Category Archives: Craft
pineapple purse
In other 19th-century accessory news, I’m not sure how I have managed to live this long without a pineapple purse. A modern adaptation of this pattern appears in the spring/summer 2012 issue of Knitty, a lovely online knitting magazine. The … Continue reading
knitting technology
Who even knew that Knitting Industry News existed? But it’s a real publication, apparently, or at least a website, and it has a new article about Nike figuring out how to knit a shoe upper. Shoes are normally assembled from … Continue reading
hyperbolic crochet coral reef update
Remember the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef? It’s an ongoing project – they’ll keep mounting exhibits of parts of it in different places. Right now there’s a show in Pasadena. But I heard good news recently about the Smithsonian Community Reef, … Continue reading
social networking for knitters
There’s a nice article in Slate about Ravelry, the social network for knitters. The best social network you’ve (probably) never heard of is one-five-hundredth the size of Facebook. It has no video chat feature, it doesn’t let you check in … Continue reading
crochetdermy
A friend pointed out this nifty link to me: an artist who makes life-sized crochet versions of animals. Crochet + taxidermy = crochetdermy. Clever, eh? The writer seems to think “knit” and “crochet” can be used interchangeably, but as far … Continue reading
crochet bull
Love this – a crocheter covering the Wall Street bull statue in her work. (In the dead of night.) Be sure to watch the video. Thanks to my friend Megan for pointing it out.
museum tourist: crochet coral reef
At last, the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef has opened at the natural history museum! You may recall, I was crocheting some pieces for this exhibit over the summer – this is what they looked like – and dropped them off … Continue reading
coral reef update
My coral reef is finished! I dropped it off at Now and Then, a store in Takoma Park, Md., that sells yarn (and lots of other neat stuff). The only addition since my last update is the brown-black one at … Continue reading
coral reef progress report
My own personal Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef now has four pieces: I’m pleased that I haven’t bought any new yarn for this. The caution tape is recycled, of course, and the bright orange and red acrylic yarns came from the … Continue reading
knitted stegosaurus
I do a heck of a lot of knitting, most of it not really suited for a work blog. But I feel this is legitimate science and paleontology and…oh, cmon, look how cute this little guy is: The pattern is … Continue reading