothes changes. Pictures are delivered on CD (including both full-size and smaller internet-ready images), and a selection of the model's choice are made into high-quality A4 prints ready for inclusion in their book. Please enquire for current pricing and availability.

Events

A wide range of entertainment and corporate events are also covered, from festivals to conferences. A fully digital workflow is employed and photos are normally supplied digitally on CD, although images can also be sent to media agencies directly by e-mail, FTP or web-upload for particularly tight deadlines.

Andy's website is http://www.andyespin.com

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I know I switch about and have never really been able to decide if this is good or bad. Some people would say if you explore too many things you never get good at anything but I disagree as the skills you learn in one area you can often apply in another area in an innovative way. I like to develop a level of skill and enjoy it, but I also like trying new things and exploring other areas of textiles. It does mean I can get sidetracked but then I am constantly learning. How do can you devalue that? Businesses spend time and money on research and development why not textile practitioners? I think it would be very dull indeed to just do the same type of stitching all the time but I do admire those that can perfect a skill to masters level which usually means they have stuck at the one thing for a long period of time. What do you think?

From other comments left on this post as many are interesting topics to ponder while cutting out hundreds of diamonds. I will post it later in the week.
Eventually I am sure this chattery phase of mine will pass and I will get back to my usual link of the day but in the meantime... here are some links to side track the curious

Racaire of Racaire's Embroidery and Needlework has written another handout on an historical embroidery technique. This time it is  is on Klosterstich and you can find other handouts in her sidebar.

Leslie has published a tutorial on how to make loop flowers in silk ribbon on the Hand Embroidery Group Projects  which is a collaborative blog run by the Hand embroidery yahoo group

Dawn of On the banks of Bay Creek dropped me an email to point me to Andrea Jaques who is a doll dresser who makes very good use of her visual journal. If you are interested in visual journals this is an excellent example of using a visual journal to develop design ideas check it out!

Noreen writes lots of tutorials on her blog Hankering for Yarn. This tutorial on making a bead doll made me think many readers here would like it or adapt it for a tree decoration. or you could adorn gifts with it.

I've also decided to try and get a part time job. I've got some debt and it's keeping me up at night. And because of that, I have decided to get a part time job. I'm hoping I can find something in the health and fitness field (front desk at a gym would be perfect), so that I can see what goes on at a gym and find out if I really want to become a personal trainer. So as mom would say, light the candles and say the rosaries that I find something. I'd like to be able to sleep again :)

As for the knitting side of things, I just started and finished the cabled hand and coffee warmer pattern (God I love Craftster!) . here's what my finished piece looks like.

In use:

and flat and lying on the desk:

The last photo is the closest colorwise.  For some reason that last photo looks a little pornographic...  I think next time I make this, I'll use a slightly thinner and not as hairy of yarn.  Being my first attempt at doing cable work, I'm pretty happy with it.

And since the wedding has come and gone and I know my friend is on her honeymoon (and hopefully not checking her email) here's a photo of the finished wedding present:

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As promised, here's a picture of the finished bridal shower present.

I think they turned out well.  So after taking as long as it did to finish those, I'm taking a small break from needlework to do some more knitting. I still haven't finished the socks.  So perhaps I'll go back to those.  But I really would like to knit a pullover sweater since it's getting colder out.  I wonder if I can knit a sweater with raincoat material?