There are many ways to show your passion about your hobbies but saying "I love craft" with a bit of body art is way up on the scale when it comes to hardcore craft passion.
I'm not sure whether I love the selection of knitting tattooes that crafty goddess Perri Lewis has dug up or if they make me want frown, shake my head and mutter "They'll regret that when they're older and it goes all wrinkly." Probably the former as, quite frankly, knitting is that cool.
There's also a fine selection of knitting-related tattoos on the Freakknitter blog here too.
Not sure I'll hopping under the needle myself but admiration for those who do. If you're going to love knitting it's an impressive way to tell the world.
The folks over at the crafty and delightful Miso Funky, a craft website and shop whose mission it is to produce "handmade things to funkify your life", have many dedicated followers as they continue on their mission to seek out funky craft. Some more dedicated than others.
An Argentinian fan of theirs has had their cute little cross-stitch robot mascots tattooed onto her robot-adoring skin.
The fan sent along a picture of the tattoos and explained that the robots symbolised a bit more than her love of the crafty robots, which is a bit of a relief.
You can see the explanation she sent to Miso Funky along with the picture on their blog and check out their funky craft stuff while you're there.
Makes me wonder what other crafty tributes there are out there lurking unseen. I'm almost afraid to ask.
Fido: four-legged friend, companion on long rambling country walks, eater of food that falls on the floor, barker at postmen, provider of yarn...eh?
I'm all for keeping your own alpaca if you have the acres. I think it's fine to have a hutch of carrot-munching angora bunnies lined up if that's your thing. Purling from your pooch though, I'd have to say it isn't an idea that strikes me as tempting. I have smelt several pungent hounds after they've rolled in 'something' and the idea of wearing a garment lovingly spun from their fur leaves me feeling itchy at the thought.
Lucky for spinners like Doreen A. Kelly, a yarn spinner from West Seneca in the shiny state of New York, some people don't have the hound hair hang up. Doreen reckons she's spun 20-30 different breeds of dog fur, and she has exhibited her skills at many a fibre fair.
You can see the whole story in this article for the Buffalo News. Maybe Doreen can help change your mind and you'll be out shearing your shitzu to beat the credit crunch before you know it.
Not sure I'll be joining you.
People seem to be jumping on the yarnstorming (or yarnbombing for those with more warlike leanings) bandwagon with wild abandon these days. I'm all for a bit of graffiti knit in the greyness of the chilly concrete city. However I'm not too sure about this.
A group called Sundogs were commissioned by Inverness Old Town Art to get crafty with their city and turn a few heads. Possibly with this one there'll be whole bodies spinning in their graves.
Still if you feel the pressing need to cover a tombstones in a bit of the knit you can find the pattern online and have a go yourself. Just don't come running to us when the zombies come for vengeance, ok?
With September just a week away, most of us are still holding out for an Indian Summer. But bearing in mind that it takes a bit of time to make stuff by hand, most crafters are already well into their fall projects, which of course means a big focus on all things spooky in time for a well decorated halloween!
Props to Plushoff for being the first on my radar to harvest a yarn pumpkin in advance of the holiday season. You can order it here for $20 and get a free Sunny Side Up egg with every order. Yum.
I can't help noticing that there seems to be an invisible divide in crafting - one that is not always acknowledged, but one that seems to make a massive difference to the sheer extent of a person's crafting ability. That divide is between those who were taught skills such as knitting, sewing and crochet in their childhood, and those who had to pick them up later in life.
Self-taught knitters are often no less talented than those who learnt at granny's knee, but in many cases the skills take far longer to acquire, and it can be frustrating watching someone who seems to be 'a natural', having churned out crafty creations since the age of four. So what do you think - does it make a difference learning at an early age, and should we all learn to knit, crochet and sew on buttons at school?
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I've long been aware that when it comes to crafting, boundaries simply do not exist. For the uninitiated, a quick dip into Monster Crochet will make this point loud and clear. But there are boundaries of decency that have not, until now, been crossed. And one of those might be the rendering in craft of acts of international terrorism...
These pieces, which aren't for sale, have divided commenters over at Boing Boing - there are the amused ("These rock!"), the offended ("Too soon!") and the considered ("Something about a huge tragedy makes everyone whip out their opinions. I think whimsy is a great response").
Jenny and Johnny created them as a "heartfelt piece of work", and although the Ryans come across as articulate and well-intended in the Boing Boing comments, personally I'm not at all sure what to make of it all. But I feel slightly uncomfortable, at least.
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