Dear Kay,
A giant high-five to Karen Templer of Fringe Association and Fringe Supply Co. for orchestrating Slow Fashion October, a brilliant, month-long exploration of fashion, clothing, and why we wear what we wear. To mark the end of this extraordinary month, here’s a short film that will really get you thinking: How India Recasts the Clothes the West Throws Away. You may think this is a tough topic, and it is, but I was fascinated by these women’s amused thoughts about the bales and bales of clothes they sort every day.
Rililie Speaks!
Oh, I do love a good Q & A with a designer. Here’s a fine chat with Rililie, of La Maison Rililie, who designed the Moroccan Nights pullover I’m knitting now. No, that’s not her real name. Yes, it sounds like I’ve got peanut butter stuck in my throat every time I try to say it. But wow, do I admire her sleek designs—including this batch of her freebie patterns.
Wendy Johnson Drives Us Crazy
The Crazed Scandinavian Cowl just out from WendyKnits may just send us over the edge. Is that I-cord? Must know the answer. Only $3 through October 31, $5 after.
Internet Wormhole of the Day
Start at Habu Textiles.
Dream about going yarn shopping in Japan.
Conclude it’s pretty far.
Return to Habu Textiles because it’s right there in your computer.
Discover a Habu sale on gold Madagascar silk cocoons: “The grand dame of silk cocoons from Madagascar.” Almost order them because it’s such a deal, never mind the fact that you don’t know what to do with a gold Madagascar silk cocoon.
Land upon the sublime Cashmere Mohair Cowl and lose all sense of perspective. Double-sided cashmere and mohair/silk. Examine the pattern, called Inside Outside Cowl, by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas. Ponder the Habu kit. Scurry off to search stash for Rowan Kid Silk Haze.
Pale green or vibrant tomato to go with the buff color cashmere? Help!
Tomato Juice on Airplanes
It’s true: we actually do like tomato juice more on an airplane. Thanks to Mary for providing the answer to why it tastes so good at 30,000 feet.
Southeast Animal Fiber Fest
Hello to friends who are attending one of the Southeast’s choice fiber festivals, the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, or SAFF. Wish I could hang out with teacher/dervish Franklin Habit, who’s teaching colorwork. If you’re in the Asheville, NC area, get over there by Sunday.
At Long Last, Facebook
We just created a Facebook page for Modern Daily Knitting. Overdue by about 13 years. We’ll be doing lord knows what over there, but it’ll be something, so I hope you’ll get over there and capital-L Like Modern Daily Knitting. It’s a rowdy group already, to be honest, so maybe you can get those people to simmer down.
The Most Haunting Books
In honor of Halloween, enjoy The Most Haunting Books, a juicy list crowdsourced by the readers of Modern Daily Knitting. A while back, we asked everybody for the most haunting book they had read. It’s a tidy PDF to download and affix to your refrigerator.
What are you going to be for Halloween? I’m going as my favorite Deadly Sin, Sloth. No costume required.
Love,
Ann
Speaking of brilliant: Sloth! LOL.
Checking my email (where this blog post waited) before I head out the door for SAFF. Wish y’all were going to be there, too!
I’m going to be a reclusive spinster knitter. Happy Halloween!
Please sign me up. I’m glad you’re back!
Definitely go with the tomato/buff combo!
Thank you for the heads up to Wendy’s cowl. The beautiful fair isle patterns will keep me from trying to find any others!
Thanks for sharing the beautiful patterns, and the interesting article about tomato juice… Fascinating! It came about as a fluke, but I’m taking Franklin’s class on Sunday!… And I’m just giddy with excitement!
Give Franklin a hug from us!
I also vote for the tomato and buff combo. I’m going to try and avoid the internet wormhole. (I’ll let you know how that goes.)
Tomato/Buff for sure.
Checked the Most Haunting list immediately for Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell… my most favorite goth-ish fiction and now a BBC miniseries. Book is full of fake, footnoted scholarship on the history of magic. Loved the mini-series so much, I dressed up as John Childermass, Confidential Man of Business, former pickpocket, and secret magician, for Halloween this year. Highly recommend both book and BBC version!
Love the Friday “Snippets” posts!
Wonderful costume idea. I will celebrate in a similar spirit.
Gee, thanks; now I’m obsessed with the Inside Outside Cowl as well . . .
Thank you for that film. It’s made me think quite a bit, but all I’ll say here is that the main woman’s smile was wonderful.
Ha, you can’t get away with the sloth costume if you’re knitting both a sweater and a scarf! I vote green, but green is my favorite color so I’m biased. Thanks for all the interesting patterns and links. The India documentary makes me never want to buy another piece of clothing again.
I hope you won’t give up the blog. I’ve never been on Facebook and have no plan to do so.
Tomato/Buff for sure. The green is lovely, but has no spark with the buff.
my vote is for pale green.
I’m not on facebook but my dog is. He’s not a fiber person, though.
I think most tomato juice at 30,000 feet has vodka in it…
Gotta go with green- I think that the similarity in color will result in an overall impression of a single very interesting shade.
minm
The Knitter’s Guide to Tokyo brought back wonderful memories of my six years living in Yokohama. I had a membership card to Yuzawaya, so got a discount if I bought more than ten skeins at a time. I still have 11 skeins of a beautiful Shetland wool, that varies from purple to green. And let’s not get started on the joys of Noro. Loft, Tokyu Hands, the fabulous 100 yen stores – bliss. I was a more casual knitter when I lived over there, though, and didn’t know that Japanese stitch pattern collections were a Thing, or that Habu yarn was fabulous. Oh well – I’ll know what to do when I go back to visit.
I’m just catching up after spending 2 partial (need i say glorious) days at SAFF. Took a class with Franklin this morning, lots of color theory, amd here you come with all these fair isle temptations. Now the proud owner of the Crazed pattern, I’m off to follow that inside out link…
Love that you’re back at it!
Loving it all. especially sloth. A little saddened, though, to discover I am not a Special Snowflake regarding my tomato juice while in flight habit. oh well.
Was so busy making the friar robe for the husband, the “fire guardian” vest & hood based on pinterest pic for son…put all of daughter’s flower hair clips in my hair (there were a lot) and called myself a garden.
Please sign me up! Thanks
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