To explain…<\/p>\n Some years ago, Liz<\/a> presented me with a fantastic fat quarter. It is red and features a print of scissors, and I love it very much and often muse on what it could become. At the time, Liz described this fabulous print to me as “meta-fabric,” being as it is fabric – i.e. a sewing material – featuring a print referring to the act\/tools of sewing<\/em>. Visually referring to itself meant that it could be said to contain self-referential information or meta-data… hence, “meta-fabric.” Being employed by the OED<\/a> (which defines meta like this<\/a>) Liz is much better placed than I to precisely describe the nature of meta, but as I understand it, meta means about or referring to itself, and ever since she introduced me to the concept, I have been all about the meta-everything<\/em>. <\/p>\n One of my favourite art pieces in The TATE Modern, for instance, is Ceal Floyer’s Light Switch<\/em><\/a>. This work – like Liz’s meta fabric – is somehow very meta<\/em>; it refers to light, and it is in and of itself comprised of light<\/em>. Floyer’s work features a slide image of a light-switch projected onto a wall at the correct size and height of an actual light switch. It is a light switch about light-switch-ness<\/em>, and I like the way that an everyday, ordinary, mundane thing can be playfully rearranged like this – and celebrated – through such mischievious, imaginative means. <\/p>\n So it is with the meta badges. I am enjoying arranging badges onto my outfits which refer to their knitted-ness<\/em>. Perhaps this is because I am too busy with other things to actually accomplish any knitting, but I am loving the addition of meta-data to my clothes and I think everyone should have a fantastic set of personalised meta-badges to emphasise the means of their construction, or to underscore some of their principal design features. <\/p>\n A most playful accessorisation of clothes can ensue when one has an arsenal of knitting-themed badges to hand.<\/p>\n The first thing one needs when creating the ultimate meta\/knitterly outfit, are some knitted clothes<\/em>. I have recently come by two hand-knitted sweaters, around which everything else in my wardrobe revolves. I did not knit these items myself; they were knitted by Amy, who is the genius behind The Arctic Haberdasher<\/a> on Etsy. She knitted them for herself and then – after deciding they did not fit her personal style – confined them to the wardrobe where they languished for a few years, before she decided one day to sell them. One is knit in what I would call Hooker’s Green<\/a>, the other in Mustard Yellow<\/a>. At the height of my Land Girl obsession, I purchased the Green one<\/a>; the moment it arrived and was set about my person, I immediately wrote to Amy and purchased the Yellow one<\/a>. They are amazing… knit in vintage wool to a vintage pattern, they are perfect for the unsettled weather we have been having; not too hot on the hot days and a good layer against the cold on the cold days. They go well with shorts and breeches, and are practical and quiet for when I am out and about I have worn very few other sweaters since acquiring these… they are my very favourite thing right now, and have formed the basis of the meta-badge craze.<\/p>\n Once you have chosen knitted items which you are similarly thrilled about, inspect them for knitterly details. A beautiful neckline; some buttons; perhaps the wondrous fabric or shade of yarn of which they are comprised.<\/p>\n Neckband detail!<\/p>\n Buttons!<\/p>\n Once you have found a detail you find pleasing in your knitted garment, refer to it via a carefully selected meta badge.<\/p>\n Knitted fabric\/colour reference.<\/p>\n Waist band reference.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/badges.jpg?resize=950%2C650\" "\\"badges\\"")
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<\/a><\/p>\npretending to be a Land Girl<\/strike> with Mark on our numerous walks.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/out-in-the-field.jpg?resize=950%2C833\" "\\"out-in-the-field\\"")
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