There Was Just A Trace Of Sorrow In Your Eyes

Arizona Muse in Vogue España March 2011 providing me with some knitting inspiration

But I Like It

Super quickie Photobooth post.

These are some fingerless gloves I knitted up - kind of obsessed with.

(btw, impossible to pose hands in a picture without looking like a) a douchebag or b) totally awkward. I think I went with b.)

Also, you can kind of see that I finally dyed the tips of my hair blue. It's super faded in this picture, but I just redid it last night and between the fading and the new dye, the ombre thing looks excellent. I'll try to get another picture of it soon.

Don't Let No One Prove You Wrong

I've been in a bit of a funk lately and I haven't felt in a fashion blogging place, but I thought I'd at least share this:

This is a 1930s bathing suit that I came across online from one of my favorite vintage shops - Swift. I love the cutout and am going to use it as inspiration for a future knitting project. I'll let you know how that turns out (if and when I get a break from school stuff to knit finally!).

And here's a great song from Jenny & Johnny with some visual for a little inspiration.

Don't Quote Me Boy

Oh, yeah... I started a new knitting project! It MUST be winter break if I have time to knit. (finally!)

I'm not using great yarn on this first one, since it's kind of an experiment...

I'll show you how it turns out and include a pattern in case it actually ends up looking good once I'm done.

:)

I Don't Care About Clever, I Don't Care About Funny

This picture is why I love my best friend. This is 100% definitely going to be me when I'm 64.

Destroy My Sweater

I realize I am months late in hopping on along with this Raquel Allegra-inspired trend, but I had been rather occupied last semester getting my A in Environmental Law.


As a perpetual crafter, my room is littered with (mostly unfinished) DIYs and, as an avid knitter, in my opinion there can be no greater and liberating joy found than in destroying knitwear. So, last night plopped myself down in front of Conan O'Brien and took to a sort of big and unflattering AA shirt I never wore anyway. Here's my progress so far:

Just starting out

Almost done with the first panel

Crappy close up on my camera (I couldn't use flash since the shirt's white, so they were all coming out blurry)

I liked how the hem looked where I ripped out the seam - a little bit like perforated paper

First panel finished - it starts in the back but is sort of diagonal and goes up to my armpit

This project is pretty fun and therapeutic. Kind of relaxing to do in front of my Netflix Instant Play Beverly Hills: 90210, so at the risk of looking like I was on the losing end of a fight with Nancy Spungen, I think I'll continue with this... Maybe it'll make a good 4th of July outfit addition?

Buh-lood?

Bloodletting

Let it be known throughout the lands that I positively lurve to knit. So, naturally, I googled "avant garde knitting patterns" one day (I believe), and came up with this: It is a scarf knit with surgical tubing, which is then attached to the wearer. The persons blood pumps throughout the scarf, giving it its color. This is possibly the strangest, most disturbing, and absolutely, if you will, "bitchin'-est" thing I have ever seen in my life. Brought to you by mixed media artist Laura Splan. Definitely worth checking out her other projects if you like this kind of thing (ie if you are as morbid as I am).