bits and bobbins

bill cunningham new york:  probably the best (documentary) film i have watched in a good, long time.  i was smiling throughout the whole film, all 1.5 hours of it.  he’s just so amazingly dedicated, funny, self-effacing, driven, and earnest.  endearingly nerdy and obsessive in his drive to document what people are wearing RIGHT NOW.  and he’s so spry and spunky for 80!  i wish I had half his energy, and i’m 37!
 
love him so very much, he’s definitely one of my personal heroes.  
 

the link above is just a trailer on YouTube, but if you’ve got Netflix streaming you can see the whole thing in toto…
 

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have you seen it the film?  what did you think of it?

here ya go, so sorry for the hiatus.
blame the germs!

love,
tricia

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greeen sheeep:


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loveatfirstshop:


Milupka:


Mochachocolata-Rita:


la petit franc:

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mostly unknown fact (unless you’re a particularly astute reader with a devilishly good memory): i’m sickeningly, hopelessly facinated with the biology of the human body. in my free time, i literally devour books on medicine, human biology, and watch everything interesting on the same on the telly. i wanted to be an MD when i was a wee girl.

couple that with with my thing for all things fiber…and you can see why i am obsessed with this knitted brain, heart, and intestines by artist sarah illenberger:

i think the use of yarn to fashion faux organs is a particularly sensitive, deeply metaphorical choice with a dual meaning: said yarn is soft, it’s gauge delicate, echoing the equally delicate nature of our innards, sitting protected in our body cavities. but conversely, the choice to sculpt these organs out of yarn with the medium of knitting suggests strength: our organs are resilient, tough, capable of keeping most of us ticking, thinking, moving along in a myriad of ways daily, and for decades.

see also: this slightly less poetic looking (though equally as cool) knitted digestive system by matie trewe (via craftster.org)