virginia kraljavic

i came across the illustration of new-york artist, virginia kraljavic

after being severely charmed by her personality + her sweater 
in this etsy symposium video

 i highly recommend watching this 

if you are interested in the world of making/selling

funny & cute & clever & fun

see more + buy from her website

giant pom

i had a vision, to string up a grand amount of pom-poms

in the space up our up-coming POP-UP shop

then i considered the amount of time i have to get ready for this sale

in relation to the amount of work i have to do (hahaha)

next followed the dream of making one GIANT POM

to hang like a chandelier in the middle of the room

i did some research on how to accomlish this

and i came across this gem:

my dream pom!! made by chicago based artist, ellen nielsen

she made this video showcasing the pom machine she constructed to realize the work

its not a full tutorial, but an idea of where to start in order to save time 

or i suppose i could make a giant version 

of the classic pom-pom diy

full diy found here

toronto hyperbolic crochet reef

toronto hyperbolic crochet reef

is a collective project of endless crochet for the city of Toronto:

inspired by dr. daina taimina's work in hyperbolic crochet

& the projects of the institute for figuring in LA

the toronto reef is one in a great confluence of reefs worldwide

the reef is run and mostly built by

angelune des lauriers, shannon gerard, kalpna patel, and becky johnson, 

but remains open to coral contributions from anyone in the city

 

the reef is not currently exhibiting

the next project

the bobble blanket from the nearsighted owl

 a fresh beautiful crochet pattern for fall

this week i will crochet my way to montréal and back

a good lamp

lighting is everything

... yesterday i splurged and bought myself a plumen bulb

next i could really love having an ana kraš bonbon lamp

evas return

a couple of christmas' ago my niece brook asked me to knit her cat a sweater

her cats name is eva, and this cat sweater 

was a prototype for the one i actually gave her

it fits fraidy perfectly

halloweenie

part one                                   part two