Showing posts with label Oliver the Cat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oliver the Cat. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Needlepoint in Paris and Oliver the Cat

In the Walk With Me section of the Knitlark Lane Podcast Number 17 http://tinyurl.com/pm2wpm
I talked about going with my friend Georgette -- it was her first trip to Paris -- to a wonderful needlepoint shop on rue des Moulins, near the Opera Garnier.

Here is the link to the shop http://www.anniebouquet.tapisseriedefrance.com/index.fr.htm
and a picture of the front.


This is a picture of the canvas my friend Georgette bought. It is really lovely.







Here are some pictures of some ribbons from La Droguerie, the yarn, ribbon, bead and button shop that I talked about in Podcast #16 and wrote about in the last blog.




(I am working on my picture-taking skills -- I know what I did wrong here -- sorry if it is not the best it could be).




Coming up next is the really EXPENSIVE ribbon I told you about. Both the right side with the dots and the wrong side.



Since my cat Oliver seems to want to be a part of my podcasts (I know you have heard him howling in the background) I thought you might like to see a picture of him. Here he is: