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I’m a little bit behind with my Christmas knitting and I’m still working on a Sheldon turtle for my stepson. When I first saw the pattern on knitty.com http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTsheldon.html I thought it was fantastic. Now that I’m working on my first Sheldon, which is also my first attempt with dpns, I’m becoming increasingly enamoured! Everyone should have one of these!
See Sheldon’s blog: http://sheldontheturtle.blogspot.com/

I saw this this morning on etsy by Motley Mutton and the Gangly Goats. I think these are fantasic and a clever use of felt. I just love their faces

Handmade 2.0: a lengthy New York Times article discussing, amongst other things, the resurgence in crafting, Craftzine, Etsy, buyhandmade, Stitch and bitch, getcrafty etc. (You can get a NY Times login and password at bugmenot)

(photo via iN-PUBLiC)

Here’s a few Wednesday night knit links…

KnittaPlease – “a tag crew of knitters, bombing the inner city with
vibrant, stitched works of art, wrapped around everything from beer
bottles on easy nights to public monuments and utility poles on more
ambitious outings. With a mix of clandestine moves and gangsta rap — Knitta was born!”

Knit Pattern: The Princess Leia Wig

Crafty Geometry – Mathematicians are knitting and crocheting tovisualize complex surfaces

A knitted pair of converse allstars

Knucks: “Reluctant to commit to the permanence of a knuckle tattoo, but yearning to express yourself? Here is your solution. Embroider the eight-letter text that says you onto these quick-to-knit fingerless gloves and the world will know just what you stand for.”

KnitML: an aim for a future standard for knitting patterns. Kind of like an HTML for knitting machines.

And, finally, please spare a thought for the trees now the nights are getting colder…

A great article I read in the Guardian. ‘Is Craft a radicle re-evaluation of women’s skills or is it a slap in the face of feminism? Tanis Taylor Unpicks the argument’….

Click here to read the article in full

“Our ancestors may have crafted because they had to; women today craft because they want to” Tanis Taylor

Your thoughts??

Especially when leading up to Christmas and getting those Christmas presents finished.

We had a wonderful night at Mix Bar tonight. We were drinking amazing ‘Lily Jasmine tea’ which is white tea hand-rolled into a large ball encasing delicate jasmine blossoms (buddah Balls) which opens up in the clear glass teapot. We also had cocktails. I’ve got a bit of a sore throat so they kindly made me a soothing Whisky, honey and lemon cocktail . Our knitting caused quite a stir (pardon the cocktail pun) amongst the bar staff and fellow cocktail drinkers. We want to say a big thank you to Mix for making us feel so welcome. We will be back

Next Saturday the 8th DECEMBER we are sharing a stall with Gingernuts. Come and see us – 10.30 till 4.30pm.