Posted in knitting, men, tagged knitting, men, Powerhouse Museum on February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was rather moved by the following analysis of a baby’s jumper knitted in the 1920s. You will have to click here for a view of the item in question.
Description
Jumper, infants, hand-knitted, wool / plastic / cotton, made by Alfred Varley, London, England, 1926
Baby’s hand-knitted jumper made from a lavender coloured wool. It has long [...]
Posted in men, tagged Big Sky Knitting Designs, Janet Szabo, knitting, men on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Soon after noticing Ilga Lega’s ruminations on the difficulty of designing – in an interesting way, that is – for men, I came upon Janet Szabo’s blog for Big Sky Knitting Designs
She reported this discussion with her husband:
The conversation went something like this:
Me (having located a really cool cable pattern in [...]
Posted in Thoughts on Knitting, knitting, men, tagged brooklyntweed, Cobblestone pullover, Ilga Leja, In the Piazza, knitting on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Designing for men? Is there any point to it? That was the nub of Ilga Leja’s recent post on her blog: Designing for Men. Is it possible to combine interesting design with something men would actually wear? She said:
As I work on new designs, I am tempted to consider including more designs specifically for men. [...]
