Knitted and crocheted Russian dolls

well I was looking for some knitted accessories for one of my other blogs,
www.space-couture.blogspot.com
I caught out of the corner of my eye, some knitted Russian dolls, and thought I might go and see if I could find some more....well here they are...

A place for all my lovely knit coats for buildings and transport

Thank-you Kiki for this lovely knitted phone sock...

Borre Akkersdijk commissioned Neil Hobers to make this video

Here we are with another knitting related movie,

talking about conception to reality, in terms of the design process.

The First cycle from Niels Hoebers on Vimeo.

I found this on trendtablet which you can also follow on facebook, which is such a beautiful site, all about trend information.

 by my favourite trend guru 

Lidewij Edelkoort

Walter van Beirendonck knitwear designer

Walter van Beirendonck is a belgian fashion designer with a great line in fashion forward knitwear

Victorian Lace

Lace is a very close cousin to knit and as I was thinking about my next post I found a very beautiful picture of a Victorian lady in a beautiful irish lace top (image number one) and as ever, it led me onto other equally beautiful Victorian lace..

You might want to visit this blog for further beautiful portraits 

and if you happen to be in Ireland you  might want to visit the Kenmare lace heritage centre

I also know that you might be thinking, hey what about Nottingham lace? more on this subject soon...

Knitted bikinis

Knitting can be used for most things, including houses, but here we are going back to a fashion use.

Oh to be beside the sea........

Knitting needles

 I thought that as the title of this blog is knit-and-pins, the time had come to think about knitting needles.
The first needles are made of rosewood, by a co-operative in India and are for sale by clicking the picture  which will take you to the little knitting company site on Amazon......

The next come from North Carolina and are made by Twin Birch Products

These lovely needles are made of Ebony and sold by Pavi yarns

They also sell in the UK "Brittany Birch" needles again made in North America

I am sure that I will return to this subject and all new leads and suggestions about your favourite needles, are welcome in the comments box....