a podcast about knitting
As you may have noticed, I have been paying rather a lot of attention these days to the design of things. The new website is the most visible of the design projects, but there are many others happening quietly behind the scenes. I suppose it began with the design of the Driving Miss Daisy gloves,…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6d076POJ04 Cat Bordi’s new sock book looks amazing.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6if41C_iE-M&eurl Loads of nice ideas for draping, folding, and wearing great swathes of lace.
Louise Fairburn, an award-winning breeder of rare Lincoln Longwool sheep, used the fleece from her very own flock to create her gorgeous and unique wedding dress. The accompanying article states the dress was created by a spinner and a dressmaker, and took 67 hours to make.
A student at the Royal College of Art, Merel Karhoff, brings attention to the free energy source all around us in her final RCA show. Karhoffs installation makes wind energy visible by attaching paper windmills to unlikely surfaces – trees, architectural columns, and even the human body, via her pinwheel brooches. The highlight of her…