The Little Black dress can be your best friend,
or,
It can be a nightmare.
In the case of  opera singer, Deborah Voigt, the LBD was a turning point in her life.
She got fired by Covent Garden for not fitting into the costume-
You guessed it…..
A Little Black Dress.
Humiliating.
She took her life in hand, and lost a phenomenal amount of weight, and by gum, she was invited back to Covent Garden, and wore the Little Black Dress.
She made a very tongue in cheek video about The Little Black Dress:
I hope that your experiences with your Little Black Dress are MUCH happier!
A couple of my …read more

The ‘Little Black Dress’ is a  design concept that is an archetypical.
I’ve been thinking about classic designs lately, and wondering-
What exactly is THE PERFECT LITTLE BLACK DRESS and can you crochet it?
The perfect little black crocheted dress absolutely must:
1.Be Comfortable – it has to fit without binding, drooping or emphasizing places that prefer to be blessed, not blushed over.
2. Be Versatile- The Perfect Little Black Dress must be a champion of  multi-tasking. It needs to be able to be worn in several different ways, and be suitable for many different occasions and events.
3. Be Layer-able- Worn over, worn under, worn …read more

Have you ever seen a great looking shirt at a second hand store or garage sale, but didn’t buy it because it had somebody’s logo on it?
Well, now you can treat yourself to that shirt and upcycle it by crocheting simple flowers to cover the unwanted logo.
The other day, I was looking at my summer clothes (finally – what a long winter!)
And, I realized that I needed a new black t-shirt.
My old ones  are beyond wearing, and are destined to become fabric strips for weaving.
They’ll also become rags and other ‘green’ options.
Later that day, we were at a garage sale, …read more

Okay… the model looks like she’s stepped out of a zombie movie, and some of the ‘way far crazy out there’ architectural shaping is too bizarro for words,
but….
there is some seriously gorgeous and innovative shaping going on in Sandra Backlund’s designs.
She’s good. She’s very good.
Check it out: Sandra Backlund

 
If you’re on Ravelry, hopefully, by now, you will have seen the ad for ‘Strapped for Bags’
I am part of a group of wonderful designers who are working together to self publish booklets of our designs. This is the first of 3 booklets of crocheted bag patterns.
Hope you’ll like it!
Image source: Straight from the designer’s hip copyright