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…
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,…
we cut our holiday gift list down to size this weekend with some speedy faux fur throws! these are so simple to make and feel all sorts of soft, silky, fuzzy and all around amazing! these throws have excellent drape. . . here they are making our favorite club chair a bit more inviting (and a wee bit more posh too!) we had so much fun making them, that we whipped one up for the kid too! . . . if you look really carefully,…
we’re having a bit of a baroque embellished moment . . . and have accordingly fallen head over heels over this highly ornate scallop knitting pattern from an old knitting book. knit with our latest joie de cashmere yarn, jacqueline has just enough sparkle to be worn from day to evening. we’ve draped it around an evening gown . . . but it looks really chic paired with a rugged biker jacket! (we have one on order . . . so as soon as it…
when you have one of these . . . everything you think you’re going to accomplish, kind of comes to a halt or at least slows to a snail’s pace. baby monstaa / holiday elf / ‘lil cupid has figured out how to crawl and cruise, leaving a bit less time than we had predicted for finishing projects. we started this pint-sized bateau top for him back in march, thinking that he could wear it on a family trip to france. of course, that didn’t…
it’s safe to say that we’ve been obsessed with this season’s mint and lemonade color combinations. it’s been popping up everywhere, and we’re SMITTEN! so much so, that for the last few days, we put all other projects on hold, picked up our needles, and started to knit a mint lemonade blanket in moo cotton that baby can use in warmer weather.
cu•pid (’kyoo-pid). noun [usu. as object] is a quick little project, resulting in a pair of baby booties featuring fun fun fun pom poms. Cupid is knit on dpns in two pieces. The front flap is knit on its side and sewn on. pattern below . . . happy valentine’s day to all!
baby monstaa / holiday elf has morphed into cupid for valentine’s day. . . he’s sporting some toasty booties topped with fun fun fun heart shaped pom poms. pattern coming soon . . . available here.
baby monstaa has stopped by the studio again, this time posing as a holiday elf! pattern and more photos below . . .
skiddle dee daddle, skiddle dee doo! a few things in the works as we go knitting and purling into the new year . . . this is ‘lil blake . . . knit with clever camel in honey cream this is miranda . . . constructed out of qualità cashmere (lilac orchid) this is cordelia . . .done up in minkle (twinkle in the fog) patterns & colour coming soon!