Monday Amusements

Useful

Dahl nicely sums up the materials debate for shoes in Shoe Dilemma: Ethics, not Aesthetics. I’ve had this post bookmarked for a long time.

Kittens

Have you had a Kittenbreak today? I used to visit that website everyday when I was at school in Year 13. We were in a IT classroom for registration period so that we could work on our university application forms. I spent most of the time having a Kittenbreak and reading webcomics.

Shiny Things

guttersnipe yarn‘s skeins of handspun natural-fibre yarn are inspired by Halloween, steampunk, Sweeney Todd, music, graffiti, and whatever else their creator finds interesting. They are not generally so much shiny as creative and cuddly, but the steampunk yarns come with some shiny things – “accoutrements” – including keys, watch parts, and buttons, intended to be put into whatever the knitter creates. I have my eyes on a few of the skeins, I wonder if you can guess which ones 😉

Okay, it’s Tuesday here now, but as long as it’s still Monday in some part of the world I will use my title – I like the assonance.

Useful

Do The Bustle! Ivy explains the bustle, and provides a guide to making your own version. I didn’t know they were actually invented to stop 19th century women’s skirts dragging on the ground – I couldn’t wear them under a skirt as the curve of my back gives me too much of a natural bustle!

Kittens

The two talking cats. Yes, we’re covering all the YouTube classics here!

Shiny Things

Champignons produce beautifully stenciled moleskine cahiers. I have promised myself one as soon as I need a new notebook – however I have accumulated so many that it make take me years to fill them, unless I learn to make my letters a lot wider all of a sudden (unlikely). In the meantime, I am considering treating myself to one of the cameo pendants instead.