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I'm happy to share a discount link for you all for my Craftsy class, Fair Isle Fundamentals. Save 50% off the full retail price of my class (cannot be combined with other coupons or discounts) from November 1st through January 15th. Follow the link here to download!
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Get that holiday knitting started!
This is one of the coolest things I have seen. It looks like my yarn stash when it begins to take over the house! Original article found here.
Tatiana Blass, “Penelope” (2011), carpet loom, wool yarn, chenille at the Chapel of Morumbi. Photos by Everton Ballardin
In 2011, Brazilian artist Tatiana Blass pierced the walls of a Sao Paulo chapel with large masses of red yarn, letting the bright material trail into the surrounding grasses, landscape, and trees. The installation, titled Penelope, was named after Odysseus’s wife in Homer’s Odyssey, a character who kept herself away from suitors while he was at war by weaving a burial shroud by day, and secretly taking pieces of it apart at night.
Inside the chapel the work continued with a 45-foot-long carpet leading to a loom into which it was stuck. Immaculate on one side of the loom and in pieces on the other, strings of the dismantled rug traveled outside of the chapel through preexisting holes that made their way into the yard. The piece, just like the epic poem, leaves us to wonder whether the work is in a state of construction or unraveling, if the carpet is being built, or slowly torn apart.
Penelope, before and after 6 months
I've never been a huge fan of felting, except when it's done right. Check out the whimsical and amazing felted wool sculptures by Ukranian artist, Hanna Dovhan below! Talk about getting it right! Original article found here.
by Rūta Grašytė
If there’s anyone who can make food look absolutely adorable – it’s Hanna Dovhan.
The Ukraine-based creative artist is known for making adorable felted food dolls. We previously showed you her ‘Avocado Love’ dolls, but now ‘Egg Love’ caught our eye. Featuring two perfectly made egg halves, the dolls can be displayed apart or together, forming the cutest hug.
You can find ‘Egg Love’ and other felted friends by Dovhan on Etsy.
I've been on a major cross-stitch binge lately. I'm working on a top-secret Christmas present for someone who reads my blog (so I won't say anything further) and have a few smaller pieces in my queue for the baby's room. I am a major puzzler - give me a 5,000 piece puzzle, a mug of peppermint tea and leave me alone for hours. I find cross-stitch comes from the same vein since you work one color and it looks like nothing, then add in another and you start to see shapes taking place, add in a few more and before you know it you have a beautiful piece that comes together in the end like magic. I came across this article recently about cross-stitch as street art in Spain by artist Raquel Rodrigo. I'd love one of these climbing across the front of my house! Original article found here.
We’d like to introduce you to Raquel Rodrigo, a Spanish artist and set designer who is also adding her own colorful touch to Spain’s streets by turning them into beautiful floral cross-stitch installations.
The Valencia-born artist makes her pieces by wrapping thick rolls of string around wire mesh. She prepares them in advance and then unrolls them at her chosen location to bring a dash of color and creativity to the surrounding area. As cross-stitch patterns are generally found on things inside the home, her public installations create an eye-catching contrast to the urban landscapes in which they exist.
More info: Raquel Rodrigo
