bits and bobbins

…but a stitch ain’t one. FOR REALS.

i’m not much for tees, but this one by jumpseatmonalisa (printed on secondhand shirts) is so hilariously kick ass…it hurts. anything that combines/subverts craftiness and hip hop at the same time puts it in the running for “best tee shirt ever created” (in my hip hop/needlework loving mind, anyway)…

hello there lovely readers! how goes it?

just wanted to let you know that i’m one of the new fashion bloggers over at ReadyMade.com, on their fashion blog, Off The Rack! i’ll be posting there on all-things fashion a couple times a week from here on out, special posts you can only find over yonder, but very much like the cool stuff i post here. my current compadre on said blog is jane flanagan of http://www.seenandsaid.blogspot.com/ and i hear some other great folks will be added on over time. so cool!

when i post something there, i’ll let you know here, so you can go take a gander if you’re so inclined.

hope to see you over at ReadyMade/Off The Rack, too!

also: thank you so very much, ReadyMade, for having me! i’ve been a subscriber of the print mag since it’s first few issues, and i am incredibly honored and humbled to have the chance to be a part of their blogging team. *blushes*

also also: go check out the other new ReadyMade blogs: Inside, Out (home & garden), Feast (food), Make Nice (craft), and Editor’s Notes (news and other good stuff!)…

how kick ass are these offbeat, incredibly intricate fair isle sweaters (and knitwear patterns) by etsy-ian good egg?

get this: they are HAND KNIT (the top and bottom one). wow. just…WOW. the cowl in the center is a pattern you can buy from ms. good egg, so’s you can knit one yourself.

all the trend-slingers say fair isle is back (well, i think it never went away, but whatever). but it makes sense, because a.) it’s winter, and we’re all wearing sweaters, knitting sweaters, blah blah blah. but also, b.) there’s this feeling of very traditional things being resurrected and exalted in fashion (and also interiors, really) these days…classic is back in.

but what i think is cool about these kind of fair isle pieces, what makes them so delicious? that good egg takes it to the next level…works with the colors, the contrasts, the patterning, so something classic is in the end wrought so perfectly new and modern. breathtaking. i haven’t seen anything quite like this around, have you? if you have, do dish!

(related aside: i so so so want to try my hand at fair isle…anyone else into it? good books or tips to suggest? danke!)