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SEVEN COLUMNS · TWO TIMES A WEEK
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A portrait. What making does to life. »»»
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One technique, one material, one reason to start »»»
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Yarn objects living in real interiors »»»
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The thing makers think but don't always say »»»
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One trend, one find, one strong opinion »»»
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People, craft, community »»»
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One obscure craft word, seen differently »»»
KOEL POSTCARDS
Pattern Design.
Every pattern you've ever knitted started as someone's hunch. A stitch combination, a silhouette, a color sequence that wouldn't leave them alone.
Selvedge.
The selvedge is the self-finished edge of woven fabric, born when the weft thread turns back on itself and says, that's enough, I've got this.
Checkerboard.
The pattern that works in every room and every craft.
From The Farm.
When the forecaster talks, the fiber world listens. Wool is having a moment. The sheep knew first.
Ai.
There is something almost comic about asking an algorithm for help with crafts that predate electricity by several thousand years.
Knitting bag.
Dorothy Offeciers once left her knitting bag on the metro on purpose. She was done with it.
Shadow.
There is a stitch that does not lie flat. It rises. It folds back on itself, catches shadow, creates depth where there was none.
Swiss darning.
Swiss darning goes by two names because it does two jobs. Call it duplicate stitch when you're adding a motif to a finished piece.
Raw color.
There is a version of this trend that starts with Pantone declaring white the color of the year and ends with everyone nodding politely.
Market.
Laetitia Dalbies makes fruit. Not as a metaphor. Her crochet tomatoes have weight and blush.
Texture.
The cold rooms are leaving. Polished concrete, bare shelves, surfaces that echo... interior design spent a decade chasing the void and has now, quietly, reversed course.
City.
In Amsterdam, someone decided that a listening bar was a perfectly reasonable place to knit. She was right.
Tokyo, but slower.
Asako Sano's studio in Tokyo does not feel like Tokyo.
Rooms You Feel.
There is a room that looks good in photos and a room that makes people cross it to touch something.
Re-cycle.
Walk past the finished objects. Go straight for the fiber content labels.
Acrylic.
Most of us have committed a little fiber snobbery at some point. The small wince at the mention of acrylic.
Waulking.
Waulking is the ancient practice of finishing handwoven wool by soaking it, then pounding and kneading it until the fibers lock together and the cloth becomes something it wasn't before.
Mohair.
Saara Autere's apartment in Helsinki sounds like a concert. The album covers on her walls are not decoration.
Beads & Glitter.
The method is older than it looks. String your beads onto the yarn before you cast on, warp your loom, or make your first chain.
Ultracrepidarian.
You are mid-row, counting under your breath, and they lean over. Have you tried a different needle size?
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