The Hook and I

I spent the last week at TNNA. It’s The National Needle Arts Conference for the trade–yarn manufacturers, publishers, designers. It was a great time! Most of all because I got to meet some friends who I’d previously only known via e-mail: Kim Werker, the editor of CrochetMe, Cecily Keim crochet designer and author with Kim of . . . → Read More: TNNA: Top-Down Teddy-Bear Sweaters, Intarsia without Fear and More!

Since I don’t read Spanish and Google’s translator wasn’t much help, I’m only guessing this site is from Chile… There’s some amazing little objects here… I found the site wandering through a japanese amigurumi site which I’ll post about soon. The author of this spanish-speaking blog has photo-tutorials for a lot of her projects that . . . → Read More: Crochet Sighting: Chuculeta Con Raton

The new issue of Better Homes and Garden’s Knit It! (basically a 112-page ad for Lion Brand yarns) does have a couple of pieces that aren’t about Lion. One that caught my eye is an article about a breed of sheep native to the American Southwest–the Navajo-Churro. “Once on the brink of extinction,” according to the . . . → Read More: Navajo-Churro Wool

Apple computer makes some of the hip-est ads around and even they know how cool crochet can be.

I’ll be posting again soon with articles about TNNA–(The Needle Arts Association Conference) and recent classes I’ve taken on intarsia, knitting with 2 circs and more! (Oh, and lots of great book and product reviews…)

Technorati Tags: ipod . . . → Read More: Crochet Sighting: Apple.com

IMG_0838.JPG Originally uploaded by plainsight.

I got a mannaquin for Christmas–yeah! We finally got it put together last night. My daughter Selma wanted to name it Barbie, but I decided to call her Amanda.

Amanda’s wearing the first modular crochet garment I’ve created… No great creativity here–I followed Ms. . . . → Read More: Meet Amanda…

Apparently there’s a group of, yes, LEGO enthusiasts out there and they have message boards and web sites where they build things–structures, machines, etc. and share pictures, video…

And… there’s a guy named Tom Johnson who has bult a mechanized lego knitting-noddy. Yes, now you don’t have to crank out your own i-cord… you can get the . . . → Read More: Who Knew? A lego-built knitting robot

Crochet Fantasy came in the mail yesterday. I hold my breath whenever a crochet magazine arrives because I’m never too optimistic about what I’ll find inside. I still wish someone would take the time and money to add the production (photography, lighting, paper, graphics, layout) value to crochet magazines that seem to be inherent in most . . . → Read More: Modular and Top-Down Crochet: great garments without (much) sewing…

It was hard to resist the beautiful new magazine I saw on my last trip to Barnes and Noble. Selvedge caught my eye as much for it’s georgeous trade-paper back style binding as it’s high-end art photography and high price tag: $20.00 US! (The subscription price is $80 US for 6 issues or $40 for an . . . → Read More: Magazine Review: Selvedge

Since the time of year is right, and I’ve been getting quite a bit of interest in these, I thought I’d re-post the picture and link:

here’s what I wrote back in October:

In other news, I have a new pattern published in the brand new MenKnit magazine! It’s a hip new publication for and about men . . . → Read More: Ear Warmers Revisited…

tree sweater Originally uploaded by Dabbler.

Carol Hummel is a sculptor who uses yarn as her medium and trees, at least this time, as her canvas. She’s covered this tree in a synthetic yarn designed to last the 2-years the exhibition is to be up. According to Hummel, . . . → Read More: Cleveland Keeps it’s Trees Cozy