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Archive for the ‘Just for fun’ Category
Flying books
Monday, March 5th, 2012We need one of these for MKing!
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012Webs is a yarn supplier familiar to most knitters, the transition was from them providing roomfuls of yarn on cones to a considerable increase in HK supplies, and a drop in the former. Recently more coned yarn is being added. This video addresses some Sh*t that (hand)knitters say. Ditto re: About.com’s conducting a poll on HK reader’s choice.
Growing your own clothes
Friday, March 2nd, 2012Another TED talk.
Leaving it to chance
Sunday, February 26th, 2012“Portrait sweater knits”
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012For a while now the video and directions on hacking a brother 930 knitting machine has been available online. One use for the patterning option is knitting bill cosby wearing a bill cosby sweater as seen here.
Some fiber/ other links
Sunday, February 12th, 2012Ernesto Eto woven nests at Faena Arts Center. Architectural art by Do Ho Su photographs here. More of knit playground. More on knitting nancies: small and medium , and giant size, with its associated video. Knitting needles meet water droplets in outer space. Jenine Shereos works in human hair.
OT: muppets perform queen
Saturday, February 11th, 2012adding this “just for fun”, yarn was probably sacrificed at some point in the making of this video.
Felt critters galore
Friday, February 3rd, 2012at feltmistress, includes her my “year in 90 seconds” video.
A lego cord maker
Saturday, January 28th, 2012An inventive approach to automating i_cord knitting.
A new use for waste yarn
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012This photo was actually taken last April. Part of my studio is in my unfinished attic, explaining the foil ceiling and boxes. It oh so truly helps to look UP from your knitting once in a while! I had just begun my lace experiments, things had been going so well in terms of avoiding dropped stitches I was mesmerized by the needle bed and my intact fabric…
