TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
(TrendHunter.com) At first glance you might say this is a look alike of their Cut Chair or Sliced Sofa; however, the Sewn Chair is a new design from The Home Key, an Italian luxury furniture factory. Its designer is Philippo…
Outblush (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
New to knitting? Then the Szechuan Scarf Knitting Kit ($20) is just the thing to wet your appetite. Packaged in a fun Chinese food takeout container, this kit comes complete... Visit Outblush for the full post.
Confessions of a Graveyard Gypsy (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
When there’s no room left on the shelf for any more knitting books, I know it’s time to have a clear out. I have so many books that I will never use that I bought on a whim or with good intentions which just disappeared. So they’ve just sat on the shelf ever [...]
Knitting on the Green (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
A great combination at I Knit tonight. I finished the book half an hour before the group started (in the pub down the road), and it was really good fun meeting people and discussing it, as it's been a bit of a favourite since I first read it as a teenager. Looks as if the group will continue meeting on first Tuesdays of the month, rather than the last Tuesday which mostly clashed with KTogs at the...
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | yesterday
If the big mall crowds and near riots over parking that I witnessed during the week after Christmas are any indication, plenty of people are out there spending money on themselves that they didn’t spend on gifts. If, however, you’re one of the ones that’s actually feeling the pinch of the beat down economy, you’ll [...] Related posts: Knitting Factory Facing Possible Closure by City UPDATE: via LAist,...
Shapely Prose (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’m not a fan of the New Year’s resolution phenomenon. I do think it’s got some good or at least non-insidious applications — I’m in favor of periodic reevaluation of whether you like your life and how you might like it better, and I’m in favor of small achievable goals (a friend vowed, for instance, [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Deer Tick @ SXSW 2007 (more by Ryan Muir) Deer Tick helped ring in the New Year at Knitting Factory in NYC on December 31st. The performance was also part of what was the club's last show ever. Next up...
Posie Gets Cozy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oh, it was nice. A winter break like those in days of yore. It snowed and snowed, and real life felt suspended as the city shut down to all but the essentials (which means, alas, that Andy Paulson, R.N., must...
Boston 1775 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Boston 1775 reader Judy Cataldo alerted our vast editorial staff to this post at Independent Needlework News , challenging people to find a particular sampler. Heather wrote: Cynthia Cotten states in her Afterword that Abbie in Stitches was inspired by the story of Patty Polk, whom I wrote about recently in a similar vein , and whom she first read about in a 1921 book by Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva...
21st Century Housewife (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have just taken a book off the shelf which caught my eye, whilst looking for another one; it's an old craft book called News Chronicle Needlework and Crafts. No date on it, but I suspect mid 1930s or thereabouts. The frontispiece has a picture of a very pretty embroidered cushion cover with a spray of lilac as the design. The covering sheet for the photo, like a thin transparent tissue paper, bears...
Opining Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
I’m worried about Baldilocks. It’s been over a month now. Last night, I dreamed I was marrying Tom Cruise. This is just bizarre because I’ve never had any type of crush on him, not even on any of the characters he portrayed. Now, if it had been Sean Connery… Knitting Math. (via Tigerhawk) It’s the first time [...]
TangognaT (Free subscription) | yesterday
I thought it was funny that this was published on Newsarama the same day I went to my knitting group and heard someone express concern about a 12 year old girl of their acquaintance being obsessed with the books. There’s a lot of assertions in the Newsarama post that aren’t backed up with any examples. [...]
The Crochet Buffet (Free subscription) | yesterday
I can’t believe it - I’ve been a crocheter for over 20 years, and now, for some reason, I can’t kick the notion that knitting may make me, *gasp*, happier. I don’t knit that well. I’ve only ever made dishcloths and scarves, so I have a large learning curve to overcome. I think - well, I [...]
Knitting on the Green (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Knitting event, that is. The view from the steps of Portcullis House was somewhat different this evening - County Hall was bathed in a series of different coloured lights. I'm not sure if that's just for the season, or whether it'll stay... Going across Westminster Bridge, I got the chance to photograph the new lampstands which are pretty magnificent, and replace the standard modern ones. Slightly...
lifelong knitter (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Okay, first, knitting on the hood, in my 'hood.Mohair and silk, Noro, of course!Mohair comes from goats.... but THESE are Tennessee Fainting goats, and they live in my Village, on the way to the GYM.Which I am officially a Member...
