Knitting News Links - June 11 2007

Top prize for knitting Nick
BBC - June 11 2007

A Kingswood student has won a major fashion prize for his designer knitwear. Nick Thomas, who studied at the University of the West of England, has won the top prize at River Island Graduate Fashion Week.

...Nick’s collection is aimed at the high-end market. “My inspiration comes from all things British like hounds tooth patterns, wool, paisley and Fairisle. A visit to Tyntesfield this year also informed my palette choice of Farrow and Ball looking colours,” said Nick.

Nick's collection includes tailored wool trousers with unusual sock extensions and knitwear designs featuring floral patterns based on agapanthus, circles, stripes and an adaptation of tradition paisley and Fairisle patterns decorated with accessories including fabric buttons. [more]

Talk of the book town Fans flock to Yarn Harlot
The Oregonian - June 11 2007

By 6:45 p.m., seats were in such short supply for the 7:30 p.m. reading that the Powell's City of Books staff asked whether anyone could give up a folding chair for a couple of people with medical conditions who needed to sit.

...But no matter the close quarters and heat that had built up in the room: The Yarn Harlot did not disappoint. Pearl-McPhee, author of four books of knitting humor and a popular blog (www.yarnharlot.ca), has a comedic shtick that entertains while also giving attention to knitters, a group whose members often feel undervalued.

She started out taking a photo of the crowd. "I take those photos for my mother," she said. "She didn't think this knitting thing could really work out."

Wrong. Pearl-McPhee's books are hugely popular, and she's been drawing crowds of hundreds on the stops for her new book, "Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting." [more]

Paying their penance with piecework
StarTribune - June 10 2007

As a 17-year-old, Isiah Thomas of St. Paul has had to make his way in the hard world of St. Cloud prison. How's he managing?

By quilting, among other things.

"Me, personally, I never did nothing like it," he said from behind the gray concrete walls where he's serving 33 months for witness tampering, auto theft and attempted burglary.

"But I enjoy it. It's quiet, it's mellow, and the stuff is donated to some people who need it."

Thomas is one of dozens of inmates in at least three Minnesota men's prisons who are passing time quilting and knitting. [more]

Comments

[Linda L Lanese]

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