Every season, as we enter the Pitti Filati exposition, we are
thrust into a theme room and are bombarded with sights and sounds. There have been times I found this to be, frankly, a bit scary. This season, however, ALL was sweetness and light. Handsome men dressed as pastry chefs handed us our color forecast booklets as we entered a room filled with knitted confections. The compelling treats were divided into three delicious themes, each with its own long table piled high with inspirational knit swatches in the form of mouthwatering cakes and cookies and other confections. One table was piled high with white temptations, one sparkled with bright gumdrop colored treats and the third, my personal favorite, evoked dreams of chocolate trimmed in gold. Check out the cleverly repurposed old teapots, tin molds, candle sticks and plates stacked high to form display pedestals, too.

– Norah

 

2007 - Florence, Italy