I LIKE IT A LOT

Here we go again! Always, email your links to lelah olender @ gmail (dot) com.

Darren Waterson on NOTCOT. Well. What can I say about this artist? That I want to marry his paintings? NOTCOT is right, they look sci-fi- which I LOVE. I am a sci-fi geek in a girly-girl’s body. Only certain fandoms, though. But I digress. His paintings are so beautiful.

Oh my, isn’t this sweater beautiful?! I really love this yarn. I think it’s Manos — I have a lonely skein of the same colorway. I would KILL for enough of it to make a sweater, but at $15 a pop for on skein of variegated… well. Better off making the yarn myself!

Little oil paintings. Aren’t they precious? Yes. I Live On a Farm has another blog set up to sell them if you read the post on through. And you should. She’s a great writer.

Book review (good one) of a new style of heirloom knitting. Have you discovered Japanese knitting books yet? Can you please look at the beauty? Every book contains beautiful patterns, with expertly done graphic design, so the whole package is just gorgeous. Now that they’re gaining more popularity in the US, people are beginning to translate the knitting terms. Now, my sister is going to Japan in a week for THREE whole months… I am giving her the mission to learn the language of knitting in Japan, so I can baby-translate the patterns.

And in the yarn porn category:
Blue Moon Fiber Arts yarn… Ohh delicious! The surely is a centerfold spread!!
And more:
Mmmmmmmm candy socks! Hungry now.

This girl is 14?! What?! Awesome. I am in LOVE with her Pirouette sock pattern. I just wish she would sell them on her website, as .pdf downloads. I hate spending money at another retailer, then paying shipping, only to get something I could have printed out myself.

Dungarees dress This is amazing, as Whip Up always likes to find. I mean ferlovessake, it’s a wedding dress!!

Waist cinchers, Japanese-style! Hotness. Here is my version:

I made it a while ago, but never wore it. It would look good over a long shirt. It’s out of 2 skeins of Manos, and I used some Barbara Walker patterns for the cables and the bottom pointy part (I forget which stitch pattern that is really called). Also in there is seed stitch. If I give it a good look-over, I can write up the pattern if there is enough interest (COMMENT, PEOPLE!!!)