ConnieLene – KnitDesigner

I hope that after looking through the site you will choose to be a fan of my Facebook Page or as it is now on facebook I hope you will choose to like ConnieLeneKnits

You can find me in many places on the net –

My Etsy Shop Unique Boutique Knits for patterns and garments

Crazy but this is my other Etsy Shop Connielene Capes and my unique and unrepeatable knits Capes because I adore cloaks and capes, the others because I cannot tell you exactly how I created them other than the pattern for the style but not the intarsia on them.

And because I managed to create and install a Ball Warmer and really enjoyed the experience and the story World Urban Art – a site still in development – Installation art in the urban environment including Knit Art Graffiti or Yarn bombing.

Our travels in Europe – two oldies from New Zealand exploring the Netherlands, Denmark and Europe as time, money and energy allows.

You can find me on Ravelry here and believe it or not I am also on Twitter here as Connieleneknits

I am a Freelance designer, knitter, lover of colour; lots of colour, Intarsia lover, pattern writer, fashion knit trend follower, Colour and yarn trend follower.

They tell me that I am also artist, graffiti knit artist. I know I am a storyteller, writer, blogger, mother, wife, sister, grandmother, teacher, friend, photographer, and speaker.

My loves are colour, texture, shape, flow, drape, drama, magic, passion and yarn and I hope you enjoy the results.

When I can I do participate in fibre exhibitions, and I have curated two exhibitions with a wonderful artist friend. In 2009 I had a felted jacket in WoolOn at the Alexandra Blossom Festival, and a dress with intarsia of course in the Alpaca Festival in New Zealand.

My Mission is to excite and challenge all knitters, designers and wearers of hand created pieces – to experience more colour in their own knitted pieces and to enjoy the freedom and the magic of wearing such a unique piece because it is created with many colours, passion and with magical yarns

My Major Project with delivery in 2011 is My Intarsia Knitting – Book as yet with no name.

I hope you will be a fan of my Facebook Page or as it is now I hope you will choose to like ConnieLeneKnits on Facebook.

We take fibre in any of its many forms and from it we create a whole. We have a design in mind, or a pattern, or a request, or an order, or a picture in front of us and from one or a combination of those we create a whole.

So does Alex.

Lotus Gemco notes This is what has been taking my time. I set up an account for Alex’s photographs on Flickr, then posted the notes and the flickr photostream onto the website World Urban Art

This was a jigsaw puzzle, that became a lotus racing car. Left field sure, but I believe that Alex is an artist / craftsman and when the car is absolutely finished I will post additional photos.

I don’t think it looks beautiful yet – but it will. To a car buff, a racing car enthusiast, a Lotus enthusiast and others it will already look beautiful. I am just in awe of his talent, design skill and practical application.

What I do think is that Alex has designed and knitted together metal pieces and come out with this car using old postcards, the metal bits and pieces he was provided with and using his natural creative talent and knowledge garnered over many years to create the whole – the Lotus Gemco.