at last . . . warm ears

our sartorial-minded friend (you know, the one that commissioned us to knit somerset) has been hounding us for the past 2 years to make him a pair of splendid earmuffs.  of course, he didn’t wear the over the head variety . . . the ear muffs had to be the sort that went behind one’s neck.  when we actually set about the task, it took us about 6 months to track down a “behind the neck” ear muff frame supplier . . . but we did and…

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sheep of steel super speedy beret

it’s a bird! it’s a plane! it’s our super speedy sheep of steel beret!  we opened our box of sheep of steel twisted bobbles handspun yarns yesterday and got straight to work.  we knit the entire 36 row beret in about 2.5 hours — no doubt less time than it would take to walk to madison avenue, battle the crowds, and buy a beret (much needed these days, given that it’s FREEZING in NYC!).   irem, the british textile artist that spins each skein by hand,…

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