The online catalog for New School Knitting: The Influence of Elizabeth Zimmermann and Schoolhouse Press is here. Many of the sweaters photographed will likely be familiar, but the materials also include that first U.S.-published aran that EZ knit to Vogue’s … Continue reading
Did you ever want to publish a meme, but… louder? Simple. Instead of blogging the most popular hits and search terms used to reach your website, issue a press release.
no patents today planning four-year-old’s birthday consumes all free time
Okay. Years ago — like, four, five? — I was going to put a haiku submission form on my website. No, really, because it was just such a cool thing for knitters to sit around making up little poems about … Continue reading
A day late, as usual, mainly because I don’t actually read Boing Boing unless someone else flags it in their blog. Boing Boing outed the licensed fabric issue yesterday. Read the whole thing before you torch anybody (including Reprodepot’s response … Continue reading
Here’s a recent Japanese patent application (JP2005042246), filed in 2003 and published in 2005. I don’t know the status now, but it is not necessarily patented yet. It’s probably undergoing examination now. I won’t pretend to understand Japanese, so here’s … Continue reading
You would have noticed in the double-or-even-quadruple-knit stockings patent that the description skipped over certain realities of sock knitting: namely, the heels and toes. In response to Lola’s comment that an explanation of heel shaping was missing, I flippantly answered … Continue reading
Today’s intellectual property-fest is brought to you by the letter ®. If you’re a designer who is planning to file and prosecute your own trademark application, especially in the US, you really should think about what you supply as a … Continue reading
In which we learn about mortgages, spinning, crocheting, and we name drop about all the people yelling in the background As promised, the first stop on Shannon’s blog book tour was… here. Actually, “here” was during lunch on the patio … Continue reading