Archive for September, 2008

Katalin möbius wrap and wristlets pattern

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Why, it’s apparently New Pattern Week here at knitgrrl.com — someone alert the media! And it’s just going to keep going, since I have a few more things up my sleeve (or more precisely, sitting in pieces on the dining room table). With that, may I introduce you to…
Katalin möbius wrap and wristlets, $5. This [...]

Reboux hat pattern for sale

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Reboux hat, $5. This hat is named after “Queen of the Milliners” Caroline Reboux (1837-1927) who – in addition to her hat-related innovations – divided half her profits among the lead cashier, workroom director and other women in her employ. She is perhaps best known for inventing the felt cloche hat. Knit then felted, this [...]

Ultra-cool sewing tattoo

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

(via CRAFTzine)
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How to decide?!

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

When you’ve got a fantastic model like Arabella, how are you supposed to pick just one of these photos? Although, looking at them like this, I tempted to just use this big group shot to show all the angles…

(This, by the way, is just one variant of the hat pattern I developed during last month’s [...]

Green Heart?

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Straight from a press release in my inbox:
Coats & Clark is now introducing two new Red Heart eco-yarns with a “Friendly to our Earth™” theme. Red Heart Eco-Cotton Blend and Red Heart Eco-Ways are manufactured in the United States using recycling discarded materials.
Eco-Ways™ is an innovative, easy-care product that lessens the impact on the [...]

Big week ahead!

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Kim and just about everyone else you know and love from the yarn world are in town this week taping the second season of Knitting Daily TV. Keep an eye (or more likely, an ear) on Kim’s Tumblr and Twitter feeds, as she liveblogs and audioblogs from the set. We had lunch yesterday and then [...]

Moebius video tutorial by Cat Bordhi

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Yay! Taught by Cat herself. Now you can go make the necklet from Alt Fiber with ease.
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Wrong, but very very funny…

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

(From my favorite website, nataliedee.com)
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Yan Tan Tethera

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

And I thought it was just made up for the book!
(I’ve been on a Terry Pratchett reading-a-thon lately, and as noted on Kim’s blog here, if you are looking for a great series of books to recommend to young girls, I can’t say enough good things about The Wee Free Men and its [...]

Fall Knitty is up!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

And a brilliant issue it is — first of all, they’ve made everything printer-friendly! Wow. Knowing how much work that must have taken…I am in awe. And the patterns… the patterns. YUM! My top three:
1. Twist + Shout
2. Camden
3. Versatility
So figure-flattering on everyone, the Twist + Shout! So three, three, three outfits in one, the [...]

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