Last Sunday my friends Rachel and Solumon were married on Columbia Square in Savannah, in front of a fountain gushing green-dyed water for St. Patrick’s Day and among several dozen friends and family ~ many of whom were dressed or wrapped in hand-knit items.
Rachel was the star, of course, and her delicate lace veil-turned-shawl ~ knit by the multi-talented Kristen of our stitching group ~ was the showstopper of the day.
About a month ago, after Rachel caught sight of Kristen’s work on the lace piece and admired it, the rest of us got together and raised money to buy it for Rachel’s veil. As you can see, Rachel was delighted to wear the piece, and it really made her wedding ensemble. Bravo, Kristen!
But Rachel wasn’t the only one rocking a hand-knit. With the weather unseasonably nippy, we all hauled out our wraps and sweaters (yay! It’s often too warm here to wear anything knitted), and some even borrowed others’ creations to ward off the chill. I wore my new ‘Grey Gardens’ wrap (down below in the previous post), and several other gals, such as Sarah (below right) wore the colorful and imaginative creations of Tracy (left).
Kate (above right), also wearing one of Tracy’s wraps, took many of these pictures (the good ones). Aren’t all these women gorgeous? Brooke, Julia and Penny (l-r, below) didn’t wear their hand-knits, but they look so good I had to put them in anyway. Besides, Julia did all the flowers and decorations for Rachel, and they were wonderful.
Now, here’s one of my favorite pictures, of Sandy (left) and Jennifer walking home from the wedding. I swear ~ if I didn’t know better I’d say they were somewhere in Central America on the way to sell their handmade goods at market. Sandy’s is a many-colored woolen wrap, and Jennifer is wearing a piece she hand-spun, hand-dyed, knitted and trimmed with three charming tiny bells on the bottom of that center back jagged edge. As a matter of fact, Jennifer ~ our fearless LYS leader ~ surprised us all by wearing not one but two of her own creations, the luscious pink angora shell she has on in the picture on the right.
Not to forget the gifts Rachel made for her bridesmaids, these pretty sky blue felted buttonhole bags.
It was a lovely wedding on a beautiful day. Thank you, Rachel and Solumon, for inviting us and sharing this most special occasion with us.
