Nathan dropped his favorite vest into the wash by accident, and when all was said and done, it came out shriveled like a prune and about 5 sizes too small. bizarrely enough, a simple men’s vest matching Nathan’s specifications is rather hard to find in stores these days. we decided to knit him a replacement, using our luxurious cashmere.
we named Elif after a literary friend of ours who weaved together a blindingly brilliant and hysterically funny novel about growing Turkish in American and researching Russian literature as a chosen profession. somehow she lyrically pieces together and achieves a mesmerizing eloquence about all her disparate and chaotic life experiences. with that in mind, when dreaming up Elif we mixed together wavy lines, trapezoids, squares, dew drops, textural lace patterns and color in a way that speaks to us. we like to think of Elif…
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens; Brown paper packages tied up with strings; These are a few of my favorite things. – Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers, My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music
nyc shoppe windows abound with ikat patterns these days, which gave us the idea to create Ziggy, a basic ikat patterned cushion knit using the intarsia technique.
hello buttonholes! we’ve posted a step-by-step photo illustrated tutorial on the one-row buttonhole we used in our Ziggy pattern. it’s a bit more complicated than the basic yarnover buttonhole, but a lot sturdier! practice the buttonhole a few times and it will become second nature to ya! (note: click read the rest of this entry for the tutorial)
we designed roger (a bowtie) & somerset (a necktie) for a mighty dapper friend of ours. we’re making them available in our pattern library in case you’re looking to knit dad something handmade and unique for father’s day on june 19th
Don’t throw the pa-ast away You might need it some rainy day Dreams can come true again When everything old is new again – Peter Allen, Everything Old is New Again lyrics THE LO-DOWN indian cross stitch is one of those stitches that we consider a minor miracle. it’s the same on both sides, works up quickly and is quite a bit easier to execute once you get the hang of things than it may seem. we’ve provided a step-by-step tutorial to illustrate the tricky…
the stitch crossing rows (6 & 12) of indian cross stitch can be a bit sticky. we’re showing you in pictures in case our written instructions don’t make any sense!