[one_half]Magda Sayeg is the first to admit that she herself rarely hand-knits. “That’s the irony of it all—I’m still not good at knitting,” she said. Ms. Sayeg is known for “yarn bombing,” or covering mundane objects—street signs, stairs, gates, pipes—with colorful knit and crochet work. She buys vintage afghans from thrift shops, uses automated, circular […]
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This is the month of finishing my Lithuanian knitting book! I’ve made a list of what needs to be done and hired a professional nagger to help me break it into doable daily chunks. It’s so close, I can taste it. And I’m not doing anything else until it’s finished.
String Theory Yarns. Yummy! I wasn’t going to look at yarn we were in port in Bar Harbor, ME during the knitting cruise I was teaching on last October but DH talked me into going to the String Theory special sale.
Found this today on the internet. Use a drill to spin the fine silk of the milkweed plant into a yarn that you can use.
Wool tends to be an attractive, classic and itchy fabric. While classic wool garments are warm, long lasting and can be very attractive, the itchiness of the clothing sometimes makes you less than inclined to wear wool items.
[one_half]Discover any new yarns in 2011? I did and I’ll tell you about them over the next days. First up, Quince & Co., a new yarn company founded by Pam Allen and Carrie Bostick Hoge, features wool yarns in multiple sizes and organic linen. Their wool yarns are, according to their website, “sourced and spun […]
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As the Great Sock War rages, the world wonders who will prevail, toe-up or cuff-down? Pick your side, or be brave enough to fly both flags.The Great Sock War: peace at last?craftsy.createsend5.comIn an effort to make peace amongst the Great Sock War fa…
“It’s pretty much agreed that the origins of knitting are placed somewhere in the Middle East.”Ancient Middle East Craft is Knitting Bridgeswww.greenprophet.comSome of the earliest examples of knitting have been found in Egypt: a tatty pair of Egypti…
Merry Christmas Eve. I love that my mom has knitted so many warm cuddly things for me to steal.