Tag Archives: wool

Beehive Inspired Tea Cozy.

By Jessica | Published: February 2, 2010
Beekeepers have a long history of making ingenious homes for their bees. But before the days of moveable frame hives and bee space, beekeepers’ material of choice was often straw coiled and woven to form squat coneshaped baskets. Inspired by these iconic straw bee skeps, I made a beehive teapot cozy that takes its design cues from [...]
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French Girl Knits.

By Jessica | Published: October 6, 2009
I’ve got wool on the brain these days. And it’s not just because the weather is finally looking like autumn.  This weekend’s going to be a big one for yarn lovers in New York City.  For starters, there’s a citywide weekend-long Yarn Crawl, with a scavenger hunt, raffles, sales, and other events at yarn shops [...]
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