What We Wore

Old timey photos of people in period clothing...fantastic.
What We Wore

I'm jonesing for this haircut again...

3D Patterned Hotpad Pattern: Crochet

Free pattern. The 3D flower structure of this crocheted hotpad is beautiful. {on Ravelry}

Moebius Knitting Cast on

Intro to Moebius Knitting, specifically the all important cast-on, demonstrated by the great Cat Bordhi.

Schiaparelli's Bowknot Sweater Pattern

Schoolhouse Press has links to the written instructions as well as the charts for Elsa Schiaparelli's famous trompe l'oeil Bowknot Sweater. Free of charge. Scroll down.

Wormspit

Oh wow...A Blog about Silkworms, Silkmoths, and Silk. This guy is spinning silk THREAD, y'all. Impressive.

Habu Stainless Steel Thread Review

Habu Stainless Steel Thread Review by Madame Penny Nickels. Entertaining and informative, and just a leeettle bit dirty...hehehe

Crocheted Guns

By Inger Carina.
From the "Starch It" Flickr Pool.

The Knitted Chair Project

Interesting project: transforming the boring plastic chair you see everywhere. Inspiration for knitting your own.

Aleksandra Gaca Textile Design

Aleksandra Gaca Textile Design:
...the 3D soundproofing wovens are so beautiful.

Prudence Mapstone Freeform Fiber Art

Beautiful new work from the preeminent practitioner of freeform fiber art, Prudence Mapstone.

Illuminati Poster Light | 2009

A free, poster sized, 3D lampshade pattern download, designed by Arash and Kelly. Not technically a textile, but I like it.

Fashioning Felt

Fashioning Felt an exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, is up until September 9th, 09. From the website:

"Fashioning Felt presents an extraordinary range of felt. From two-dimensional carpets to three-dimensional environments, each work reveals the virtuosity of both the material and the designers. The exhibition and book focus on felt that has been produced by traditional hand- or machine-felting processes; they exclude non-woven felt and techniques, in order to underscore the essential elements of feltmaking — wool fiber, agitation, moisture, and pressure.

Parasol Magazine

The beautiful debut issue of Parasol is available.

Parasol is a free, downloadable pdf magazine dedicated to featuring established and emerging designers and artists as well as segments on creative lifestyles and small business owners. Filled with interviews and some tutorials, I found it to be an interesting first issue, and look forward to more...

Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)

Susann Hajjar of Unikatissima Compilation of Tutorials has written a wonderful online Pattern Generator using Cellular Automaton.


There's also an incredible Maze Generator.


The {beautiful} graphs these programs generate can be used as knitting or crochet patterns or for lots of other techniques.