Yarn Chevron

Yes, I'm chevron crazy. I post about it on the blog {here} and {here} most recently. And now I'm knitting in chevron too.

I get an email newsletter from a local yarn/knitting shop Stitch Cafe (which you should REALLY check out if you live in LA) - I couldn't resist when they emailed about this chevron pattern scarf!

I bought enough yarn for two scarves - one (that I'm currently working on) is green + blue. The other is pink + purple. Can't wait to share the final product!

Best of the Goods - Knit Me

For my final post of Best of the Goods - my two week long series featuring my favorite previous posts - I'm posting on the same subject as my very first post - knitting! I've been a knitting and crocheting fan for a LONG time and while I don't talk much about my craftiness on this blog, I find knitting such a wonderful way to meditate and relax. And it's a perfect subject to read about on a cold winter day (depending on where you live).

Here are some of my favorite knitting goodies: A knit clock from the Conran Shop





"Knit" candles from Anthropologie




A gorgeous knit shop, Lion Brand Yarn Studio in NYC (sorry I missed it on my last visit!)


Love these crocheted flowers, featured on Apartment Therapy.



And the very first goodie I ever posted, a knit vase from Etsy.

Knitting Bonanza!

It's raining out (a rarity here in LA), so my brain is focused on all things warm and cozy - hot cocoa, my puppy, pajamas, and knitting. I love this feature in Martha Stewart Living on this fabulous knitting shop, Lion Brand Yarn Studio, in NYC. Knitting seems to have been a passing fad here in LA, I have seen some of my favorite knitting shops close in the past few months... but if you are still interested in getting on the knitting train (and maybe joining in a little guerrilla knitting!) you should definitely check this shop out.

I love the look of walls of beautiful colored yarn.


The bright hues of these yarns are stunning!


They featured the pattern for this beautiful thick and cozy cowl. I would like to add a 25th hour to each day to give me some time to knit this!

Memories...

My very first post on this blog, on August 2nd, 2008, was about a guerrilla knitting group (yes, you read that correctly, guerrilla knitting group). Rather than graffiti the town with spray paint, they use knitting - a beauty and easily removable form of art.

I was touched that my husband remembered and sent me this article from CNN.com about current guerrilla knitting groups!

Here are some of my favorite images from the article:










A group of rebellious looking guerrilla knitters.




Maybe I'll knit a sweater for my station wagon? Or maybe I'll just stick to my dog...

Knitta, the Revenge!

While my own knitting projects have been derailed (by work, long evenings of playing RockBand, hand fatigue), that doesn't stop me from being a knitting fanatic. These crocheted flowers were recently posted on Apartment Therapy, though given my very first blog posting was on the subject, I have quite a warm spot in my heart for all things grandma-crafted. If I were in high school, I'd definitely rock one of these as my prom corsage.
You can get your very own at Suili's Craft Shop

Knitta!

So I know knitting is nothing new - we've all seen Julia Roberts and the likes knitting on set for years. In fact, it's old. My grandma still knits (but I'm not sure she ever cared that it was a trend, and she definitely made a face when I was buying my yarns from chi-chi boutiques rather than K-Mart) But I digress. I'm a huge fan of knitting, which is why I was so excited when my friend send me a link to a "Knitta, please" event in LA last year. This is a guerilla knitting group that "tags" all around the city with their knitting. There's something about renegade knitting that just makes me laugh.

They popped up in my head again when I saw this table setting by the Rockwell Group at this year's DIFFA event, as published in Domino Magazine. While I'm not sure that knit cozies for your glassware are terribly practical, I do love the glow of the light fixtures through the knit chandelier.

Finally, and maybe I'm just biased because the artist and I share the same name, but I love these knitware inspired vases as shown here at her Etsy store . Kind of reminds of of the ones Nana used to knit. (I think my dad still wears his)