Category Archives: crafty

Stefanie Japel design workshop

update: I am not attending this workshop after all due to injury. Forgot it was posted so I’ll add this note instead of just deleting it.

I was very excited about the possibility of studying the Art of the Reliquary with one of my all-time favorite sculptors, Novie Trump, this weekend.

Then a spot opened up in Fibre Space’s design retreat with Stefanie Japel, which I’ve also been wanting to do forever.

This is a sweater I made from one of Stefanie Japel’s patterns:

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I picked the design retreat, but I still want to take one of Novie Trump’s workshops in the future.

A horse is a horse, of course, of course

Old Town Alexandria is full of landmarks. One of these is a life-sized fiberglass horse that proudly stands in the bed of a classic pickup truck on King Street in front of the Hard Times Cafe.

Last night we were driving home and we noticed the horse was sporting what looked like knitted clothing. We suspected he’d been yarn bombed, but it was too damned hot to get out of the car to investigate further, the DC area currently being hotter than the surface of the sun and all. I did snap a picture out the car window to post on facebook for the amusement of my knitting friends.


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Today, the horse was nowhere to be seen. Danielle stopped by Hard Times to get the scoop and learned that the Cafe hadn’t dressed the horse up, so our speculation about a yarn bombing was spot-on.

This evening I was at the store chatting with Danielle when another customer sent her a message that the horse at Hard Times was sporting some mighty swanky knitwear. We grabbed a camera and took a stroll to see for ourselves. Danielle posted about what we found, complete with much better pictures than I took last night.

Holy wow!

Dr. Birdcage just sent me a link to extraordinary artist Shauna Richardson’s crochetdermy site and all I can say is WOW!

Dr. B and I are both coveting this fine object, which I believe would make the perfect wedding present for my brother, who is of course the commander of the U.S. Government’s Super-Secret Monkey-Dinosaur Army.

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That image is from this page – it should go without saying that this image is owned by Shauna Richardson and that you should visit her site immediately and behold her genius.

Destiny

Destiny is a funny thing.

Is there such a thing as destiny? How do you know what your destiny is? Can people recognize their own destiny, or do they need someone else to provide a sign? Who can help you find your destiny?

I can. I can help you to recognize your destiny, because I’m just that good.

Don’t believe me? Let’s take the example of Danielle, owner of Fibre Space.

Danielle might have thought that her destiny was to liberate the world from inferior fibers and ill-fitting garments and unleash the creative impulse inside everyone who crosses her path at her splendid oasis of mid-century modern craftiness.

She’d have been be wrong.

Until recently, in fact, Danielle had no idea that her destiny was to set a world record for the longest scarf knitted while running a marathon dressed as a fruit or vegetable.

Now she knows.

What’s your destiny? I’m here to help.