Remember Google Reader? I apparently used it back in 2009 for a while and then got bored of it, like most others did I’m guessing. But I did find this gem in my links … Star Trek stitch charts.
If you’re like … “OMG you like Star Trek?!” you should check out my 10 Days of Trek posts. Really. Star Trek was my first sci-fi love.
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Chances are if you’ve ever made true Japanese amigurumi you know about Pierro Yarns. If not … Pierrot is kind of like the Lion Brand of Japan. They manufacture a wide line of yarns, ranging through nearly all materials and fabrics, from acrylic to angora to merino and silk. But where they are most prolific are in their free-pattern offerings; thousands of free knitting and crochet patterns are available, and they verily helpfully provide direct links to PDF files of the patterns on Ravelry for those of us that can’t read Japanese.
Their patterns cover nearly everything you could possibly image knitting or crochet. Hats, homegoods, shawls, sweaters, toys, afghans, doilies … all there. And all using the international charting standards, so that regardless of what your native language is you can follow their patterns.
As an example, I’ll take you through one of their recently published patterns, the Beauty Silk Cotton Beret. read more
Another week brings another new week of obsessions. Right now it’s a combination of vintage prints and innovative home décor. But to be honest, that’s kind of all the time for me!
I can’t get over how wonderful and inspirational I find this knitting clock:
And the description is so lovely:
365 is stitching the time as it passes by. It is knitting 24 hours a day and one year at the time, showing the physical representation of time as a creative and tangible force. After 365 days the clock has turned the passed year into a 2-m long scarf. Now the past can be carried out in the future and the upcoming year is hiding in a new spool of thread, still unknitted.
If this is ever manufactured and available for sale I am 100% getting one. So clever and beautiful!
Someone I follow on twitter sent a link to this article about an IKEA catalogue from 1965, and now I’m obsessed with the entire site.
The color combinations are really appealing to me, especially the red, yellow, and green kitchen, and the combination of solid color accent pillows on black furniture with ash wood legs and a beige shag carpet. That way anything in that living room will match, no matter what gets thrown in. I also can’t decide if I think those are model shots or it’s just the staging. They kind of look like dollhouse furniture!
The ModCloth blog recently shared these photos from a 1960s beautification book that I am so in love with.
It’s like face yoga, before American really knew what yoga was. So weird and awesome.
One of my favorite blogs out there is A Beautiful Mess, which recently posted this wonderful tutorial on DIY fabric patterns using Fabric Fun dye sticks.
You better believe some DIY Doctor Who pillows are in my near future!
Have a great weekend!
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warm and fuzzy yarn
makes me happy in my soul
smiling when I knit
It was only a matter of time before Doctor Who found its way onto Knitty.com, one of the most popular knitting pattern magazines on the Internet. This summer’s Knitty Surprise features “Bigger on the Inside,” a cleverly designed shawl with modern shaping and a slew of adorable lace TARDISes.
I love the ‘Time Vortex’ lace, and the angular ribbing compliments the TARDISes perfectly! And hey, maybe this will get more knitters watching Doctor Who!
Queue it up here:
And get it here!
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