Hey, look, the tape measure on the Sew Fast Sew Easy website, um, changed. It used to look like this simulation. What does this mean? Is this actually in production? (Yeah, no food porn. I do have a photograph of … Continue reading
I’m sure that soon, the number of online knitting-spinning-crocheting-textile arts magazines will outnumber the print mags. Here’s another one: Spindlicity, a mag for hand spinners, by Laidybug. Ignoring for the moment the “At this time, Spindlicity cannot pay for submissions” … Continue reading
Dear woman I’ve now seen twice on Bloor Street wearing the same outfit, comprising a pale, unsheathed roll of fat protruding between a snug skirt waistband and a too-short, long-sleeved black top that is not sufficiently covered by the holey … Continue reading
Dear Diamond Yarn (or Westminster Fibers, Nova Yarn, Alchemy Yarn, and any other distributor or producer of hand knitting yarn that sells to retailers), I’ve got a marvellous idea for a yarn shop. I really love knitting, and I know … Continue reading
Another scoop from LJ because I’m not on the KnitPixie mailing list… (by the way, if you read all the comments there, I feel compelled to point out that we have empirical evidence that teaching a lawyer to knit would … Continue reading
(or, deep thoughts at 5 am.) Having built or worn their wares, IKEA is to furniture what Hennes & Mauritz is to clothing. Both their products are cheap, and they all come flat-packed. (Really. It looks like H&M staff just … Continue reading
This is the footnote to a discussion about the knitting boom, which I had deleted from a previous post. Basically, I made a reference to “knitting-related businesses being treated as investment opportunities rather than an amusing project to keep the … Continue reading
Looking around at the plethora of new knitting shops both online and in real life, it seems pretty clear that in terms of the “old school” brands of yarns — the ones distributed by Diamond, Nova, their counterparts in other … Continue reading
You think the Manolo’s got good taste? Do you? Then please to enter his shoe essay contest in which you have the chance to be awarded the lovely prize of the yarn of the Lion Brand.
Just in case you didn’t read your Rowan 38 carefully, look for this book at your LYS: Classic Knits for Real Women by Martin Storey & Sharon Brant. You can’t read it in this graphic, but the book cover tells … Continue reading