Hope everyone is staying warm today! 25 degrees here in Connecticut with the added bonus of a snow/ice storm tomorrow. I see lots of hot cocoa in my future. My March 2009 issue of Creative Knitting arrived this morning…I love seeing all the spring patterns starting to emerge. While flipping through this issue, nothing really stuck out as something I would really want to cast on anytime soon. This issue seemed to be put together with no imagination or wow factor – sort of humdrum in my opinion. The only pattern that I may want to knit up is the Spring Forward sweater. I am anxiously awaiting the spring issue of Knitty. In the meantime, I have finished my lacy mock cable rib socks in the Caron country yarn. I love them! I will post a picture as soon as possible – my camera is on the fritz, and I must pick up a new one before the end of the week. I’m very happy with how the socks turned out.
Anyway, I am hoping to bring all of you something that I find “too cool” every Tuesday. (Thus, the blog title Too Cool Tuesday) lol. To kick things off, I have to tell you I was reading through one of my fave knitting magazines and it included a very short blip of an article on the new movie “Coraline” and a woman named Althea Crone. Althea is a knitter of miniatures (i.e. mini sweaters, gloves, etc) and she knitted some items which were worn in the movie by Coraline. Too cool! I really can’t wait to see this movie, based on the book by Neil Gaiman. 
Althea hand knits each mini garment on the tiniest of needles. Sometimes I find that knitting socks on dpn’s can resemble wrestling with an octopus..I can’t imagine the patience and talent it takes to knit 1:12 scale gloves. Browsing her website, www.bugknits.com, you can view the galleries of her amazing work. There is also a youtube video on the main page which you must watch – very interesting!
Also, visit www.Coraline.com! The website is awesome and contains hidden secrets…shhhh.
I’m off now to finish the dishes and put away laundry…housework can be cool too. lol.
Stay warm!
Faith said,
January 28, 2009 at 4:50 pm
That video of the mini knitting is crazy, I can’t even imagine being able to do that!