Monthly Archives: July 2008

blocks, banjos, and metal!

for pete’s birthday i carved these two music recording gear lino blocks and printed a bunch of shirts – 7 to be exact. 4 with those and 3 banjo shirts, including this one which is actually embroidered, not printed, that i posted about on threadbanger a few days ago. wanna see them all? ok! blockContinue reading “blocks, banjos, and metal!”

japanese craft book overload

i’ve had a superfun last couple of days! on thursday i was lucky enough to get to hang out with diane and rachel all afternoon, fun times! diane took us to the amazing kinokuniya bookstore inside uwajimaya in beaverton. that’s not even all the craft books! so, backing up, i had listened to diane’s podcastContinue reading “japanese craft book overload”

new leethal recycley fun stuff!

so you may have seen my threadbanger post a couple weeks ago about melting vintage knitting needles into jewelry… well, if you don’t want to try it out yourself, i now have my store stocked with necklaces and bracelets! each necklace comes with a custom matching recycled paperclip + vintage beads stitch marker pendant, andContinue reading “new leethal recycley fun stuff!”

skirt from recycled shirt sleeves!

i have been super crafty the last few days! i made this skirt this morning (i actually started it months ago and put it on hold until last night when i found it while cleaning up the studio) and then i started to finish a second skirt that had been set aside, and i gotContinue reading “skirt from recycled shirt sleeves!”

turning boring shirts into superawesome custom shirts!

i’ve been having some fun with printing! two of my brothers had birthdays in the last month, so i got them plain thifted shirts onto which i custom printed some of their favorite things… first, for ben, the dj basketball player (birthday+graduation so 2 shirts): the scratching and the bball are freezer paper stencils madeContinue reading “turning boring shirts into superawesome custom shirts!”

short-rows wavy hat class!

next saturday i’m teaching a class on my short-rows wavy hat pattern at twisted. and look, it works great in cotton! the class is listed as intermediate, but i think it’s a perfect project for an adventurous beginner – someone who is comfortable with knit and purl but doesn’t necessarily know anything else. i thinkContinue reading “short-rows wavy hat class!”

diy rebellion and fibery things

in celebration of the 4th, i did a short post yesterday for threadbanger about revolutionary knitting, and i want to get into it a little more here. i’ve been reading a lot about the history of knitting and spinning lately (here and here and here and here and more) and one of the most interestingContinue reading “diy rebellion and fibery things”