woooo!
my sweater made it onto wenlan chia's website for twinkle's big city knits!
just click on 'view submissions' to see my skating sweater, and many more pretty twinkle creations.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
hiatus
I have been on a bit of a knitting hiatus lately. This is how I am with these things: I start a project and can't stop thinking about it, I work on it day and night until my fingers are sore, I constantly think about what I'm going to make next, and I buy lots and lots of yarn. But then... the lull. After finishing about half of my project, I get bored with making the duplicate pieces (the second sleeve, the front right, etc.) and put the knitting aside for a few weeks. Then, the whole cycle repeats itself and I end up with a lot of unfinished garments.
That being said, the Vogue dress is still in progress. I did start knitting the twisted flower socks from cookie a to work on while traveling.
Which brings me to the main reason I've been a bit absent from my blog - I have been traveling a whole lot lately. Recent trips include: Indianapolis for the Indy500 (which was wonderfully trashy and redneck in all the best ways), Chicago for job interviews, New York/New Jersey to visit family and to see my younger brother receive an art award, and I'll be back to Chicago tomorrow for more interviews and Maria Pinto's fashion show. Phew. Now do you understand why I've put the knitting aside?
New York was amazing. Because of my brother's art award, we got to go on private gallery tours, visit artists in their studios, and sit in on some very interesting lectures. A series of art pieces I really like, by Michele Pred, use items collected from airplane passengers by the San Francisco airport. Below are pictures of a chandelier made of scissors.
We also had plenty of museum time, which of course means that I was able to see the Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design!
Many knitters have criticized the exhibit for not actually having many knit/textile items, and I have to agree that I was disappointed as well. A lot of the pieces made out of porcelain and metals seemed a bit irrelevant and clumsy to me. But, there were some very beautiful lace fabrics made from interesting materials (rubber, bolts of fabric hand-cut with exacto knives), and a neat video installation.
Oh, and I also must take the time to say how AMAZING the apple store in NY is. I believe an appropriate comparison would be to the entrance of the Louvre in Paris. The store is itself a work of art!
What didn't I get to see in New York, you ask?
Purl soho.
:(
In other knitting news... I got an invitation to ravelry! Yes, yes. It IS wonderful. I have hardly had the time to really organize myself and add my projects and such, but I couldn't resist getting my page set up. Oh boy, another online social utility to obsessively check and update!
That being said, the Vogue dress is still in progress. I did start knitting the twisted flower socks from cookie a to work on while traveling.
Which brings me to the main reason I've been a bit absent from my blog - I have been traveling a whole lot lately. Recent trips include: Indianapolis for the Indy500 (which was wonderfully trashy and redneck in all the best ways), Chicago for job interviews, New York/New Jersey to visit family and to see my younger brother receive an art award, and I'll be back to Chicago tomorrow for more interviews and Maria Pinto's fashion show. Phew. Now do you understand why I've put the knitting aside?
New York was amazing. Because of my brother's art award, we got to go on private gallery tours, visit artists in their studios, and sit in on some very interesting lectures. A series of art pieces I really like, by Michele Pred, use items collected from airplane passengers by the San Francisco airport. Below are pictures of a chandelier made of scissors.
We also had plenty of museum time, which of course means that I was able to see the Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design!
Many knitters have criticized the exhibit for not actually having many knit/textile items, and I have to agree that I was disappointed as well. A lot of the pieces made out of porcelain and metals seemed a bit irrelevant and clumsy to me. But, there were some very beautiful lace fabrics made from interesting materials (rubber, bolts of fabric hand-cut with exacto knives), and a neat video installation.
Oh, and I also must take the time to say how AMAZING the apple store in NY is. I believe an appropriate comparison would be to the entrance of the Louvre in Paris. The store is itself a work of art!
What didn't I get to see in New York, you ask?
Purl soho.
:(
In other knitting news... I got an invitation to ravelry! Yes, yes. It IS wonderful. I have hardly had the time to really organize myself and add my projects and such, but I couldn't resist getting my page set up. Oh boy, another online social utility to obsessively check and update!
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