wip: wallis

i should cast on for the vest i've promised to a friend (soon...soon, jason). i should finish the other rowan project i started recently. so much for knitterly guilt. i have been eyeballing bat-winged "wallis" from rowan 38 forever. and i finally gave in. with grand plans of knitting it from some stash yarn, i soon realized i didn't have nearly enough. and then i came across this gorgeous aubergine kid classic in my lys.


the trellis lace pattern is an easy read, which made it a great car-knitting project while driving up to vermont with my hubby last weekend. this is my first experience with kid classic. it's soooo incredibly soft, i will overlook its slight splittiness. knit up, it has a beautiful, light hand with just the right amount of fuzziness.

has anthro jumped the shark?

i have always loved anthropologie. but seeing this image turn up in my inbox has left me wondering: has anthro finally jumped the shark? i'm expecting one of those giant monarch butterflies you see tacked on people's houses to land on that giant crocheted flower any second. (though i bet the butterfly on the mcqueen model below wouldn't bat a wing at it.) i pray this coat and scarf ensemble are an anomaly.

mcdreamy

this may be so 2006 for some, but i can't stop drooling over this coat from alexander mcqueen's fall '06 RTW.

p.s. thanks for clueing me into the holiday '06 VK which featured a very mcqueeny-looking coat on this simpering model. i have that issue and never gave the coat a second look. funny how fit, styling and color choices can make all the difference!

extreme knitting geek tip no. 1,575

just when you think knitting can't get much geekier, it hits you. behold: from fellow raveler davejenbarnes, quite possibly the geekiest knitting tip out there. and i mean that in such a good way.


it appears to the untrained eye to be an ordinary lamp with the bulb removed and the shade turned upside down, outfitted with an upturned laundry basket and set atop a lazy susan. what, pray tell, could this be, one queries with furrowed brow. but, ahhh, when one puts on one's extreme knitting geek goggles, one begins to see the ingenuity, the invention, the sheer brilliance of it all...


...your own DIY swift!

secretary

have you ever seen this flick? (don't even get me started on how hot james spader is.) i watched it for the umpteenth time the other night and was reminded how much i loved maggie gyllenhaal's wardrobe in the movie. this new vest pattern from blue sky alpacas is very sexy secretary and oh, so maggie.

wip: rowan malin

apparently, i can't get enough of rowan these days. i recently cast on for this lovely lace vest, designed by one of my fave young rowan designers, sarah hatton.

this is the first chance i've had to blog in awhile. i can't show you any pics of it yet, but i can let you in on a little secret. one of my designs was accepted for publication in an upcoming book. that meant days of furiously sketching and knitting and pattern-writing. i just sent my sample off to the publisher last week, so now that it's done i can cleanse my palate with some personal projects...at least until the next design idea takes hold.