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Next week I’m having people over for a non-profit meeting on Monday night and, as I walked out of my door this morning I thought, I hope no one cares about all of the animal-related items around the house. We have a cowhide rug and a paper maiche rhino head, ram’s horn lamps and impala […]

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Thanks to Pinterest and it randomly making me follow strangers I learned about the work of Sonya Philip! Gotta love random algorithms. Sonya is a knitter and says of herself that her work is born in patience, which it’s so true of many of the artists I write about here – their work takes patience, […]

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Yesterday at the  Nest fundraiser for the Kolkata girls I was introduced to Christina DesVaux who runs Textura, which sells handmade knits from Uruguay. She and I bonded, pretty much immediately, over bulk wool issues. I told her about my yurt project and how amazing it was that ideas can take off the way they […]

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Once again I got a great tip from my mom – to check out Rachel John – a UK-based “extreme knitter” who recently knit  1,000 strands at once to make essentially a mattress out of yarn. If you haven’t already seen the video it can be seen here and is really well done. Rachel also […]

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Another reminder I got today from Kate Pruitt – was on Bauke Knottnerus – not a name that stuck in my mind without force! Bauke is a Dutch artist who creates oversized knit works that show the artist’s hand, strings remain untrimmed and the like in his Phat Knits series. From the looks of the […]

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I think that Kate Pruitt and I have a similar fascination with oversized, odd knit items. Today, while reading her blog, I was again exposed to Christien Meindertsma whose site I had once stumbled upon before I was so quick to bookmark everything. Christien actually makes an item called the Urchin Pouf, which, just as […]

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When I got involved in my crochet work last Fall my store of record was Purl Soho – it’s right by my office and is very inviting. The clerks help you pick the best yarn for your project, make sure you have the right tools, and will roll your yarn into a ball for you. […]

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I must admit I’ve been coveting one of Yokoo’s pieces for months now and haven’t had the courage to purchase – as you can see, they’re HUGE! In keeping with my fascination with all things knit, when I saw Yokoo’s Etsy store I had to tell everyone I met. I have no idea how she […]