Documentário Helen Rödel - Estudos MMXI takes you behind the scenes of the making of some of Helen's most amazing pieces where the art of crochet is much more than just a means to an end.
Helen says:
"Making the pieces requires a lot of concentration. It moves so much energy. It is as if the brain was split in two. One part coordinates the handiwork and the other the free flow of thoughts. I like to think about the amount of thoughts and ideas that inhabit each stitch."
It's an inspiring video to watch and fascinating to see how such amazing fashion comes together.
Ever wondered what Little Red Riding Hood's granny might knit up for her wolf-wrangling granddaughter? What woolly whale of a crochet Captain Ahab might have worn to keep out the ocean cold? Or what Madame Defarge would have stitched while waiting for heads to roll?
Tongue-in-cheek fiction-meets-stitching book, What Would Madame Defarge Knit?, might just have the answers. With knitting and crochet patterns for the likes of Dorothy's ruby slippers (in both glorious technicolour red and monotone grey) and tentacle-inspired Cthulhu socks. There's even a template for Peter Pan shadow puppets for those who aren't up to stitching yet.
The book, put together by Heather Ordover of the CraftLit podcast and Shannon Okey of Knitgrrl is published by independent Cooperative Press. It's available as an ebook, in printable form or as a shiny limited edition hardcover.
Yarnbombing, yarnstorming, knitting graffiti or fibre street art. Whatever you call it it's a tradition that is popping up in all corners of the world and making more waves than ever before. But how did it all begin?
The team are asking you to help keep an independent film on a craft phenomenon rolling and you'll be rewarded too. Not only will you get a warm fuzzy feeling, there's also the chance to be credited in the final cut. If you can't help with cash there are other ways to help .
Give a little, give a lot. Help the cinematic storytellers proudly take craft to the big screen.
'Is Big Society Working?' is a question concerning everyone in the UK. To illustrate this a public art project has been launched to try to answer that question and show the impact of the government's budget cuts on real people.
Creating a new version of the Union Jack Flag in the coalition's colours by hand, the project aims to add in 'stitched stories' onto the fabric. You can help them stitch or simply tell you story.
Thump. Thump. Thump. What is that noise? Well, it's either the sound of the Easter Bunny hopping toward Craftberry Bush, the maker of these rather lovely Craft Thread Eggs, to invite her show him her egg decorating skills, or it's the noise of said maker wrestling with decisions about what's expected from a craft blog.
Either way the eggs are fabulous and proof that Craftberry Bush should keep right on crafting and blogging. Eggcellent craft (sorry).
KnitHerStory saw the work of German fibre artists Betina Aumair, Antonia Wenzl and the Strickistinnen yarnstormed across the city of Vienna, Austria to voice their views on women's issues.
The collecting bug is something that us crafty folk are often prey to. We'll hoard pipecleaners or stash fabulous thimbles. There's no shame in it if we all do it, right?
Latin-American fashion designer Helen Rödel is the creator of some astounding handmade fashion, but it's what's behind the fashion that makes it so fabulous.
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