Fiber artist and overall awesome dude Ben Cuevas is teaching a workshop in LA this weekend: Knit a Chill Pill at Little Knittery. Knit a Chill Pill Sunday December 5, 2-5pm $65 The Little Knittery 3195 Glendale Blvd LA, CA. 90039 Sign up here More: Ben Cuevas’ Knitted Heart Knitted Thyroid Amazing Knit Skeleton
April of Sew to Speak shares a pattern and tutorial for making these sweet miniature matryoshkas. The step-by-step pictures are really cute, and it’s fun to see the dolls take shape. I think it would be nice to gather a group of friends and some felt scraps and whip up a bunch of these little […]
I’m a huge fan of Ann Wood‘s gorgeous handmade creatures (we’ve posted about her creatures and other creative projects before), but I love this “beginnings” post on her blog, where she shares photos of her starting materials, drawings, and drafts of her creatures. Never having made a 3D sewn object before, I’m fascinated by the […]
Knit winner! The idea behind this installation at Mediamatic in Amsterdam is that installation participants play a game, and the winner gets his/her winning “panel” knit into a banner by a computerized knitting machine. I’m super happy to see the knit hacking Limor Fried and I did cited as preliminary research for getting this (way […]
By Christine Koh Though the DSLR handbags now available for women are truly lovely, they’re an investment and a wee bit too permanent feeling for someone who likes to switch bags as frequently as I do. Recently, I invested in my first DSLR and was looking for a way to protect the camera in my […]
I’ve been spying on (and loving) the new trend of socks peeking out of boots while at a department store a month ago. Purl Soho/The Purl Bee has collaborated with Loeffler Randall on creating patterns for stirrup socks that work with Loeffler Randall rain boots and booties. I love their version that brings an extra […]
Rosa of My Little Stitches created this fab stumpwork portrait of Lady Gaga. The details are fantastic, right down to a tiny Fimo microphone and fishnet stockings. Rosa even found a way to work a little bit of herself into the piece. That is my hair there – I cut it off in a hungover […]
