Being here in NY, the topic of conversation has somehow always centered on food and for some reason, bacon comes up a lot. Emily of Cupcakes and Cashmere and I were chatting food in a cab the other afternoon and she mentioned to me the technique of roasting bacon from Ina on Food TV. Why […]
Matt Maranian has contributed so many swanky projects to the pages of CRAFT magazine that they are perhaps too numerous to list here. Check out his author page for the whole array. Among my favorites is the Bibliophilic Stash Box, a sneaky little cache made out of vintage hardcover books, from CRAFT Volume 09: I […]
Cindy from Skip To My Lou shares how to create a small, magnetic notepad, perfect for sticking to the fridge. [ via SisterDiane ]
Craftster user teriyakimoto shares the chart for this cool knit bag she made to hang on bicycle handlebars. I just knitted a long rectangle (stockinette then moss stitch for the top edges) w/ a button hole, folded it in half, and knit some straps w/ button holes. What a fun, stylish way to tote your […]
Last night’s Greenwich House Pottery’s centennial event was a refreshing reminder of what contemporary ceramics can be. Andy Brayman and Ayumi Horie’s “Who Lives in Greenwich Village” superimposes native species of plants and animals over mapped ceramic blocks of the city, information derived from the “Mannahatta Project.” The platters, mugs, and city blocks all have […]
A long skinny ruffle felt scarf? What could be more in fashion right now? The concept for this scarf came from my love of felting, and my love of making the best of my mistakes. I knit a ton of scarves in the garter stitch on my circular needles. It’s the fastest method I know. But the first time I tried the technique, I accidentally cast on too loose and then cast off too tightly. This created uneven tension, and gave the scarf a neat ruffle. When you purposefully try it, the ruffle is even more exaggerated.
This week learn to make a digital image into a knitting pattern to make your very own skeleton cardigan.
