Send in the [Knitted] Clowns

Six of the more than 200 beautifully-crafted textile creations are clowns. Yes, clowns! Knitted with care and good humour by Bernice Daly (the two with hat toppers) and Mary Brouwer & Tracey Brouwer (the four without hat toppers, including the Produce Clown shown below). Bernice donated her two in memory of May Daly. You can see photos of more Pink Auction items on Flickr and come on Sunday, the 10th of October to bid on or purchase your favorites!

Lisa Fitzpatrick modeling a Pink Auction item

Yesterday, Lisa Fitzpatrick took a moment of her time to model one of the many beautiful Pink Auction donations. She was in Cork helping Brown Thomas lead a style workshop in conjunction with the arrival of the Bastyan line at their Patrick's Street location.

In this photo, Ms. Fitzpatrick shows us that lacy doesn't have to be dressy. She paired a lace mini shawl knitted by Suzanne McEndoo with a classic black peacoat-style blazer and satin black top. Perfect for warding away a chill without sacrificing your personal style. For more about Lisa Fitzpatrick's work as one of Ireland's leading stylists, visit Fitzpatrick Style. And if this picture has only whetted your appetite and you want to know more about Lisa Fitzgerald's style, here is an interview that would be of interest.

All auction items will be professionally photographed and compiled into an auction catalogue to be distributed electronically to interested parties as well as shared on this blog. There's still time to send us your donation for the Pink Auction.

Auction Item Spotlight: Suzanne's Pink Socks

This post is written by Suzanne who is knitting a pair of beautiful socks for the Pink Auction.

I started working on these in Cork while studying, so they've been fully immersed in physics, but they also have a playful side. The colour of these socks reminds me of old fruit salad sweets from the corner shop, yum!

The pattern is Angee by Cookie A (found in her excellent book, Sock Innovation) and the yarn is Trekking [from Vibes & Scribes on Lavitt's Quay].

The simple stitch pattern looks a little geeky straight off the needles, but blocked and on a foot (or arm like the photo), it blossoms into the life of the party.

How to Donate

With just over four months until the first ever Pink Auction, we are gearing up to start receiving donations of creative textiles. For each auction item donated, the donor needs to submit a completed donation form so the auction organizers know just how special your creation is!

We love it when you keep in touch with us while you're working on the donation so drop us a note and if you include a photo or link to your blog post about the project, we'll feature it in an upcoming Pink Cork blog post!

For now, you can download two PDFs - One with the DONATION FORM to complete for each item you donate to the Pink Auction and the other PDF is a list of SUGGESTED DONATION ITEMS. Both are in this post as images for you to preview and linked to in both forms on our blog's MEDIA page.