here's a linux platform

(software) for editing and creating cross stitch patterns

pic from the kxstitch sourceforge project linked above

this is pretty cool

this is one of THE coolest sweater/wraps i have ever seen

you can buy the pattern here

Flag

By Hélène Magnússon

An extremely versatile long sleeved cardigan, knitted entirely without seaming. Taking as inspiration the British and French flags, this charted design is worked in Icelandic intarsia in garter stitch.

pics from the knit on the net website linked above (but DO click the link to see all the OTHER ways you can wear this wonderfully inventive sweater)

from the guardian on the rise of knitting

Pride in the wool: the rise of knitting

It is nearly a decade since the knitting renaissance hit the headlines. Since then, things have gone from strength to strength. Perri Lewis reports

Perri Lewis

Almost 10 years ago this newspaper, like so many others, declaredknitting the next big thing. The craft was, it said, "the biggest thing since sliced bootlegs". Ever since this early (albeit dubious-sounding) fanfare, whenever a pretty girl/D-list celebrity picked up a set of needles, you were guaranteed to find headline after headline proclaiming knitting the new yoga, or the new black, or the new whatever.

But despite this decade-long reign over the lifestyle pages, the last 12 months have been particularly good for knitting. Peter Fitzgerald, a retail director at Google UK, says that while online searches for knitting-related terms have grown steadily since 2004, the growth this year has been really noticeable. "Our data shows that searches for knitting have increased over 150% just this year," he says. The term "knitting for beginners" has increased by 250%.

Sales of yarn in John Lewis haberdasheries are significantly higher than last year: figures for luxury Germany yarn brand Gedifra have risen by 126%, while Rowan yarn is up 57%. Worldwide, Rowan yarn sales have just about doubled. What makes knit one, purl one so very 2011?....................

pic: Wheel spun ... a yarnbombed bus in Mexico City. Photograph: Bournemouth News/Rex Features


hat tip crafty crafty

whip up has

links for 8 ways to revamp your lamp

pic from the whip up posting linked above (i'm especially digging the pic in the upper left corner)

a bunch o'

alpaca kisses

this photo: By Walnut Creek Alpacas

i  don't know if any of you have ever met any alpacas. if not, YOU MUST! they're wonderful creatures. really. they are

PLUS if you've ever knitted (or crocheted) with alpaca yarn,  you'll know how EXCEPTIONALLY SOFT it is

here are a few links

the alpaca yarn co

misti alpaca

blue sky alpacas

just look at this instructable for

custom lego bricks!!!!!!!!!!!!
pic from depotdevoid's instructable linked above!

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now THIS is what i'm talkin' 'bout!

super hero garden gnomes

pics from craftzine posting linked above

love love love this from crafter

how to knit a bicycle basket

sweet!


DESIGN BY Margie Doughert

i do have a couple of OLD OLD OLD rolls of film

laying around i never got developed..........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Develop Film with Instant Coffee and Vitamin C

we ARE indeed all natural beauties

Applying 365 Days Worth of Makeup in 3 MinutesBY RUSTY BLAZENHOFF

check out ALL of the pictures

of some pretty cool self-styled eye make up over at jocundist


By Katie Alves.

the brand spankin' new

knitty is up!

one of my favorite patterns from this issue is; pretty twisted by Cat Wong


pic from the pretty twisted pattern in knitty linked above pic by Mary Story

a yarn tote or all around craft tote

simple project tote for yarny types

View more presentations from kootoyoo

from kootoyoo

do you know where your bunny is?

Angora Rabbits from Patrick Russell on Vimeo.


from wild fibers magazine

from crafting a green world

how to make a peacock fascinator from scrap felt (i'm guessing they're using the word fascinator to equal the words HAIR CLIP, but again, it's a guess)

but hey, IT'S VEGAN (well it WOULD be vegan if the felt  you used wasn't real wool).............pic from the posting linked above

i had NO idea, NONE

she designed textiles

from co designs

Louise Bourgeois’s Charming Textile Art Evokes Vintage Graphics

[Images courtesy of Cheim & Read]

i''m ALL over these!

craftzine had a posting for some vegan breakfast muffins (although as we all know muffins ain't just for breakfast)

pic from craftzine

speaking of vegan baking............this past weekend i tried moo cluck chocolate chip cookie dough review  Written by Mattie   

(i baked the cookies). it was wonderfully EASY. no mixing, no clean up (i used parchment on my cookie sheet). i don't know if the product is new or not, but it's the first time i've seen it. i've enjoyed their chocolate creme filled cupcakes for a while now (MOST excellent)

classical art

carved out of an EFFING OREO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

via cory at boing boing

..............XXV sez, "Sculptor Judith Klausner has been carving classically- and Victorian-inspired cameos out of Oreo cookies. Her most recent series -- From Scratch -- explores traditional handicrafts using mass-produced, packaged foods as her medium. In addition to the Oreo cameos, she has embroidered a fried egg onto toast, cross-stitched Chex cereal, and more!"

And she made this: a mechanical musical jewelry-box with a (mate-beheading) preying mantis in place of the traditional confectionery ballerina. FWOAR.

Home ➺ Work ➺ From Scratch ➺ Oreo Cameo (Thanks, XXV!)...............

Started a knitted log cabin baby blanket