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Fashion Friday: Haute Couture

September 7, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment FashionInspirations

This is from the Guardian in February of 2016, but a costumer friend of mine just shared it with me. Here's your hit of gorgeous French haute couture for the day. It's the Dominique Sirop Collection at the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia. Follow ...

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Pandapalooza!

May 29, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment Free PatternInspirationsKnittingMake It Your Own

Rusty the red panda beanie baby watches over the little red and giant pandas. It's another free pattern based on toys from Rebecca Danger's 50 Yards of Fun. These little guys were made for the Boston area NaNoWriMo group. NaNoWriMo (aka National No ...

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I Blame Hansi Singh OR Why I Knit Toys

May 25, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment InspirationsKnittingOrigin Stories

Hansi Singh's "Amigurumi Knits" - The book that started it all About eight years ago, I found the book "Amigurumi Knits" by Hansi Singh. Singh's tagline for her work was "knitting the peculiar" and this book lived up to it - black devil anglerfish, pr ...

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I Blame Ruffles OR Why I Make Dinosaurs

May 13, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment InspirationsKnittingOrigin Stories

The Triceratones: Ruffles (center), Flourishes (left) and Timpani (right) In my world, toy triceratopses are herd animals. It started with Ruffles, who was a birthday present from my friend Scott over a decade ago. I soon realized I had another tri ...

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Animal Luchadores

May 5, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment Free PatternInspirationsKnittingMake It Your Own

Puerco Verde, Chorizo Piquante, Gatotastrophe and Perro Caliente (l to r) wish you a Feliz Cinco de Mayo It's Cinco de Mayo, so here's a free pattern for you. A few years ago, I found Rebecca Danger's 50 Yards of FunĀ  and immediately began knitting ...

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