happy halloween

this is the scariest thing i could find.


and this is quite possibly the inspiration.

fresh-baked rebecca

i love the missoni-style zip hoodie in the top-left corner. the cable hoodie tunic and the v-neck sweater dress are also lovely. and i really like the silhouette of the stripey pullover on the bottom right. just wish these mags didn't take so darn long to get in our hot little hands. i ordered no. 34 ages ago and i'm still waiting for it to arrive.

found: twinkle buttons

here's an online source for the twinkle buttons (as shown on BFF cardi above) from one world button. maybe you can get your LYS to stock them for less than five freakin smackers per button. yikes...come to think of it, that's pretty steep!

don't quit your day job

this just in via an email from anthro, titled "precious purls." it links to this cool little online catalog called "stitch." i cannot believe how much anthro is responding to all the knitting love! the website says the sweater above was "handknitted over the course of 100 hours (!) using several skeins of lush mushroom yarn." it lists for $398, so i guess that means the knitter got a lush $3.98/hour!

hai karate

looky where they're selling twinkle's karate wrap cardi for two hundred sixty eight smackeroos!

happy feet

i received a package today that got my heart racing faster than a case of cherry cordial yarntini. move over, manolo. take a hike louboutin. mama's got a new pair of shoes. and these babies are gonna coddle my tootsies instead of cripple them. i could say they are the best slippers on earth. i could say they're like walking around with two skeins of alpaca silk strapped to the balls of my feet. instead, i think i'll just slip them on, unplug my laptop, pour myself a bucket of cabernet and curl up in my knitting chair. what could be more glamourous?

O.C.Delish

so. in. love. when i first posted about another version of this bag, i was informed the yarn was gedifra gigante (and you are so right, gina). but now that i've seen this one, i've become obsessed with finding this exact color. to be honest, i woke up at 5 am one day last week and had to go to my laptop and start madly googling because i had had a dream about it. the sad fact is there is no solid grey gedifra gigante colorway that i can find, on yarndex or otherwise. i did find a source for the feathers, which are actually called "eyelash" feathers in the trade. i also have an idea for the top part of the bag which could be very fun. but first: must find the perfect yarn!

twinkle buttons are here!

look who has giant twinkle-sized buttons! i only wish i had these back when i made my twinkle best friend cardi.

they come dyed to match twinkle yarns in urchin, cream, icy blue, haze, french gray and more.