Are you getting sick of knitting yet?

Becky Stern at Craft posted about her awesome new project "Knitted Interfaces for Technology":

In this paper, we propose a participatory installation that aims to bring critical awareness and consideration to the complex relationship between people and their technological artifacts. These 'Body-Technology Interfaces,' (BTIs) in the form of hand-knitted custom wrappers for personal electronic devices, will reflect salient interaction behaviors between the participant and their chosen device.

How cool are they?

See a bunch more pics here

Learning to Knit Images

Craft magazine posted about Ladybird craft books, which seem to be all out of print, and I couldn't resist posting a few of their beautiful illustrations on learning to knit:







You can order any of these images on the Ladybird website....

A different kind of yarn project

Tired of actually knitting with yarn?

Try this!

My favorite knitwear brand

Keep and Share by Amy Twigger Holroyd is my absolute favorite knitwear company. Amy is inspired by the "story behind the product" and her philosophy of ethical fashion that is built to last has a growing number of beloved customers and fans. All of her pieces are made in her studio in lovely Hereford England. Unfortunately the mighty British pound makes it difficult for me to buy as much as I'd like, but the 'Jumble Sale', where last season's goods are 30% off, helps. Here are some of my favorites in her new SS08 collection:



My only complaint is her flash based website that only allows me to link to the main page and won't let me see bigger pictures of her beautiful work!

Beautiful knitwear

I've been posting mostly funny, weird or cutesy knitted things so far, so now i thought I'd better show you something beautiful. I first saw Tim Ryan's lovely knitwear on Style Bubble, and I was hoping to say I found a bunch more pictures of his work once I dug around the internet a bit, but sadly I have not. So here are a few photos that were on Susie's site and will have to do for now. I'm going to see what other beautiful knits I can find out there to inspire us.






If you're interested Susie's post talks a bit more about his interests & technical skills.

Scarf round up link

Make Magazine Scarf Round Up is awesome! A few of my favorites:


The saw that dripped blood


A scarf that loves you back


Blood scarf (you have to click on the image in her portfolio)

Snake Scarves

Really cute snake scarves!