Lucie

The new fall issue of Knitty is up!

So I guess it's time for me to introduce a new free pattern -- Lucie, a simple fitted pullover with long bell sleeves and crochet edging:



shown here in Ariadne (30% silk / 70% wool, in colourway: Tender is the Night)

(modeled by the dearest, loveliest, and most radiant Lucy Q)

Latest from the Daily Planet

Tony Award winning actor, the incomparable John Glover in his Pippin scarf (100% aran weight cashmere; colourway: Nuits St Georges). Photo taken in Philadelphia in June, where he starred in Terence McNally's Some Men.



John Glover and friend:



Smallville fans, catch him this fall in his continuing role as the sometimes cruel, sometimes kind, but always intriguing Lionel Luthor, Tuesdays on the WB.

(Thank you, KS!)

In the age of mass-production, timeless luxuries are worth the wait

Not a yarn or knitting update. I'm just taking a breather to show you all this from the New York Times.

Every wonder how Hermes' famous Kelly Bags are made?



Click here then click "next" in the upper right hand corner to continue.

How wonderful it would be to know how to create a thing of beauty like that!