Heart-to-Heart / Vinarþel Cake and Coffee Stencil by Bility

This is a gorgeous stencil for dusting cakes and coffee from Bility (www.bility.is).

Heart-to-Heart / Vinarþel Cake and Coffee Stencil

Bility is an Icelandic company whose metal candleholders, bookmarks, and other housewares reference beautiful Icelandic nature and imagination.  The Heart-to-Heart / Vinarþel Cake and Coffee Stencil brings together the art of knitting with food and friends.

Reykjavik Yarn Bombing

Just beyond where Lækjargata and Bankastræti cross is a fabulous yarn installation:

Boston Yarn Bombing

There is a wonderful spot in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood where yarn bombing has been a fixture for the past several years.

Various yarn creations adorn the concrete barriers where the SW Corridor Path meets Newton Street between the Orange Line's Back Bay and Mass Ave. Stations.

The first set of photos is from July 2011.

I took the second set of photos in January 2012

Art Nouveau Headband

I was inspired to create this headband after the Art Nouveau pieces depicted in the images of Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha.

The headband is easy to assemble, and it can be adapted to many different tastes. Through yarn and bead color, feather and ribbon choice, and the selection of a distinctive button, the headband can be personalized and made to accent any wardrobe.

Patterns and Kits are available through Seaside Knitting on Etsy.

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Barefoot Books - Textile and Art Appreciation for Kids!

(Originally posted Thursday, August 20, 2009)

If you have not already learned about Barefoot Books, you and the children in your life are in for a treat.

Their books are fun and beautifully illustrated, and for those who appreciate textiles, as I do, you will delight in their creative use of hand sewing, quilting, collage, and more.

My children, Nelleke and Magnus, and I really enjoy Barefoot Books not only for the books themselves, but also for the CDs that come with many of them.

“The Fabrics of Fairytale - Stories Spun Far and Wide” is a great example, with both the stories and the images about textiles. The stories are traditional tales from around the world about handicraft and traditional textile arts (spinning, weaving, sewing, etc.)

Clare Beaton also does really lovely work. Some of her titles are:

• I Dreamt I was a Dinosaur
• One Moose, Twenty Mice
• Hidden Hippo
• How Loud is a Lion?
• There’s a Cow in the Cabbage Patch
• How Big is a Pig?
• Secret Seahorse
• Never Say Boo to a Goose
• Elusive Moose
• Who are you, Baby Kangaroo?