A jumble of knots and spaghetti... a pile of balls... wait... a new product!
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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.
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Hey, I'm back after a wonderful Easter, Labour day and Freedom day break, filled with choccies and friends from afar. In Cape Town we're all loving the beautiful autumn days - the golden sunsets and crisp, often foggy morning walks with the dogs. We've had a couple of rainy days already, but the summer was so hot and dry that the rain is very welcome and the world is already looking much softer and greener.
Time to unpack the knitting needles, methinks!
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Look what one very creative knitter has designed with our Mielie T-shirt yarn! Cathy Carron used red-and-white striped t-shirt yarn to make this gorgeous tissue box cover.
To download the pattern go to http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ka-choo . You'll have to sign up to Ravelry to become a member - it's free, and oh so worth the trouble if you like to knit and crochet. The best part is that the t-shirt yarn knits up so quickly, you can knit this project under an hour!
Mielie's t-shirt yarn is exclusively marketed by Be Sweet in areas other than South Africa. Visit http://besweetproducts.com/yarns/t-shirt/ for more.
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New in the shop - these beaut 3/4 jeans, each sporting a hand embroidered bird or cow on the pocket. And they're so comfy - I know because we made two samples before we were 100% happy that we had perfected the fit. They have pleating detail on the knees and the cutest ever wood-look button. Perfect for the lovely autumn days we're having at the moment, they also look great with boots.
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These are just some of the beauties on their way to our awesome Scandinavian distributor, Outi of Mums. Zanele looks really pleased with the result. Well done, team!
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After an absolute dearth of colour strips for our Mielie bags, we managed to obtain a whole ton - of just about every colour of the rainbow! The Mielie mama's whooped and squealed with delight when they arrived on sebenza day. It seems as if Manyawusa and Sentiwe decided to colour code their outfits to match their bags this week.
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Weather-wise we have had a couple of real shtinkers over the past week or two. Some of us wilt into a sweaty, red-faced pile of misery, whereas others, like Zandile here, just take it in their stylish stride. You can cool down just by standing in her cool aura!
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Sorry about the wait for the pics - I misplaced my camera! Here are those promised photos of our new SitIn product range - crochet slip covers and cushions for milk crates and gym balls. The material used is the same as we use for our Mielie hooked rug range - recycled t-shirt fabric strips. It's been a long time since I've been this excited about a new product!
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The Design Indaba came and went this weekend - and what a success it was! We built our shelving system out of milk crates that we cable-tied together. People loved it and many other exhibitors gave it the thumbs up too - cheap and so flexible.
On display and sale were some old favourites - Mielie bags in various well loved and new designs, as well as some new - packs of 3 meter bunting strips and also the ever popular button-together alphabet bunting.
In the New department we launched our new SitIn range of stools at DI and entered them into a furniture design competition... and won second prize! The SitIn comes in two versions - the Madoda, a milk crate with a cushion on top covered with a crochet slip-cover, and the Tshomi, a milk crate with a crochet cushion on top. It was quite a job to teach our weavers to crochet, and until the very last moment I didn't know if we would have product to display! Thanks to everyone involved in making the SitIn happen, especially Astrid, whose patience is astounding.
For me the highlight of Design Indaba is touching base with all the other designers and crafters and seeing what wonderful new products they have dreamed up.
Photos tomorrow, ok?
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