fear the beard

Stop! These crocheted beards by Felicia Kulp are functional and funny in the fiercest way possible.

a few of my favorite things: snow day follies

Question: what's a wonderful way to spend a snow day? Answer: make warm things!

Check out these lovely designs by Bonita Patterns. She's made it super easy for crocheters of any level to master these cool stitches with affordable patterns for hats, gloves, neck warmers and shawls. So go get your yarn and hooks and make something toasty!

a few of my favorite things: badass crochet

Spoken word poet turned designer Hone Gryn Eyz of HGE Designs has crafted one wicked badass collection of crochet couture. Check it out:

Photos by Daria Johnson.

lovely news from lovelyarns

Check it out: new yarns, fall classes, hats and mittens for Hampden Elementary School, and a big 'ole Trunk Show on September 12th! That's just some of the most recent lovely news from Lovely Yarns. For details, visit their website or just head over to Hampden for some of the most droolworthy yarns in town.

Image courtesy of ArtYarn.

would you wear this?

What is it exactly? A Pocket Vulva. Yep. That's what it is. And it's available in any color you want.

Hand knitted by local crafter NYMG, it's officially a brooch and also (less officially but perhaps not) quite the crafty way for you to "show off your fabulous [feminist] side."

Actually I remember purchasing a crocheted vagina change purse years ago at a local craft show here in Baltimore. My mother of all people was so captivated by it that she begged me to make her one for Christmas. So, I figured out how to make a personalized version with extra furry yellow yarn for the lining (my mother is blonde). That's probably TMI, but who cares? I'm in a TMI kind of mood after seeing The Pocket Vulva for the first time.

So, what do you think? Would you wear it? Leave your answer below.

Image courtesy of artist.