i'm famous again

i like craft magazine's blog. and when i saw a bunch of posts about quilts made out of old t-shirts, i knew they needed to see the one i made for susan's wedding. i think it turned out beautifully. now i need to work up the energy to make another.

garment rack

i've been looking for a vintage garment rack for months now. i was this close [pinching fingers together a bit] to making one of my own out of metal pipes and such...

...until i found franziska sinn's photography. lovely before & after pics of hotel rooms, untidy/tidy rooms, stacked/unstacked interiors and makeshift caves. one of the tidy/untidy rooms has a brilliant solution - a wire suspended between two walls. sure, there are issues with finding studs and making sure there is enough support but this is a huge breakthrough. ok, yes...i do have lots of clothes and therefore need a big garment rack.

better weaver than a knitter

swapping the experience design content for procraftination content. i have a long, long, long list of personal (not work-related) links that have been piling up for months. so i'll try to plow through a bunch of them and save some to let them trickle in for the next week or so.

anyhoo...i was part of a really nice knitting group in san francisco through my friend janet. i constantly came in with projects that looked a little sad or different than the pictures. mostly, i'm too impatient (or lazy?) to actually check my tension before i start a project. this post about how to play around with tension makes me a little more willing to put in the time and effort.

Combine Craft, Experience, Classes & a Community

Linkle takes the knitting group idea a step further. It is a sewing cafe (think internet cafe with sewing machines) where you can work on your own projects around like-minded folk. Ask for help when you need it, etc.

EtsyLabs is a bit closer. Is it open yet?

Update: YAY! It's open!

Etsy

325 Gold Street, 6th Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Springwise takes it to the larger idea of "being spaces". Thx!

giant sheep?

no, giant knitting needles. christien meindertma's FLOCK projects super-size knit projects.

the art of procraftination

ann wood has carved out a home in the procraftination world with her beautiful creatures and ships. i especially like her horses.

past procraftination

way, way past. yikes, this sort of scares & fascinates me.

hat, scarf & mittens

i'm not too excited by the idea of nyc winter but i will get used to it. i need to prepare with this knitting project. i've found the link to extra instructions (which i usually need) and to the podcast which links to a PDF. but i cannot find this pattern. so i'll put the book on my amazon wishlist.


UPDATE: brian was ever so helpful in getting me access to the PDF. you can get it too!

ANOTHER UPDATE: i bought the book and it's great.

photo studio

i've been meaning to make a photo studio to take nice pictures of my books & other projects. this is the $10 option. or here's the lazy option.

make a book

i reviewed these instructions for the last book. i'm not using it for this book either but i want to save it for the future.