#knitty gritty

[frankie-and-lukey]

I want to make both of these. The gritty because obviously! 🧡 Then that hat pattern. I could make one in the colors for the wild or mammoth or devs. All of them! lol. Flyers! Which should I make first? They’re both so cute.

[cassraven]

Knitting my yarn stash of yarn skeins and yarn balls into colorful punk and scrap colorful yarn scarves to randomly gift to some of my friends + family/relatives. 

[cassraven]

Winter Night In

How does an artist who’s a geek girl goth spend her winter evening? Simply by being snuggled up in my goth fairy Amy Brown and Harry Potter fleece throw blankets + wearing my new Harry Potter Gryffindor socks (though I’m a Slythern ha!) while between working on Sailor Moon fanfiction one-shot drabbles and knitting, enjoying a nice cold glass of Stella Rosa L’Originale Moscato semi-sweet wine (a belated Christmas gift to me from my boyfriend’s wonderful Mother who’s a fellow wine lover + a Harry Potter die-hard fan + d.i.y. crafter.)

Enjoying this glass of delicious wine while my writing plot bunnies type away inbetween me casting knit rows knitting a black + orange brim beanie out of leftover yarn balls.

[cassraven]

Knitty Gritty Knitting Success

Two recycled grocery bags full of knitted baby/toddler/child/teen/adult hats for donating for those who could use them ready to take to my friend's Mother who's church donates knitted items/donated clothes to give to a Women's and Children's Shelter Center in downtown. I'm planning to see if I can knit two more recycled grocery tote bags full of knitted hats for finishing donated items to go with my old clothes to donate as well tomorrow. 

If you crochet or knit in your spare time or as a hobby, consider knitting/crocheting hats/scarves/cowls/gloves/mittens/blankets to destash your yarn collection to donate to any local charities or homeless shelters for women, children, teens, vets, or the homeless who could use them.

[cassraven]

Knitting before class

What do I do when there's a 2 hour long gap before my 2pm college class after finished reading revising for art philosophy?

Simple. I knit via with my on the go knitting bag to kill time and stress relief therapy. I think Minako Aino was right on with knitting.

[cassraven]

'Yarn Bombers' Blanket City In Fluffy Graffiti

[fighterkimburgess]

I can't find my copy of knitty gritty, and I need a pattern out of it. Can someone help me?!

[howdoblog-blog]

Knitty Gritty: Plastic Crocheted Phone Pouch

CROCHETING PHONE POUCH a micro guide by Upcycling Fashion Store on How.Do

You started in needlecraft and crochet when you were quite young. How did you get into crocheting with upcycled materials? 

My mother and grandma taught me the DIY philosophy! We used to crochet everything possible to be crocheted or knitted and re-use/recycle with a little creative touch. DIY experiments like the mobile phone pouch I make just for fun. I'm always looking to discover new materials with different textures and I try to figure out how I can use it or crochet it! Living in Berlin got me in touch with the Upcycling movement: finally people like me, reasoning about how to re-use everything possible and how to give fabrics a second or third life. It felt like home! I started in 2011 with wool headgear and in 2012 I won a fashion contest (Bizarre-lab fashion contest) with my first upcycled-crochet-combined-dress. The idea to crochet old fabrics came just spontaneously...Just to try something new at first and then it worked well.

Image courtesy of Nina Cottrell 2013

What kind of products do you create and sell under the Carla Cixi label? 

I started with crocheted headgear (tube scarfs and gloves using recycled knitwear), continued experimenting with crocheting upcycled fabrics, then launched an upcycling haute couture line which combines elegantly tailored garments with opulent sculptural crochet. With the same crochet technique, I'm now doing a line of collars you can wear over a common t-shirt to make it special! I also collaborate with a designer (not a "fashion" one), André Stache.  Together we made lamps and necklaces out of climbing rope. He's also a really interesting upcycling maker!


Image courtesy of Nina Cottrell 2013

Where can people find your work to admire and purchase? 

My headgear and necklaces are in Upcycling Fashion Store. Garments are made to measure and customers can contact me directly for more details. Collars and some blouses with crocheted details are in the Water To Wine project store in Berlin Mitte . Most of the time I find material for my creations at the Berliner Stadtmission which collects clothes donations for the poor and homeless. A recent on-going project of the Berliner Stadtmission, called Komm und Sieh (Come and See), is to give young upcycling designers the chance to purchase leftover clothes at a very low cost to use for their creations. And Water To Wine is the shop of this wonderful project! 

Image courtesy of Sebastian Kreinau 2014

Check out the full Knitty Gritty collection for more yarn and weaving inspired DIYs!