While spring rushes to a welcome balmy end, I’ve been rushing here at Studio Chic to finish up all my loose ends for the Columbus TNNA show. (We’ll be in Booth 628)! Whew! I really welcom...
Monday Morning Mirth
Clear skies finally blew into Chicago this morning and we’re ready to take a break from the big Studio Chic re-org. Time to take some pictures… Our little turquoise CINNIE has been finish...
I know this doesn’t look very interesting But to me it is NIRVANA. It represents the last two days of my life. It is full of promise, it speaks volumes of progress… This rack was a wall o...
Whew! Even in the multiple WIP deadline reality over here at Studio Chic, we’ve had to make time lately to get our space ready to move. One of our friends has been working with us to de-clutter...
One of the best feelings out there: finishing a project. One of the worst feelings out there: ditto. Que? When said project is in your face (photos, styling, detailing, etc) because that garment has ...
Monday Morning Mirth As the trends for the new season pop up like tulips in a city scape, we are enthralled by one more than most: the ponytail embelished shoe… But which one would we wear?
One of the most frustrating things for knitters seems to be understanding what size they should pick from a pattern… A recent forum post I read mentioned that even though they’d knit many...
Monday Morning Mirth I don’t know about you, but it’s one of my little pastimes when I’m watching a movie to see how they sneak in all those product placements. Like, was it just a ...
When you’re only 20 rows away from a finished sample, new ideas seem to flood the brain (or is it only the spring breeze?)… They’ve been patiently waiting their turn. A little unnec...
Monday Morning Mirth Dad gets an iPad…
The wonderfully balmy weather is pulling me along in a lovely way as I finish up a new design… The samples are getting very close to the finish line – and I just can’t seem to knit ...
Monday Morning Mirth Now, from time to time, I like to wear me some high heels, but this takes the cake, or should I say skein? From simpler days, shepards wearing jaunty hats & stilts tended th...
WOOT! We have some winners from last week’s TGIF book draw… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ B...
Along with the freshly budded trees outside my window, is the freshly wound yarn for a spring project. Here it lingers in the soft morning light - Besides winding yarn, I’ve been winding up a n...
Monday Morning Mirth The Tribe 2012 Style I’ve been especially enjoying all the global fashion week runway shows lately. There’s always verve, nerve and, but of course, drama. In Paris, e...
Hoping that olde saying in like a lion and out like a lamb means more than just the arrival of March! Lots of changes here at Studio Chic! We are getting ready for a big move – going to be relo...
Monday Morning Mirth In leiu of the usual post-Oscar wardrobe breakdown, this year I found something that was actually more Useful for the 99%’s… I freely admit: I am fan; have read all o...
If you are at long/lat: 41º 88′ N, 87º 63′ W today, you might be enjoying something that’s being labelled a Saskatchewan Screamer. No. It is not a ride at Great America. It isn̵...
Being ever so misty-eyed that Season 2 of Downton Abbey has wrapped here in the States doesn’t mean the story has ended but just a different king of chapter continues. The Knitwear. Knitwear fr...
Monday Morning Mirth You had me at unicorn…. Fashion Week in NYC was in full swing last week showcasing the Fall 2012 RTW season. Even though I’m more Nanette Lepore than Lady Gaga, there...
Every once in awhile it happens. Right place, right time, right? This time it was the very special occasion of AMERICAN IDIOT being in town at the Oriental Theater, my fabulous friend D taking me for...
Monday Morning Mirth Squeeee!
Curse-Free & Stash bustin’ Boyfriend Knitting He Said She Said Spend the weekend doing something you love for someone you love … Chic Knits HE SAID SHE SAID is made with bulky yarn an...
Even though Chicago has a history of demonstrations and rallies spanning two centuries, I’m more familiar with “the whole world’s watching” than the incredible social protests...
Monday Morning Mirth I hear you sister!
In this French city (unknown) above, again we view the Modern combined with the Past. Our Lady of the Early 20th stands in front of a much older skyline that belongs to an different era – more ...
Nothing like tying up some loose ends… Heh. Or in this case, finishing a Re-DO! A few weeks (months?) ago, a Mondo Cable Cardi I made in Fall 2009 went back on the needles for some serious mods...
Monday Morning Mirth No Shame: being one of the millions sucked into the early 20th-century sudz-fest that is Downtown Abbey… I know I’m not alone in relishing the sets, the wardrobe, the...
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