I found this Zipper Brooch by Vilman a while ago, and ever since they have been popping up all over!

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Sylvi by Mari Muinonen. Here is The Story of Sylvi.

The Polymer Clay Diving Bacon With Working Mini Aqualung. Insanely cute.

These Extraordinary Thank-You Notes are, well, extraordinary. Could you imagine making a spelling error on one of these?

Wooden Safe, via Craft.

I’m looking forward to Winter this year. I’ve seen a lot of neat crafty stuff today, and the first of the Christmas ideas are coming in. I especially love this one! Paperless Origami, via Craft. Man, I love the texture! More delicious photos after the jump.

I must admit that I skimmed over the directions; I’m assuming you just do the origami the same as you normally would, but you set the creases with an iron. I think I might actually do this; it’s pretty quick. Anyone know of any good sites for origami instructions?

Poppy Lamp

Poppy Pincushion

a poppy for remembrance

Skeinspotting Poppy

Pretty as a Poppy Hat

Ashley from dogged has recently moved up in the polls in the race for President of my RSS Reader, due to the recent announcement that she will be running on a Pro-Mitten, Anti-Sock platform. I have only ever finished one pair of socks (two are hibernating), and the one I’ve finished I’ve only worn once or twice. The yarn is too thick, so the bumps hurt my heel. I am a big fan of wearing socks, just not knitting them. I do, however, love knittin’ mittens. So saying that “mittens are the new sock” makes me extremely happy. There is hope for the future!

Here’s a little Saturday bonus.

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Via mettetations.

Hey folks! I haven’t done this in a while. I’ve been swimming in work, and I can taste the end. It tastes like algae. And I’m sharing that algae with you.

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.

• Are you wearing your poppy?
• Here’s an adorable Truck to force your children to wear.
• Then you can calm them by giving them a hilarious beaver.
• Here’s a cute crocheted raglan: the Ashlar Crochet Cardigan.
• This is a bit of an old one: a No-Knit Scarf that is mega-stylish.
• This Crocheted Mesh Scarf has the same rough style, but is a bit more work.
• This Bow-knot Scarf is a version of the popular cherry pattern by Helga Isager. You know the one, where you pull the garter part through the ribbed keyhole part? Examples here, here, here and here.
• These Cashmere Fingerless Gloves by Purl are simple and pretty.
• Aminals: Miuku the Cat amigurumi and Quack the Duck.
• Poppy, Aviatrix Helmet, and Koru. Example of the Aviatrix here.
• I love this style of lace: Dahlia is gorgeous.
• Knotions has some nice patterns: Oak Leaf Socks and Art Deco Tablerunner.
• Cute Alpaca Sox Mini-Socks, just in time for Christmas. Because Christmas is in two months. One sixth of a year. Yeah, that’ll fly right by before we know it.
• I think if I were to knit a market bag, I would knit the Strawberry Market Bag. It’s got ribbons, which are both pretty and structurally sound.
• Oops! These Crochet Mini Pumpkins are a little late. Oh well, next Halloween.
• …Wait, you guys still have Thanksgiving! Well there you go, I present to you some Thanksgiving Pumpkins.
• Buzzzzz buzzz. BEES?! BEADS. (Sorry.)