Ok, Melissa Mall’s Pieces of My Heart from CrochetMe got me thinking – I could make a Star Pillow using the same techniques:

crochet a pentagon x2

crochet 5 triangles x2

sew 5 triangles onto pentagon x2

crochet sides

How it will all look when it’s done?? I have no idea. But won’t it be fun trying? I definitely need stars for my celestial-themed bedroom!

Last night, my darling spouse brought home presents for me! Chocolates, 2 puppies (don't get excited like I did, they were cards with puppies on the front)(one was a get well card), and...drumroll please.... Vogue Knitting Winter 2005/2006!

There is an article on Copyright and Knitting and an article about Marie Irshad's Knitcast. (Pod-casts about Knitting) This BBC journalist interviews the likes of our Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Amy Singer, Wendy Johnson... I haven't listened to her yet, but this article has me wanting to.

Learn some new techniques like yarn sculpting and other fun techniques to add to your knitted or crocheted pieces. This magazine is chock-full of cables! You can preview the fashions. I want to make "Frosty" the skirt.

Vogue Knitting also brings us Knit Simple Magazine.

If you're into cables (as I am) and love a challenge, this is for you! Cables, bobbles, braids, mosaic knitting, mitred squares, lace and more.

Wow! Preview the Knit.1 Spring 2006 issue. After being in the US Virgin Islands, I am definitely into anything about Pirates! ARGH! I love the “Mile High Club” knits: passport cover, neck pillow, and wrap. “Off the Beaten Path” section has a delicious sweater and some funky knee-high socks!

You’ll find an article by Kim Werker, editor of Crochetme.com. And we all loooove Crochetme.com, now don’t we? I’m excited! I don’t like every issue of Knit.1. Some of the stuff is a little too “out-there” for me – too funky or wild for an old “broad” like me. This little preview has caught my attention, Ahar there, Matey! 

Check out Yarn Magazine. It’s a new Australian mag. You’ll even find some free patterns in the Pattern Archive and Sample Issue. I love it.