Hey, thank you all so much for the great responses on this week’s Q for You — it was really striking to see so many comments begin with “I learned from my mom …” — and for all the fantastic suggestions in response to my plea about camel-colored yarn yesterday. You’ve reminded me of several great yarns I was overlooking, and also suggested a couple I hadn’t heard of before. So I’ve got some research to do!
Not a lot of links this time around, but good ones—
– Life goal: Edinburgh Yarn Festival (official site)
– This guy
– A brief history of long underwear (which is even more fascinating and relevant than it sounds!)
– How can Lidl (or anyone) sell jeans for £5.99 … ? Say it with me …
Speaking of yarn festivals, this time next week we’ll be at Stitches South here in Nashville, where we’re sharing a sort of mega-booth with Camellia Fiber Company — we’re booth 503/505 and Rebekka is 507. We’ll also have a couple of special guest yarns in our booth (details tba), along with the full array of Fringe Supply Co. goods! DG has been working his fingers to the bone getting us ready; I’m en route to Atlanta today for some provisions; we’re finalizing booth plans on Monday, setting up on Weds/Thurs; and we have a very exciting announcement to make here on Thursday (first day of Stitches) that is not just for Stitches attendees. So it’s big fun times around Fringe HQ right now. We hope to see a bunch of you at the show — make a beeline for 505, and be sure to say hello!
Have a happy weekend—
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PREVIOUSLY: Elsewhere
Photos from @loritimesfive and the Met via Fiber Archive
Where can we get sweater pattern?
I found it on Ravelry.
I guess I am blind as I could not locate name of sweater to look up. Anyone have the link?:)
Ryðrauð
by Steinunn Birna Gudjonsdottir
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ryrau
I think the Lidl link is broken. For anyone who’s curious, it looks like this is probably the article: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/13/lidl-jeans-bangladesh-worker-pay-23p-an-hour
On Revelry under Steinunn Birna:)
I too googled the Lidl link and found the Guardian article. Heartbreaking and infuriating. :(
There’s also this article/breakdown of the ridiculousness of those jeans (and others like it): http://fashionrevolution.org/denimosity/
This is going deep into childhood primal girl mind, but the long underwear article reminds me — in a move I didn’t know was radical, Louisa May Alcott advocated that kind of clothing system in _Eight Cousins_.
Great links! Thank you and YES I SEW!!
Thank you for the links! Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the link, Karen! I love your blog and am honored to make a small appearance here. xo, Lindsay
are you planning on going to stitches midwest?
I don’t have any current plans to be there this year, but am not entirely ruling out the possibility just yet!
okay cool!!! I know you’ll let us all know if you plan on going, I’m just fantasizing about touching the canvas bags in person lol
I LOVE “that guy” and Iris! Thanks for the links!
Isn’t he fantastic?
He is awesome. I want his jeans. His Instagram is amazing, and so is the Cloth House!