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Dear Ann:
You know I love a good scarf-tying video tutorial. Getting ready for a big holiday weekend here in the US, I thought this one, from Refinery29, could be useful for those planning a nautical adventure, or just swanning around on dry land.
The model, Tziporah Salamon, when asked her occupation, simply says, “I dress.” She was a favorite muse of the late Bill Cunningham, who photographed her many times. She has mad skills with a head scarf.
Here’s wishing everyone a restful, rejuvenating weekend. Keep your hair on!
Love,
Kay
P.S. The little video gives a hint as to how I’ve resolved my Fort Tryon Wrap quandary. I listened to everyone’s sage advice, including Jill Draper’s, and I’m marching onward.
Kay, although I will never be able to use any of the info in the video, I am intrigued by its link to the craft of knitting. That is, the hint to your scarf. I’d like to take a guess, but I am sure there will be many others behind me doing it, so I’ll bow out and give them the chance.
Something to do with a smashing green?
The first video would indicate you’re using yarn in a colorway called either “Mustard” (for The Pretzel tie) or “Eileen Fisher” (I’m not going to speculate). The second video would indicate the yarn is a shade of green less brassy than “Green Tea”, a medium pink, or a golden brown. However, these could all be incorrect. As a wild guess, I’m going to say the colorway is either “Lipstick Red” or “Olive” (who wants to take you for a walk, NOW).
I always wished to carry off the “Grace Kelly” scarf look with some dark shades! Now I want to see her in the doc
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you’re not fussing,are you? after all,it is jill draper’s yarn,and you will have a smashing wrap when you are done…march onward and knit that border with confidence,in the color it was intended to be from the beginning!!!
“Swanning around!” My mom used to say that. She’s hoist her nose into the air, raise a languid arm, and swan out of the room. Thanks for the smile you brought me today.
“I dress.” Yeah, that’s my style too, usually chastely covered, style and taste optional.
Thank you so much for the video which was very entertaining. I have observed the first one, with its subtle nod to the valiant WWII Brits being worn on the subways lately and think I will see if I can rock it in the next heatwave. The other two, the seventies want-to-be-a-peasant look and the Movie-Star- out-in-a-convertible, I have actually worn. The seventies one I wore in its era. The Movie Star (really, sunglasses must be worn with this one) is great in the winter, using a thick silk scarf. Of course, the best thing would be chiffon.
I don’t “dress” nearly as much as I would like to. Model funny and the scarf was wonderful. I turned 55 on Thursday, it’s nice to see another woman of a certain age having fun with clothing.
Aha! You’re going to put it over your head, twist the ends and tie it on! The big bow is nice too. Or, it’s that the scarf has a darker border?
Tzippy is great.
I “met” Salomon at a conference years ago, where she “demo’d” her wardrobe.
Off to watch the video!
Ok I’m gonna say something I’ve been wanting to for a long time (isn’t that a great teaser! And when is this long-awaited comment most likely to get lost in the mix?Over a holiday weekend of course!)
You ladies have the most fantastic blog ever. In the age of ever burgeoning blogs, podcasts, websites and all of it, we need a simple handful, even one or two places to go on the inter-webs where one can be assured of finding out just about everything she needs to know.
Modern Daily knitting has been providing this level of guidance for some time now. It’s very similar to the New Yorker magazine, which I have read for decades, despite living nowhere near the old city (sorry Ann; I’m a southern gal with literary leanings like yourself). Most of what I need to know and/or find interesting will show up in its pages at some point.
I don’t follow major networks or online news media; I find that big news stories are revealed to me in the due course of time. This doesn’t mean I hide under a blanket –just that I find the news to be incredibly depressing most of the time. It’s really more like the Bad News than simply reporting what’s happening in the world.
But if I want to know about anything and everything from Merle Hazard’s economic insights to the fabulous Tziporah tying the hell out of some scarves, I just need to land on your happy place as well as mine. So thank you thank you for keeping all of us middle-aged ladies up to speed, and oh yeah I guess the knitting stuff is pretty great too.
Thank you, Mary! You really know how to make a person’s day. Grateful you’re game to hang out.
Love the video! I am going to watch it until I can do it!
Haha….what a clever line she has when someone asks her occupation! Thanks for the video.
Salamon is the bees knees. And she sure can carry off green and green and more green! (Gee….I wonder what color Kay decided to use on her shawl …. ;-))
No. 3 FTW! Thank you for this.
Wow – what a gorgeous, confident model that Tziporah makes. She’s lovely. Such grace.
I think I just fell into a major crush. Tziporah is gorgeous!!