Amusing Yarns

Just one of many felted knits by Erica Hogenbirk.  Her line consists of home accents, jewelry, and bags.

Her etsy store is hogenbirk knitwear, and this is her blog where you can find a link to her Netherlands-based shop.

Forget subtle and demure, Annie Larson’s designs are a laugh-out-loud riot of colour and pattern.  Kinda refreshing, no?

Adult seal pelts by Iceland’s Vík Prjónsdóttir

And on that note, The Sealskin.

Seal Pelts by Iceland’s Vík Prjónsdóttir

Found this while browsing through the awesome image blitzkrieg that is bam bam.  The woman in this photo manages to look stylish, flirty, and amazingly, not like some insane knitting chick who wears her eclectic handknits all at the same time.  Even though she is doing exactly that.

okapiknits etsy shop

I really enjoy how this designer adapts knitting into her creations.  Here she uses strips of mousseline of increasing width knit in garter stitch to form the yoke of this top.  Some of her other designs explore the sculptural potential of knitting and crocheting while still maintaining wearability.

Lola Swings

Made to order by okapiknits through her etsy shop

This is my favourite of okapiknits’ “knitting canvases”.  The figure appears to break through the flat surface of the “canvas” as she swings out towards you, her little pigtails flying behind her.  And it’s knitted.  If only I were decorating a little girl’s room.

Cone of silk yarn.  Imagine the possibilities.

The “Baalaclava” by Anne-Marie Dunbar.  

I’m unlikely to ever knit this pattern, as amusing as I find it.  I can only imagine two possible scenarios in which I might wish to have this on hand but I never intend to visit anyplace that cold nor do I plan on holding up a bank.

Buy the pattern from her website or through her Ravelry page.

The “Octopus” shawl from Sweet Knitting’s Etsy shop.

CUT magazine, Issue 4 cover 

…one day, I’m going to get me some giant-size needles and knit Polyphemus a dish cloth.

UNRAVEL. Knitwear in fashion

From 16 March till 14 August 2011, presented by MoMu

Seems like everyone and their grandmas use Sandra Backlund’s work to represent avant-garde knitwear these days, so I initially thought MoMu’s choice for this poster was a little obvious but who could resist a Backlund creation on Tilda Swinton?  I never get tired of looking at Tilda, she is so terrifyingly beautiful.