28 May, 2008
Posted by: In: Awesomeness| Blogs| Knitting
This blog absolutely makes my day - The Museum of Kitschey Stitches: A Gallery of Notorious Knits (The song NO, NO, NO, NOTORIOUS is running through my head as I write this). Stitchy McYarnpants writes this amazing blog and features some glorious photos of knitted creations like this one…
Blogger Yarni Gras agrees with me on [...]
Well I was doing some blog surfing around Pittsburgh and caught a post about fabric store in San Francisco. So I decided to see who else was blogging vintage fabric today. I found this post which pointed me to Apartment Therapy’s post on Urban Burp - that is one interesting name for a fabric shop. [...]
13 May, 2008
Posted by: In: In The Shop| That is a Good Question
We have just added a most interesting find to the shop - a few yards of a seamless knit tube in a black and white herringbone print. We have done some searching but can’t seem to find out where one buys tubular fabric. What do you make with tubular fabric - it is [...]
Real Retro vs. Faux Retro
Originally uploaded by TheGoldenYard.com
I snapped this picture at Urban Outfitters a few weeks ago. These pillows
and blankets remind me of some of the fabrics in out shop. I really like
the mix of colors and black and white prints. Why buy fake retro when you
can make your own with [...]
Jodie from RicRac has been collecting her selvedge scraps for a long time and the results are well worth it–she’s made a bag out of them in the past (which we featured here), and now she’s back with this beautiful scarf! I love the idea of not letting a single scrap of fabric go to waste, especially when the end result is so unique.