sweaters

Elementary Fashion …

[Translate] You might all remember the stir that was created when Lucy Liu wore that fabulous scarf/cowl on the show Elementary a few weeks back. (Check my pattern Elementary or look back a few posts if you don’t know what I mean). Well, I have to tell you that tonight’s episode has firmly implanted her in my mind as the best dressed actor on television. She was a veritable smorgasbord of fashion – a perpetual runway displaying one fab piece/pieces after the other. Curious – every coat she wore tonight was double breasted! I love that! Not only that, […]

Happy New Year!

[Translate] Wow, where did 2011 go? It seems another year is over and time to start another one. More knitting – yeah! I’ll also be celebrating a full 2 years of having this site next month! Another yeah! So I guess the big thing to do is set some resolutions, right? Well, truthfully, I’m not a big one for resolutions. I like to set goals during the year and then when I reach those I set new ones. I know it sounds like resolutions, but the fact that you don’t do them on the 1st day of the year […]

More Alice!

[Translate] My knitting library has a new favorite item – Alice Starmore’s Aran Knitting. If you knit regularly and even pick up a catalogue or two over a season, you’ll probably have heard that Alice Starmore was releasing an updated copy of her very popular Aran Knitting book. If you didn’t know or haven’t heard, Alice Starmore has released an updated copy of her very popular book – Aran Knitting. It is as amazing as the first one – because it is the first one – but with MORE Alice, MORE Star, MORE Alice Starmore. I was lucky enough […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

[Translate] Hello and welcome to another installment of Tuesday’s Tips – where I try and make your knitting experience “knot” so painful. Yeah, that’s bad but I’m sure you wouldn’t want to see it in the Friday Funnies ;-). So this week all the tips are about pushing your boundaries a bit – learning new things. Some of these tips can transition over into other parts of your life as well. Here we go. Get a Library Card – I know that’s not a knitting tip (or it doesn’t seem like one), but it really is. If you really […]

April Fools!

[Translate] It’s amazing what people will believe – isn’t it? Yes, sometimes it’s because the hoax is a very cleverly constructed one, but most of the time it’s because I think people deep down have an inborn naivete that makes mob pranks easier. April Fool’s Day is a perfect opportunity to put such a theory to the test, and apparently, quite a few well known organizations try to do just that every year. With amazing success, I might add. I’m amazed by the number of pranks the BBC has pulled off in the past and can’t wait to hear […]