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Sagemon

Jan 25, 2009

I happened across this gorgeous picture in the photo gallery of Mainichi, a Japanese newspaper. Sadly there were no permalinks that I can find, so the link under the image will shortly be pointing to something else altogether. The text that went with the photo is as follows:

Children look up at Sagemon, traditional ornaments for the Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival for girls on March 3) at the Kanpo-no-Yado hotel in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture. Sagemon is made of kimono cloth and local traditional decoration balls that have been handed down from the Edo Period.

Owl Sweater

Jan 24, 2009

knitting

So cute! I’ve never knitted cables, but this tempts me to learn… if I wore sweaters at all… (via Craftzine)

About the sweater: http://needled.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/owls/ About the pattern: http://needled.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/o-w-l-s-the-pattern/ The pattern: http://needled.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/owls2.pdf

Knitted Fonts

Jan 24, 2009

linkography knitting

A couple of “knitted” fonts from Hand Made Font (am I the only one who finds a price of €70 for a font astonishing?).

Called “red thread” the above font looks truly knitted, the one called “kniting [sic]” looks more like crochet… (via Craftzine

Beautiful Quilling

Jan 19, 2009

quilling linkography

Gorgeous quilled artwork by Yulia Brodskaya via Craftzine.

Like any lifelong crafter I have tried many crafts. Quilling is one of them. Somewhere in my disorganized house is a quilling needle or 3 and a pack of quilling paper strips (or 2), although I don’t think I actually have a quilling strip cutter (yet?).

To my mind, quilling and Chinese knotting have a lot in common. They are both dimensional and flat-ish at the same time. Also, I love the swoops and curls of quilling and would love to incorporate them into my work. Perhaps with wire.

Power to the (Spinning) People

Jan 18, 2009

spinning diy tools

Spinning wheels in general tend to very expensive. Apparently, powered spinning wheels are very, very expensive. But if you (or someone you know) have the DIY spirit, you too can have a nifty powered spinning device (wheel part no longer needed).

http://www.glacialwanderer.com/hobbyrobotics/?p=79