Sea Stuff

Helle Jorgensen is one of the artists in the Lost at Sea show. She cuts strips from plastic shopping bags and crochets them into beautiful

nature-inspired objects.

You can check out more of her work here (and you really should).

Also, if you're in NYC, Lost at Sea is going on until June 11th so you

have lots of time to go admire all of the amazing work.

Lost at Sea

Hey!

If you live in the New York area you should really consider going to the opening of the Lost at Sea show at Gallery Hanahou tonight. Tons of different fiber and plush artists have contributed to the show and I think it's going to be really inspiring and fun.

The opening reception is from 7-9 and if it's like the other openings I've been to at Hanahou, the work will be amazing and the free champagne will be flowing. See you there!

Springtime Bonfire

My new apartment has a backyard and a fire pit. It's really special.

I can sit and look up at the stars (the four or five that are visible) and pretend to be somewhere else.

I'd like to share photos of the inside of my new place soon but I never seem to remember to take photos when it's clean...

Yarn Talk

Remember that yarn I was talking about spinning a while back? It's done! Probably... And it's insane. Technicolor rainbow yarn and tons of it. The whole ball is as big as.. like... a really big grapefruit... or something like that.

Norel was over a few days ago and saw the mostly-completed stuff and got very concerned that I was going to make some sort of rainbow article of clothing that I would wear around. It took a couple minutes to assure her that the product of this silly yarn (slipper socks) will not be leaving my apartment.

Miles and Miles

A while back I made some yarn. It was blue wool that I Navajo-plied and I thought it was pretty and I posted about it here.
But this yarn just sat and sat and I tried knitting some mitts but they were kind of itchy and looked weird... So I sent the yarn to Pluckyfluff to be a part of the giant skein of handspun yarn in her Handspun Revolution show in Norway. Videos are being posted to show the progress of the project and it's crazy! So many people donated yarn. An estimated 10.5 miles of yarn. All of it hand-spun. So neat!

Spring!

All I can think about these days is warmer weather, dresses, sandals, sunglasses, ice cream cones... and uh... wool.

I've been spending a lot of time in Central Park, especially by the Harlem Meer and in the Conservatory Garden. It's all really incredible right now.

I've also been working on turning this big box of fluffy stuff (the Phatfiber March box) into sock yarn. I almost can't believe I'm spinning sock yarn. I used to tell myself that I would never knit socks. I just thought they were too silly, too expensive, too time consuming. But I felt like I had to try it just once.... And they didn't turn out quite right so I had to try again. And I love wearing my hand-knit socks (they are really are comfy).

So, I guess I've come to terms with liking to knit socks.... But taking hours to spin wool into a ton of yarn and then hours and hours to knit the yarn and then in the end all you've got is a pair of silly looking socks? Yes. That's exactly what I'm doing. And for some reason... I really like it.

My Estelle

I'm knitting my first sweater! Well, it's my first adult sweater. The first one that I really really intend to finish...

It's the Estelle by Linden Heflin and it's available on Ravelry here. The cardigan is knit in one piece from the top down. I feel like it has just the right amount of lace at the neckline and then the body is all mindless stockinette stitch. Also, the yarn (Araucania Nature Wool) was on sale for half-off so I only spent about $30 for the materials!

I know it's silly to be working on a wool sweater that I'll finish when it's hot outside but well... that's just how it worked out.