Design for a Living World...

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Do NOT miss the wool rug!

Perhaps we can do a thow in honor of this fabulousness!

Rattles My Bones !

She needs a good soak and block, but

I love my new sweater!

It's super bulky 100% highland wool yarn on size 15s,

so it's going to have to get pretty darn cold to 

enjoy more than just looking at it!

Casting on the baby version!

Needles Vs Nieman Marcus ?

HEY Y'ALL!

It's been awhile since I've posted.

Crush Cul de Sac is about all I can handle at the end 

of my busy days lately, but it's getting chilly around here

and I just had to show you this YUMMY Vince Cardigan

that is going to get knocked off on my needles ASAP!

I would normally say it was because it was so expensive, but not this time. It's only $345. I know, that's kind of expensive, but not bad for Nieman Marcup! If you divide it by how many times you'll wear it, well darlin' it's free! I need to rummage through the yarn closet and see what I have enough of to make this, but I might also need to detour to Nieman Marcus this week on the way to one of my many accumulated jobs #GoingInSoManyDirections!

Sure Hope It's Made Well . . .

...cuz you know I'm gonna want that sheep sweater!

I already had one on my list of things to knit!

so...I'll probably create my own version of the sheep sweater, 

but these two... sooo cute.

...NEED vs WANT...

always an issue, right?

❖ Madewell ❖ Fall 2012 images via ❖ HonestlyWTF ❖

Who Wears Short Shorts ?

~ image ~

I have fought it long enough.

I fell in love with these silly knitted shorts long ago

and the time has come to put them next on my knit list.

I think I'll finish the Emily Season Bachelorette Sweater before the second episode,

so I think I need these! Any yarn suggestions? I think I want worsted.

Maybe good old fashioned Creme'n Sugar Cotton. Inexpensive and washable!

I've got a great old vintage "camp" belt & buckle I'll custom fit the waistband to. 

Silly? Yes, but they are irresistible...every knitter needs a pair!

If only to sleep in...

Someone Asked . . .

Today, someone asked me, "What's on your needles?"

Now, you know I couldn't give just one answer, because

I think every needle has something on it. 

It's a little problem I have, so...

I said, "You mean which needles currently have my hands on them?"

...That would be my 3's...

And this is what's on them.

Manos del Uruguay Serena

Kettle Dyed 60% Baby Alpaca, 40% Pima Cotton

Solid: Color #2318, Multi: Color #7325

It looks like Sea Glass to me!

And no, as usual, I have no idea what the finished

garment will look like, but it's a top-down animal graph.

I'm sure, being on size 3's, that it will take me through the

upcoming Bachelorette season, so we'll just call it Emily for now.

If you follow my knitting adventures, you know I knit at least

one project during the Bachelor/Bachelorette season.

This season was filmed here in Charlotte!

Watch and knit something with me!

What's on your needles?

My Crunchy Side . . .

I stumbled onto Maggie Smith's work today.

I like baskets, but I LOVE Maggie Smith's Baskets!

Check out her Willow Exploration!

Maggie Smith is an artist after my crunchy heart!

I'm so infatuated with her sculpture!

Now I'm feeling a HABU kind of day!

  

A little bird told me that TANGLES in Waxhaw has

placed a reorder and will be restocked soon!

This one, Natural Cover Wrapped Cotton, would look amazing in a sculpture!

I've made bags with it and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the texture!

This Fique is another artist's fiber! It's made from Pineapple!

The "Head Tangler" told me she still has some of this.

The colors are amazing!

I don't think anyone else in our neighborhood carries HABU.

So whether you wait for her to restock, or run out there this weekend,

dear knitters, put HABU and TANGLES on your TO-DO list! 

I'll let you know when her order has arrived!

I've said this 1000 times, "No matter what you make

with HABU, it's going to be amazing! It's not about

the design this time, it's about the Fiber!"

My friends at Knit-Purl (Portland, OR) also carry HABU,

which, while gathering that link...

landed me on the new Shibui Linen!

Go look at the amazing colors available in this new gem!

Whoops, I started with Maggie Smith and my linkiness turned this into a knitting post!

Sorry nonknitters, that's just how I roll. xov (KissHugStitch!)

Old School Crush !

(isn't he adorable)

Well, looks like I'm right on target for fall.

I started playing with Brooklyn Tweed's LOFT a few weeks ago.

I purchased this yarn for another project that got frogged,

and now I wish I had a completely different color palate.

But, as you know, these greys will fit perfectly in my closet.

Always inspired by my surroundings, our old rugs inspired this shrug.

I'll have it off the needles for the Bachelor's final rose.

Surely he doesn't pick turtle lips?! 

"See ya, Wouldn't want to be ya?"

Who says that?!

It's not like she doesn't have a clue she's on TV?!

runway images via nymag

Love The Shrug ! Love Oscar . . .

PrettyStuff showed me this first glimpse of the Oscar Runway

posted earlier today by OscarPRGirl.

She's beautiful, the dress is beautiful, but

all I could see was the hole in her fishnets...

BLESS HER HEART!

Of course I couldn't stand not knowing if they taped it shut

before she hit the runway, so I went straight to Style.com

to look for the whole show.

By the time I saw this photo on the slideshow,

I had forgotten all about the hole in her fishnets...

It's still there, but I found lots more to 

obsess over...

