At Lydia’s brilliant suggestion we’re collaborating with other crafters and following the lead so nicely set at buyhandmade.org. As you know, this spring taxpayers in the Unites States will receive an economic stimulus package ranging from 300-600 dollars per individual. As a commitment to our community of independent artisans and crafters, we’re committing at [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Spend your economic stimulus package on something handmade
Posted in Buy Handmade, Knitting, tagged Buy Handmade, economic stimulus package, taxes on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reverse engineering patterns
Posted in Free patterns, Knitting, tagged coverlet, knit hexagon, Knitting, knitting pattern on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…maybe I’ll knit the ship from Galaxy Quest!
This spring’s issue of Interweave Knits published an advertisement for a beautiful coverlet pattern, available from Berroco. The blanket is constructed of many hexagonal swatches, each with an internal pinwheel:
It’s so pretty isn’t it? Wouldn’t it be lovely, sitched together with 20 or so of its [...]
last minute lecture annoucement
Posted in Knitting Events, tagged fiber show, lecture, Takako Ueki on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unique fiber lecture by Takako Ueki: Friday April 18 at 6pm
Fine Arts 230 (Textiles Studio)
Takako Ueki will present a show-and-tell of unique and difficult to find materials for weavers, knitters, and textile artists including bamboo, stainless steel, ramie, and naturally gold, green or brown silks as well as textiles made from these materials.
Habu [...]
Earthquake!
Posted in Knitting, spinning, tagged earthquake, harvest moon, Knitting, spinning on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Indiana Geological Survey announced that this morning that at 5:36am edt a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Indiana/Illinois border, thus confirming that I was not going mad when I woke before sunrise, believing my home to be the victim of bulldozers. I checked to be sure we weren’t experiencing unusual winds (I feared [...]
Soylent Greens
Posted in Dyeing, Knitting, tagged Charlton Heston, Dyeing, knit wristers, Knitting, Soylent Green on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Charlton Heston died earlier this month, and at Lydia’s prompting we all said our goodbyes this week at our knitting group by rewatching Soylent Green.
It seems appropriate to remember the most high profile spokesman for the NRA as the leading man of 60s and 70s dystopian epics. To commemorate the event I resurrected some [...]
