I’ve blogged about cute dogs in sweaters before, so we know I’ve got a bit of a weakness for them. As you may also remember, Vilma has pummeled us all with delirious cuteness before as well. So the combination of Vilma’s dog and a cute dog sweater, well, it is too much to bear. It really is.

Be careful when you handle this Ebola Virus Stamp. According to Wikipedia, “interior bleeding is caused by a chemical reaction between the virus and the platelets which creates a chemical that will cut cell sized holes into the capillary walls. After 5-7 days the person will die of ‘a million cuts.’” This would look beautiful on birth announcements and wedding invitations. Via Craft.

Have you ever wanted your baby’s feet to blink? Bingo Bango, Firefly Booties. Via Craft.

What do you get if you multiply six by nine? The 42nd Saturday, Pattern Day!

If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

• I want to knit these Magic Slippers! They’re so adorable. Modified example here.
• The Purl Bee has some lovely Baby Bloomers to knit. They’ve also got this adorable Giacomo’s Baby Hat, and a Cozy Hooded Baby Towel.
• A beautiful version of this Drops sweater is now here. Following this link now gives me a dead page; I wasn’t able to read the last entry on this blog because it was in Finnish. Anyone know if the blog was shut down, or if it’s just been spam-blocked by Blogger?
• More Purl Bee! Here’s a Sashiko Tutorial.
• Here are some instructions to make this this delightful abomination.
• More berets! Here is the Pretty Puffs Slouchy Hat.
• Feeling warm? Make yourself this ice cream cone.

The Daily Puppy has recently been featuring Australian Shepherds like they’re going out of style. (One two three four five six in only three weeks, about a quarter of all the dogs on the site!) So when I saw this Australian Shepherd Pin from Popogirl, I squealed a little. They’re so cute!

I absolutely adore this Cross-Stitch Rabbit, from the shape itself to the placement of the flowers. So adorable! Via Craft.

Despite having a relatively decent job and a probable future working for The Man, these ceramics by Toronto artist Julie Moon make me want to fight the power. And she’s inspired by Aubrey Beardsley and Alligator Pie!

Oh yeah. I’ve always been into popular culture from the 60′s and early 70′s; music, fashion, graphics and illustration. I was really inspired by art nouveau artists such as Alphonse Mucha and [[Aubrey Beardsley]] as well as a number of illustrators and textile manufacturers like Peter Max, Emilio Pucci, Marimekko. I grew up a huge fan of George Dunning’s “Yellow Submarine” and Frank Newfield’s illustrations from Dennis Lee’s children’s book, “[[Alligator Pie]]” and the early [[Sesame Street]] episodes and skits STILL blow my mind!

I officially love this woman.

If you want to try your hand at embroidery, check out this Video Library of Hand-Embroidery Stitches.

I have to admit that I don’t like playing Cooking Mama. It requires you to do these really accurate moves, some of which I just can’t do with a wiimote. But I love the visuals in the game and I love this Cooking Mama apron! I wish I had one, or at least the skills to make one myself. Maybe then I would have the wrist agility to turn up the heat on a pot of soya beans. Just look at this felt detail!

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Better late than never!

If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

• I really like this poor-boy-type Pi Topper Chemo Cap, example here. Famous The Cat, you always make the prettiest stuff!
• This cute Maneki Neko crochet pattern is cute, too!
• If you’ve always wanted to knit a helicopter, you can go for this Knitted Chinook.
• Here’s a pretty Crochet Collar Pattern.
• Here are some wicked S(p)ock ears.
• Knittycat has some adorable animal toys.
• These Edelweiss Mittens are beautiful.
• I’m not a big sock person, but these fair isle Tulip Socks are awesome.
• Oh man, it’s a Transformer Washcloth!
• Here are some cute amigurumi patterns. There’s also an Amigurumi Snail.
• I really like this Talia Shaped Vest.
• The Provence Summer Breeze Headband has a really nice stitch pattern to it. Classic Elite also has these Alpaca Sox Legwarmers and Inca Alpaca Fair Isle Mitts.
• This Laseta 100 Pulli (PDF) is quite elegant.
• The Ricco sweater from Lana Grossa is in crochet, but it also looks an awful like porcupine stitch. This would be really neat to recreate.