It has been a while, but I am back in action and about to post some new work on Instagram in a few weeks so please be sure to follow me there. My new work …
The Magic That is Missoni
I would be remiss if I did not create at least one post about the iconic fashion house that is Missoni. I’m actually sort of kicking myself that it’s taken this long…
Molded by Xiao Li
Soon, art and fashion colleges across the world will unleash their creative monsters into the wild. Often you will see the most liberated and fresh work from recent college grads before they become jaded by …
8 Minutes in Helen Rödel’s World
Brazilian designer Helen Rödel has a self-titled line of crochet and knitwear that is equal parts colorful, fun, sexy, feminine and fashionable. Nope. Not an easy thing to pull off. Yep. I think she is all that and then some…
babyDEGEN Knitwear Kickstarter
I’ve meant to write a post about DEGEN for a while now and this is the perfect opportunity to do so with its current Kickstarter campaign in action for expansion…
Creating the Chanel Cardigan
Last year, one of the courses I took at F.I.T. was Knitting Machine 101. The studio was full of intermediate and advanced hand knitters, and we were all reduced to head scratching, frustrated novices with giant question marks over our heads…
No Idle Hands For The Devil Here
Recently, I came across a few articles online regarding how designer Raquel Guimaraes produces her line of hand-knit accessories. In-your-face headlines such as “Inmates Work for Fashion Designer…” or “Hardened Prisoners Knit Clothes for Time off Jail Sentence” will really grabs ones attention…
Sculpted Knits = Smart Knits
One of the more challenging aspects of knitting is when you want to sculpt a knit to conform to a specific shape, like a neckline going into a shoulder or…