A Muse-ical week
'Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.'
Plato
This past week, I was lucky to go and enjoy some wonderfully talented musicians, and I felt really inspired by these experiences. I thought It would be a fun idea to share them here, along with a knitting project that I feel sums up the artist.
Hip Hatchet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjyTY8klRc
Last Wednesday my favourite local pub, The Market Vaults, was host to the sublime Hip Hatchet. He is Montreal born, lives in Portland, Oregon, and plays all over the world, so how wonderful to have him play in our little friendly town.
Philippe's voice is mesmerising, with just the right balance of gravelly and smooth. Along with the gentle acoustic melodies, and beautiful lyrics, ('sunstreaks fell like angel hair upon the bed we'd made') his music invokes images of rustic America, snow capped mountains, sweeping forests, cosy log cabins.
With this feeling in mind, here are a few projects that melded well with Hip Hatchet's tunes.
Deep Woods Toque
This lovely hat pattern, by Kiyomi Burgin, is available in the latest KnitScene magazine, which can be downloaded digitally. You can also find it on Ravelry. This beauty is definitely added to my 'to knit' list.
Fall Oak Leaves
These little crocheted autumn leaves, designed by Maria Bittner, are a free pattern available on Ravelry.
Just imagine these made into a garland to hang across the fireplace in your log cabin, or a little posy of them sewn onto a simple beanie hat, or even stitch a pin on the back and turn one into a brooch. lots of possibilities!
The Big Moon
On Saturday my friend and I were uber excited as we made our way to The Sunflower Lounge in Birmingham to see marvelous London based indie rock quartet, The Big Moon. They were performing as part of a tour of three up-and-coming new bands. I know Juliette, the lead, so it was lovely to see her perform and have a chat afterwards.
I. LOVE. THIS. BAND.
Their music has catchy, infectious melodies whilst keeping a rock edge. Lyrics are on the cynical side without loosing an element of fun. I dare you to resist bopping along with a big grin to these tunes!
These gals have played at Reading festival on the BBC introducing stage, receiving fantastic feedback and lots of new fans. The Big moon will be! (big, that is)
The nod to the 90's grunge rock inspired me to find these patterns:
The Grunge Sweater
This pattern is by Rachelle Savoie and can be downloaded from Ravelry using this link
It is an easy knit for beginners, I really like the dropped stitches to give this top a purposeful disheveled look, and I think it would be so easy to wear. Another one for the 'to knit' list!
Rockin' Baby Fender Guitar
Because, hello, I need a knitted guitar in my life! All the better for practicing my air guitar in front of the mirror. Come on, everybody does that. Don't they?
This cool pattern is by The Stitchhikers and can be downloaded from Ravelry, using the link above.
I hope you have enjoyed this post. Till the next time,
Donna x
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