To Read Over Coffee #4
A collection of links from the past few weeks that I think are interesting/amusing/educational/insightful enough to read/watch/listen & think about over a cup of coffee (or out in the sunshine).
Make
Teresa over at Canary Knits is teaming up with Jean Chung of Candy + Bagel to host a Handmade Fashion Challenge! I love a good making challenge, and am going to try to participate (depending on how burned out I am after the self-made wardrobe project wraps up.)
Jean posted her Handmade Fashion Challenge Mini Collection plans.
Penny at Little Acorn Creations interviewed Beverly of PoMoGolightly about teaching, designing, and daily art making.
Knitsonik started a blog post series about swatching, which I can’t wait to follow!! I really enjoy swatching, and her swatches a pretty damn epic.
Fashion
O, The Oprah Magazine gave a stupid ass tidbit of advice on how to (or more specifically who can) wear a crop top, and the internet called them out.
And the xoJane’s staff also jumped on the crop top.
Other
“Kapadia’s documentary, at its finest, is not about any one woman. It challenges us, not to like Amy Winehouse better, but to change the way we look at women in pain. To stop making the jokes while these women are still alive, and while kindness can do something other than make us look good.”
“Can we just, like, get over the way women talk?”
“Asking women to modify their speech is just another way we are asked to internalize and compensate for sexist bias in the world. We can’t win by eliminating just from our emails and like from our conversations.”
From PoppetPlanet, “Happiness is a Choice is a Lie”
Which reminded me of the On Being interview with Thich Nhat Hanh, where Thich Nhat Hanh make the point that there can only be understanding, hope, and beauty in a world that includes suffering.
To Read Over Coffee #3
A collection of links from the past few weeks that I think are interesting/amusing/educational/insightful enough to read/watch/listen & think about over a cup of coffee (or out in the sunshine).
Keeping things short & sweet this week:
Most parts of a garment can be altered, the key to shopping and getting clothes to fit, is knowing which parts of the garment those are: “Shop like a seamstress” on xojane.
I think we can all appreciate why colorways vary from dye lot to dye lot – but why do colorways vary from base yarn to base yarn? Georgian Bay Fibre Company wrote a whole post about.
Serena Garcia Dalla Venezia makes stunning, organic, sewn art pieces. Serious go look at these!
A wonderful interview with Cecelia Campochinaro, the author of “Sequence Knitting,” a beautiful book that explores the process of repeating sequences of stitches with marvelous results.
“My guiding principles are first that the process must be simple, and second that the end product must be lovely. The balance between these two criteria is a fascinating puzzle.”
To Read Over Coffee #2
A collection of links from the past few weeks that I think are interesting/amusing/educational/insightful enough to read/watch/listen & think about over a cup of coffee (or out in the sunshine).
Making:
“When the word ‘craft’ loses it’s meaning” from the Craft Council of England
From the article: “Everywhere you turn now you’re sold a craft utopia. Artisan bread? Craft beer? Craft crisps? What, or who, is the consumer supposed to believe?”
As a maker, it’s easy to ask “who made my clothing?” but how often do you ask “where does my fabric come from?”
Karie Bookish with some thoughts on Written Instructions for Lace
From the article: “For the first time since I began doing this professionally, I am not going to offer written instructions but just a fully charted pattern. It has been a tough call to make (I know many people like written instructions) but I think it’s the right one.”
Clothing & Fashion:
Producing fabric is complicated, ethically & sustainable producing fabric is even more so. Alabama Chanin on organic cotton and their supply chain.
So Zo’s Thoughts on Organic Cotton – basically “organic” is complicated
A thoughtful addition to the cultural conversation around shoes, “Windows on the soul: why we buy shoes we’re never going to wear” from The Newstatesman.
From the article: “Unlike with a dress, a hat, a bag or even a corset, every individual’s relationship with shoes is indelibly personal. Once worn, a shoe receives the imprint not just of its owner’s sole, but arguably also her soul.”
“I lived my life like every fashion girl on instagram ever: In the end, I gained about 313 followers in two weeks—but hated almost every minute of it.” on xojane What does into taking instagram perfect pictures?
Other:
Bacon + Lingerie. Meet The World’s Oldest Person
“How Ballerina Misty Copeland became American Ballet Theatre’s First African-American Swan Queen” on Vanity Fair
Sidewalk Flowers on BrainPickings – little red riding hood reminds you to get off the phone and pick some sidewalk flowers
“The Power of I am” by Alexandra Franzen – who are you?
