Mielie Peeps2012-02-06T22:15:31ZAdri SchützCopyright 2012, Adri SchützSPHPBLOGGran's chair has a revamp
Zanele's looking mighty pleased with herself, and so she should be! She made this beautiful cover for a chair that belonged to one of our customers, Helen's Granny. We'll be posting it to Durban where Helen will have the chair upholstered, but Zanele can already imagine exactly what it will look like. Hope you love it, Helen!]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry111123-1504032011-11-23T00:00:00Z2011-11-23T00:00:00ZA great commission for a wonderful client
We made this magnificent Nguni-inspired headboard for fashion diva Marianne Fassler's Cape Town exquisite apartment at the deliciously seventies Disa Towers. Marianne managed to capture the essence of the cool seventies - down to the crazy paving and give it it a contemporary twist. She has furnished the whole apartment with furniture from local designers. She was delighted with her headboard... and I was delighted too! Thanks Zanele and Vuyelwa for the huge effort, and if you are ever looking for a good upholsterer, speak to Quality Upholsterers in the BoKaap.]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry111119-1602532011-11-19T00:00:00Z2011-11-19T00:00:00ZHome, sweet BEAUTIFUL NEW home!
We have finally moved in to our new premises at Fairweather House, Woodstock. Our new address is:
3rd floor Fairweather House 176 Sir Lowry Rd Cape Town.
The Mielie weavers came in with their work today and saw our new home for the first time. They loved it!
Cokile and Nomalizo take a moment to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. ]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry111017-1537582011-10-17T00:00:00Z2011-10-17T00:00:00ZMielie in Sarie
Thank you to Sarie for featuring our the Red leather fringe bag and also an article about Mielie!]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry111004-1627082011-10-04T00:00:00Z2011-10-04T00:00:00ZT-shirt wool
Our t-shirt yarn is becoming increasingly popular with people who like to go home and knit, crochet and knot their own. Each skein is 55m long and since it's recycled, you get what is available at the moment, or, as a little friend recently said: "you get what you get, so don't get upset"!]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110929-1101162011-09-29T00:00:00Z2011-09-29T00:00:00ZCan it possibly be that time again?
These beauties are about to embark on a looong journey on a ship to Finland, where they will arrive just in time to spread a bit of love and cheer on some lucky Finnish Christmas trees!]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110921-1641532011-09-21T00:00:00Z2011-09-21T00:00:00ZNew in the webshop
We've just stocked up the Mielie webshop with beautiful new bags and pencil cases. At the moment our webshop is only available for Mielie peeps in South Africa.
Great news! We are moving to the beautiful and lofty Fairweather House in Woodstock! I love the walls, the roof trusses, the concrete, the ceiling beams. But most of all I like the quality of the light. I can't wait to photograph Mielie products in the space! Mausie the red bicycle will keep the Mielie flag flying until we move in... but first there is lots of packing to do.]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110906-1713512011-09-06T00:00:00Z2011-09-06T00:00:00ZDecorex impressions
Our Nguni and Bubble wrap handbags spent most of the time at Decorex chatting to felter extraordinaire Ronel Jordaan's beautiful felt cushions. Meantime everyone had fun chillaxing in the Bat chair...]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110818-2224082011-08-18T00:00:00Z2011-08-18T00:00:00ZWhen the going gets tough...
... the tough get braiding. We were privileged to be invited to be part of the Textile Showcase of the South African Handmade collection at Decorex in Joburg last week. Sheila and I went up to fly the Mielie flag, and it was great to connect with Mielie fans and all the creative people who were showing their newest collections.
My last word on Jozie? Dang, those girls (and boys!) sure know how to braid!]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110817-2257072011-08-17T00:00:00Z2011-08-17T00:00:00ZMeet the creators
Nomfuneko, Nomelikhaya and Ntsaphokazi (not pictured) were the genii who created the new design Mielie bags. Nomalizo has been one of the driving forces behind the new Mielie crochet project. She has been using Mielie strips to crochet our beautiful new SitIn crate seats (more here).]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110726-0024042011-07-25T00:00:00Z2011-07-25T00:00:00ZTwo new designs I just love it when an idea turns into something beautiful!]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110725-1241592011-07-25T00:00:00Z2011-07-25T00:00:00ZVintage treasure
I found this beautiful vintage blanket at the Milnerton market recently. It's so neatly crocheted (is that really the past tense of crochet?)! Makes me think that we should try out a crochet gym ball next...]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110621-2235442011-06-21T00:00:00Z2011-06-21T00:00:00ZFinland, have a ball!
These beauties are headed for Finland. Our new! improved! crochet balls and one beautiful Mielie'ed ball in purples and pinks. It took quite a bit of head-scratching to get the pattern perfect, but the C-Team did not disappoint - that's C for Crochet, if you were wondering. They fit around a gym ball and make a fabulous computer chair/tv-watching footrest/excercise ball/sculptural piece when not in use.]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110618-0859082011-06-18T00:00:00Z2011-06-18T00:00:00ZNifty shoppers in the shop]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110607-2200062011-06-07T00:00:00Z2011-06-07T00:00:00ZWhat more can I say?]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110602-1549012011-06-02T00:00:00Z2011-06-02T00:00:00ZMoving the mountain to Khayelitsha
Because there is very little work at the moment, we've decided to save the weavers' transport money and send the Mielie-mountain to the mammas, instead of asking them to come to the Mielie mother-ship in Newlands. Everybody met at Zanele's and soaked up some rays of sunshine while waiting their turn to get their week's work. It was also great to see all the children and grandchildren.
Finally, you may notice that I've reactivated the comments field because this blog was just becoming a one-sided affair. So please leave me a comment, and please don't tell those spammers, ok?]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110527-1421552011-05-27T00:00:00Z2011-05-27T00:00:00ZCheck it out
We've just popped these tartan cushions into the shop. They came out so nicely, I think I might try the tartan designs on some bags.]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110526-1547072011-05-26T00:00:00Z2011-05-26T00:00:00ZColour therapy
A jumble of knots and spaghetti... a pile of balls... wait... a new product!]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110520-1232132011-05-20T00:00:00Z2011-05-20T00:00:00ZMeet imbi - ugly little critter
I've been having fun with some super thick knitting needles and our Mielie strips. The result is Imbi, Xhosa for ugly. His ears make perfect handles so you can lug him about with you and get up to mischief together... or just have a cuddle.]]>http://fa.mielie.com/index.php?entry=entry110511-1903422011-05-11T00:00:00Z2011-05-11T00:00:00Z
