Plush you: Fiber Arctic opened 12 June, Schmancy’s Arctic fiber artists – with an environmental theme – fiber and plush artists (using the delicate art of embroidery and needle felting) look at the effects waste in our society has had on the Arctic.

Artists include Jenny Hart, Vivienne Strauss, Coco Howard, Moxie, Heidi Kenney, Nicole Licht, and Becky Stern – and more [images from Nicole Licht (right) and Heidi Kenney (left)]

SWEET notecard template and tutorial. Link.

Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines: Patterns, Stories, Pictures, True Confessions, Tricky Bits, Whole New Worlds, and Familiar Ones, Too by Kay Gardiner and Ann Meador Shayne. Potter Craft (September 16, 2008).

Comforting and funny and real and honest, gorgeous and clever and wise. An excellent sequel to the Mason-Dixon first knitting book, this one carries on where that one left off – including silly and whimsical among serious and clever. Check out the Ravelry page for this book to get an idea of all the patterns – most of them seem to be in Ravelry with quite a few images from knitters who have made up the patterns.

With coats, sweaters, socks and dresses there is a lot to choose from and you may well want to knit them all. With the help of Kay and Ann’s usual wit and excellent explanations – try the Kiki Mariko – fair isle rug which is knit as a tube then steeked, and cut after felting. Or the Liberty rug, also knit as a tube and then steeked.The Golightly Gloves are fun – a new version of Blu baby pants is included in the book – but you can get the original pattern on knitty.com

LOVE this. I love her explanatation “I’ve never measured the size….I cut them according to my mood”. Awesome. I believe Mai also sews these by hand. Wowzers, neat work! Link.

Sweet, quick project. Link.

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lovely tutorial for this lovely drawstring bag with french seam.

here is a tutorial to turn a set of cloth placemats into an expanding file - perfect for keeping your crafty papers.

Awesome resource for paper dolls and super cute. Link, via Craft:

most creative people I know keep a note book or visual diary of some sort – sometimes its online – but I love the feel of pen and paper. For me – its a hodge podge of sketches, and notes – I rarely take the time to stick in ephemera – but when I do it triggers ideas. My note books from my Uni days are filled with a visual feast of ideas – and while I do collect a lot of ephemera I rarely have the time to do anything with it.

I love the article from design observer about his notebook obsession – some lovely truths – I really related to it. [via craft]