Knit Powers to Peace: just being fabulous

Thursday, July 20, 2006

just being fabulous

1. Yesterday I casually mentioned that I am in love with Mason Dixon's book. The picture above shows the planning stage of my next project. The yarn is Rowan Cotton Glace in the following colors: Zeal, In the Pink, Hot Lips, Pick and Mix, and Shoot. They aren't very neon in the photo, but they are positively flourescent in person.

I am going to turn those bad girls into a knitted tote using the polka dot stitch pattern in the picture on the right. The pattern is actually for a piano bench cover, but I don't have a bench. I do have a passion for pocketbooks though! I'll talk about this project more once it jumps onto my needles.

2. Did you see that Wenlan Chia is selling her Twinkle yarns online now? They look pretty, and it's cool to imagine that it's the same yarn that clothes tiny women on the runways. If you click on each of the colors, you can see one of her designs that she knit in that yarn, in that color. I really like her work, especially the bulky lacy details. The lace seems to detract from the bulk somehow.

I'm interested in seeing how the yarn is packaged. She doesn't show full balls of yarn on her site. I might order one ball of each yarn sometime to see what it looks like and feels like. I know of three of her designs that have been in knitting magazines: Seaberry Shell in IK Summer 06, the cover design of VK Winter 04/05, and the cover design of VK Holiday 2005.

Twinkle Designs that are in Knitting Magazines

She designs chunky garments. I wouldn't make the two Vogue Knitting ones, but I have made the Seaberry Shell and I love it. I haven't posted it yet, but when I get back to Arizona I'll take some pictures and write a little bit about it.

3. While I was doing the research for the last paragraph, I found the Vogue Knitting Fall preview. I love Grey, I love Fair Isle, and I love socks! I especially love these. Is that Fixation? I wish I had a copy of this magazine right now! I need it immediately! The cover of the Fall Knit.1 is on the Vogue Knitting home page, but as of right now the preview is not up on the Knit.1 website. I love the cover pattern though. What a cool humongous cable! I'm excited for these new magazines to come out.

4. I have a question about the pillows that I showed yesterday. I was thinking of having them close with buttons, but then I was worried that the buttons might fall off if I lean on them or snuggle with them or fall asleep on them. Plus, they might be uncomfortable somehow. My other option seems to be just sewing up the pillow on all sides, but I thought the button closure would make the pillows easier to clean, since I could take off the cover.

Does anyone have any input about pillows with buttons? Do the buttons ever pop off? Is there a more secure way to attach a button? Are some buttons more comfortable than others? Is there a better, easier, more secure closure than buttons? I'm listening (like Frasier).