Crafting Quickie #7: Strawberry Chandelier —

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I feel like the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, rushing rushing rushing because I'm latelatelate. But  I have just enough time fo...

I can dream... —

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I am in absentia here, I know. I know! Oh, how I know it. I had a successful job meeting this week that was very exciting but will mean less...

Geoffrey Arend with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline —

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In the summer of 2006, my brother was performing in Mother Courage  in NYC with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Austin Pendleton, directed by...

Extra Yarn —

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"With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants...

Lindsay Degen at New York Fashion Week 2012 —

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I've been quietly following Lindsay Degen and her unconventional knitting for a few months now. At just 23-years-old, she is doing some...

Crafting Quickie #6: Crochet Pumps - Do or Don't? —

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This isn't even a question for me, because I am not a woman who collects shoes or even pays much attention to them. I like boots, and sn...

The Pattern is written, The Deadline approaches —

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© flossieKNITS I've knit up two samples in my hat pattern, and now I'm preparing to knit the third—from that blue yarn above. S...

Preorders available for Knit Red! —

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Just a quick reminder about Stitch Red , the great program started by Jimmy Beans Wool to help prevent heart disease in women, which I prev...

The Art of Ripping it All Out, or, I Suck at Math —

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I have been fairly absent from the blogosphere for the last few days. I wasn't intentionally ignoring my meager audience of four; I'...

Crafting Quickie #5: Recycled Crafts —

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I thought I was an environmentally friendly crafter because I buy recycled yarn from etsy  (if you've never done it before, it's a r...

Valentine's Day Lavender Hearts Pattern —

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This is a free pattern I've had out for a while now. It was my first pattern, written about two years ago, so I recuse myself of any mis...

Crafting Quickie #4: More T-shirt crafting! —

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I got a fairly good response for my last T-shirt post ( TWO people liked it, yeehaw!), so I thought I'd research some more ways to recy...

Ivano Vitali and his paper knits —

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When you think of someone knitting with strips of paper, you don't think of this: © Ivano Vitali I had to stare at this for a f...

40-ft Lions Running Loose in the UK! —

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Attention grabber! A seaside town called Skegness in the UK (I didn't know anything about it until I wikipedia'd it  - it's act...

Crafting Quickie #3: T-Shirt Scarves! —

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I have a lot of friends who don't knit. A LOT. There are more people in my life bewildered by the act of my knitting than there are peop...

Chunky Knit Coats! —

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According to the NY Times and Pitti Uomo , chunky knit coats for men  are coming into style. © Corneliani  GoRunway Lucky men. ...

A Shameless Plug for Geoffrey Arend —

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Ok, this has nothing to do with knitting or crafting—nothing at all—unless you consider crafting song lyrics as a qualified example of craft...

Crossing the Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber —

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If you have a chance and you're in NYC, I recommend heading down to Tribeca to see an exhibition on view at the World Financial Center C...