Entries Tagged as ‘LoveFest’

June 18, 2009

Lovefest: Leethal, flowers, and a monster

As usual, the pictures are the links.

I kind of have a huge, long-lasting craft crush on Lee Meredith, also known as Leethal, of Do Stuff! Click the picture for a link to a post filled with the most amazing things. Seriously, every picture makes me die a little, it’s so good.
These light-bulb vases (found via [...]

June 6, 2009

LoveFest: damned French perfection, time-proof crochet, and fabric pom-poms

Les Grandes Filles Mode’lles did a blog post ages ago about the most perfect knitwear in the land. (As usual, the images are the links.)

Lion Brand Yarn, one of the few worthwhile blogs from a yarn brand, wrote about how to save swatches of crochet for posterity. I want to make a card/cigarette case like [...]

June 6, 2009

Boob-ball

Pattern: Celestine Socks by the Berroco Design Team
Pattern Source: Free on Berroco’s website
Yarn: S.R. Kertzer On Your Toes 4 ply in color 3200 Wild Print
Needles: US 0 dpn’s
Date Started: March 22, 2009
Date Finished: April 1, 2009 (yes, that was over a month ago. Shut up.)
Ravelry link.
This colorway, specifically when ending a point with either the [...]

April 14, 2009

Hyperventilation.

1. I love looking at scans of fancy-pants fashion mags that I will never purchase.
2. I love seeing knitting in unexpected places.
3. Knit-gasm:

Ack! I mean, they’re obviously not knitted letters – they’re cutouts. But still! Ack! This couldn’t wait for the next LoveFest.
EDIT: Found via Fashion Squad.

March 9, 2009

LoveFest: Paper wreaths, plying yarn, and video game street art

I found this tutorial through Bloesem, and I want to make dozens and dozens of these out of a book of poetry and then hang them among tea-lights and windchimes from the trees in my back yard.

I found this video, called Ask CRAFT: Plying Yarn at  craft, but it’s originally from make magazine. And it’s [...]

March 2, 2009

LoveFest: yarn baskets, crocheted stones, and golden crowns

On Bloglines, unarguably the best feed reader out there, users have the option to save posts. I have taken advantage of this option, but haven’t followed up. These little gems have been just waiting to be shown off. So I’m starting a new series on both of my blogs, to occasionally show off my favorite [...]