My Beast-The final knitted on band balances the counterpane squares with a nice vertical look I have just finished a new jacket that I have christened “The Beast”. I designed it using ideas that I teach in my knitting class, “Take The Pain Out Of Counterpane.” If you are not familiar with counterpane, here [...]
Here is a piece that I have been working on for a while. I read this book in March and given the news coming out of Bangladesh, I wish everyone could read it. As someone long interested in design and fashion, I put Elizabeth L. Cline’s Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost Of Cheap Fashion on [...]
I have mentioned before that Threaded, a Smithsonian blog, in one of my favorites. Here is an article that I don't want people to miss. It is entitled The Story Of Elizabeth Keckley, Former Slave Turned Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker. It has now been turned into a play. Threaded gives a good background on Todd's and [...]
No, I am not having dessert, just a bit of kitchen dying. Coffee and Walnuts Shibori silk lining Kitchen dying has been one of my activities this past year. Wanting to line a knitted scarf with [...]
No, I am not having dessert, just a bit of kitchen dying.Coffee and Walnuts Shibori liningKitchen dying has been one of my activities this past year. Wanting to line a knitted scarf with silk, I decided to have my fun in the kitchen rather than downstairs in the dye lab.The silk was from the bolt, so I [...]
Spruce Springsteen with a layer of gold sandwiched betweenMy post today proves why I am not a real nail blogger. My nail things are usually connected with something I am wearing or somewhere I am going. Up-cycle didn't start out that way, but that's how it ended. My beginning nail color started off as a multi purchase from an [...]