First of all...fishnets on almost every model. I LOVE THEM!

I've always worn the DKNY nude ones as

an option to bare legs...LOVE THEM!

I adore this dress!

I love how ladylike it is.

Not spray-painted on for sexy.

Anybody, any age could wear this dress.

Oscar always brings pink down the runway.

But I LOVE THE HAIR in this show!

But let's be honest.

We all know that what I'm looking for when

I watch these shows is something I can

MAKE ALL BY MYSELF! 

LOVE THE SHRUG!

Use my Southend Hobo Bag charts to GET THE LOOK!

I'll write this up ASAP!

...This one too...

So similar to my Bow-Peep pattern 

that just came off my needles. I honestly

just promised a friend that I would add a Turtleneck 

option to that pattern when I typed it up!

When I met Oscar last spring, 

surely we exchanged some sort of telepathic knit wave!

runway photos by Yannis Vlamos/GoRunway.com

Pile . It . On .

 

 

 

~ Miguel Adrover Fall 2012 ~

Dear Katherine Heigl ,

~ Images for collage ~

We seem to have the same addiction.

We also have the same look on our faces when we see the bill at check-out,

but my guess is you can afford it. Do you think you could get me a little

acting job on the side so we can be besties and knit together?

I'll teach you all my tricks! Whatda say?

Please reply ASAP!

note to self: call Katherine for a stitch 'n bitch next time I'm in LA

Blaaa Blaaa Blaaag Sheep !

Recently, in an early January confession post, I apologized for
my little addiction and my lack of memory.
Well, it's worse than I admitted...


I've added yet one more blog to the roster.

This one's dedicated to knitting visual inspiration.

It's a tumblr log of all the wonderful images that fill up my computer.

Again, I'm making space and saving it elsewhere to share with you guys.

Have a visit and bookmark it for when you can't sleep!

~ Counting Stone Sheep ~

Of course I'm still making stuff HERE.

Stitch Poet Patterns live HERE.

My Crush Party, psst, you're already HERE.

The After Party, Crush Cul de Sac, is HERE.

I still blog for Rooney Robison Antiques HERE,

and have added an Interiors tumblr for her HERE.
I still have my other blogging clients that I'm not allowed to mix up

Sometimes I can't keep it all straight and you'll find a

hand-knit cabled cowl blogged in with a French antique farm table.

OOPS! Sorry : )

I Should Make This !

Rachel Rutt CRUSH

Oyster Mag

I would wear this 

ALL.THE.TIME!

um....Noro, Silk Garden Lite??

Pretty Stuff for PrettyStuff . . .

My sweet daughter has finally come around.

It took 23 years, but twice in the month of December 2011,

she has asked me for a handknit!

She started small with a winter white cowl to match her sweet new little car, but um... she is not one for baby steps! She went from "I don't really like handknits." (kill me now, just who's daughter is she anyway?) to chunky oversized $1710 Christian Dior "Mom can you make this?" All in a matter of 3 weeks...and I could not be more thrilled to make this for her!!!!!

Plymouth Baby Alpaca Grande? Cascade Magnum might be too heavy?

Rowan Cocoon? Double Strand something with Rowan Kid Silk Haze?

...time for swatching...

Pssst: Next I'll get her to wear a color!

(#willneverhappen)

Rowan Love !

I've been knitting up a storm.

...Maybe it's the weather...

...Maybe it's all the yarn in my closet...

~ Rowan ~

If I Had A Lot of Money . . .

I would be really dangerous at the Mall!

Wait, Let Me Grab My Cardigan . . .

How many times have you said that?

About umpteen-gazillion, right?

Here's my most beloved Cardigan that is circa 1977, I think.

...bless it's heart, look at the neck edge and the cuff...

Yes, this is sad, but yes, I still wear it.

I know, gross, right? 

I keep meaning to cover the edges with leather or something.

I know I will one day just to keep from throwing it away.

Speaking of CARDIGAN, have you seen this?

Cardigan by Lynne Hiriak!

I might even wear the sparkly shorts!

Lynne says, "The cardigan is a subconscious essential in every woman's wardrobe. Its utility is limitless. It's the item you take on a plane, throw in a bag or keep on the back of your office chair. A CARDIGAN can change an outfit in an instant, dress you up or dress you down and, most of all, keep you warm. It can be worn as a sweater, jacket, suiting or outerwear. There's the everyday staple, the beat up favorite [see, everybody has one] and the one we wish we could replicate [same as before mentioned favorite] or buy instantaneously in every color. CARDIGANS are timeless and sentimental. We all have a bunch in our closets that have been there for years - holes and all -   because we just can't seem to give them up.[mine is total living proof!] They're reliable, cozy and help us hang onto our best memories, and we can always justify the need for another."

Well now, Lynne, I couldn't have said it better myself!

Lynne Hiriak's line is more than CARDIGANS though,

I'm dying for this sweatshirt dress...

and I don't think I've ever met a polka dot I didn't love...

sparkle too!?

I ADORE THIS DRESS!

This my dear readers, is why I knit!

You can't have everything...where would you put it?

ON A LITTLE BLOG! 

I guess I can't make everything either, so I need a little sale...

Help me out...When CARDIGAN reaches 3000 likes on

FACEBOOK they'll post a $25 Code for online orders!

Go on...click on over and LIKE 'em!

How old is your favorite sweater?