What Does the Fox Say?

First of all, if you don't know what I'm taking about, watch this video. After you've stopped dancing and the weirdness has subsided, why not stitch this amazingly cute free pattern from Hancock's House of Happy?

Get the free fox pattern!

How strange it is

Stitched by mel.sundquist

I'm loving this quote from a Neutral Milk Hotel song, very gorgeously embroidered by Mel. Her embroidery is based on a print by Fionn Breen. Beautiful work, Mel!

sweet bird

stitched by Wendalene

I don't know about you, but this kind of makes my heart sing. :)

Pearl and the Beard Giveaway!

I am always up for a good giveaway, how about you guys? So when I was contacted about giving away the newest CD from a Brooklyn-based band called Pearl and the Beard, it only took my brain a second to say "okay!" But hey, I am pretty picky about my music, so I did some Youtube and internet research first, and I must say, I really like their sound.

Here's a free download of one of the tracks off their album, it's called "Reverend":
http://thefamilyrecordsstore.s3.amazonaws.com/patb-ktd/Reverend.mp3

But of course, what really fascinated me about this CD was... the three person sweater, on the cover- hand-knitted by one of the band members. To prove that this is an actual sweater, and not Photoshop, here's Jocelyn, taking you through her studio and the construction of the sweater:



Aren't the colors she picked for it amazing? I wish I had those skills! Anyway, these guys are pretty adorable, and one of you lucky peeps can get their latest CD, Killing the Darlings.

All you gotta do is leave a comment here by Monday morning, 9 AM (US) Central time. And what I'd like to know in your comment is - what's the weirdest knitted item / sweater you've ever seen / made? Extra points of course, if you link to a photo and extra-extra points if you made it yourself. :) But either way, it's random, so just give it a try if you want to check out this awesome CD! Thanks, Pearl and the Beard, for sharing this with us!!!

For more on Pearl and the Beard:
www.pearlandthebeard.com
www.facebook.com/PearlandtheBeard
www.twitter.com/PEARLntheBEARD

You spin me right round...

...like a Woven Spider Wheel stitch, performed here beautifully by Olisa! Olisa made this awesome turntable embroidery for a recent Phat Quarter swap. For the volume knob she used lots of layers of the new-to-me Woven Spider Wheel Stitch. I found a tutorial for this stitch here and here.



The record is made with back stitches and looks so shiny that I almost miss my old LP records.

Help

Stitched by emshim

Help, this is so awesome. :)

Elvis Costello pillow

Stitched by Kiah Grey

Wow. You peeps are really stitching up some awesome Sublime Stitching-inspired portraits! They make me all kinds of happy!

Feist album cover

Stitched by jessicakallam

Too, too amazing.