pom-pom-pompons

Thanks to Bloesem for posting links to this gorgeous photo of the incredible pompons made by the dutch design duo Tweelink !!

Sarah Illenberger's brain

Sarah Illenberger's brain is made of yarn, and what a beautiful brain it is! She has other knitted organs too... very delicate.

fifteen minutes

Oh I'm so flattered! Someone submitted one of my crafty projects, the heat-resistant hair-iron cozy, to one of my all-time favourite websites: the Craft: blog ! So nice to hear someone found the idea useful.

Thanks, kind stranger. Together, we can cozy the world! Once I stop blushing.

knit(ting) robots

Yesterday I found out that a friend of mine is pregnant (yay!), and my first thought: now I have an excuse to knit Jess Hutch's plush robot toy! To find a picture, I googled the words "knit robot"... and wow, I found some funny things out there.

Here is the adorable robot I had in mind, on Jess' website: 

Here is a robot knit by the Knitting Physicist, complete with blinking LEDs:

 

And finally, Tim Johnson's knitting robot, made of lego! Courtesy of the Hook and I.