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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

F.O.: Emerald green cloche hat

I really love these cloche hats! I am making one for myself in cotton for next summer. I find them very flattering and they have the added bonus of being easy to pack. This one is crocheted in a beautiful emerald green merino superwash yarn. The ribbon adds some interest and gives it even more of a retro feel.
As always details on my etsy page!

Queste cloche mi piacciono tantissimo! Me ne sto per l'appunto facendo una per me stessa ma in cotone, per l'estate. Le trovo molto facili da portare nonchè comode da piegare e mettere in valigia. Per questa ho usato un bellissimo filato merino superwash in un verde smeraldo intenso e ho aggiunto un nastro di raso in tinta per dargli ancora più sapore retrò. 
Come sempre, dettagli sulla mia pagina etsy!



 

Monday, November 17, 2014

Pink canals

I just recently came back from a short trip to Amsterdam to visit my brother. That city is absolutely stunning and every time I go there I daydream of moving there to stay...
One of the highlights of my trip was visiting the incredible yarn store Stephan and Penelope. I resisted the urge to come back with bags and bags of yarn and it was a huge accomplishment as the walls were covered in skeins of beautiful yarns in the kind of colors dreams are made of! I saw some incredible combinations of luxurious fibers wound up in skeins of pure heaven, I am so proud of myself for not buying the whole store! What I did buy was a series of interchangeable Knit pro round needles in different sizes, which I cannot wait to put to work...
The last day before going back to the airport we walked around the city center for one last time around sunset, the sky was turning pink and I noticed that the canals were turning the same shade. It was so beautiful I felt like I was in dutch painting from the 17th century. Behind all the tourists and the craziness, that city is pure magic.


Sono rientrata da poco da un breve viaggio ad Amsterdam a trovare mio fratello. Quella città rimane assolutamente spettacolare e ogni volta che  vado sogno di rimanerci a vivere. 
Mentre eravamo lì ho fatto un giro al meraviglioso negozio di lane Stephan and Penelope e sono molto fiera di me stessa per non aver comprato l'intero negozio. Le pareti erano coperte di matasse di filati incredibili nei colori di cui sono fatti i sogni. Ho visto delle combinazioni meravigliose di filati lussuosi avvolti in matasse fatte apposta per gli dei. Ma ho resistito stoicamente alle tentazioni e sono uscita di lì solo con un po' di ferri rotondi Knit pro intercambiabili di varie misure. Non vedo l'ora di usarli!
L'ultimo giorno prima di andare in aereoporto abbiamo fatto un ultimo giro in centro intorno all'ora del tramonto. Il cielo stava diventando rosa e i canali avevano preso la stessa tonalità, era tutto talmente meraviglioso che mi sentivo in un quadro olandese del Seicento. Dietro tutti i turisti e tutto il casino, quella città è pura magia.

 

PS.: OliCreations now has an instagram account if you care to follow!
 P.S.: Ho finalmente fatto un account instagram per OliCreations, se vi va di seguirla!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Can we please take a moment...

...to admire the sheer perfection of Tippi Hedren's suits in the movie The Birds?
Unlike in the movie Marnie, where she wore an array of beautiful clothes, in this 1963 classic she only really appears in two outfits, but man were they flawless! (Even though the green suit gets beat up pretty badly towards the end of the movie...). I love the length of the sleeves and the stand collar of the gray suit, and the green suit is perfect in its clean lines. Read more about them here.

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Hope you had a fun Halloween! I spent mine curled up on the couch watching a war movie with wine, boyfriend and cats. I'm an old lady, I know, (only three years ago I was in NYC with some friends, walking around in a half-assed Salvador Dalì costume and admiring the creativity of everyone's costumes in that incredible city!).