I love the colorful artwork recently posted on the JanKnit blog (and in the CRAFT Flickr pool). What's especially cool is that it's all created by kids, who dyed the wool with Kool-Aid, then used a cardboard loom to weave it up. Check out the original post for more photos and details.

Wunderkammer at SuperNaturale has posted an inspiring article and photos describing and illustrating the Elements of Sculptural Crochet. Gorgeous!

Amy Long's show "inter - inter" is up at Five15 gallery in Phoenix until the end of the month. Her crochet and felted works are just captivating, and if you're in the area I highly recommend checking it out.

inter - inter by Amy Long

Five15 Arts

515 East Roosevelt

Phoenix, AZ

Open every Friday 5-9pm and Saturday 1-5pm

Artist's reception Friday May 16 5-9pm

Related:

• Amy Long's Fiber Art
• Amy Long's Felted Hearts

Theresa writes in about the Raw Silk blog's recent project to realize a photo of a factory through weaving. The results are quite lovely!

Betty links us to Rachel's embroidery from a series that reproduces anatomy illustrations from the 1900s in free-form stitches. I love how textural the end product is. I can't wait to see more in the series!

Stephanie Metz makes these incredible felted artworks of skulls, humans, and other animals. Via BoingBoing.

Danielle Thompson describes her process for making this beautiful yarn wreath, which practically shouts SPRING! She used various yarns and vintage millinery items which create a fresh and playful look. Springtime Yarn Wreath

Related:
• Felted Recycled Sweater Wreath
• Make a Mushroom Wreath
• Vintage Button Wreath

I had the opportunity last night to visit Amy Long's MFA thesis show in fibers, and I must say I was very impressed. She uses crochet and hand felted wool to create these unique and very evocative forms. The show will be up until the end of the week in Tempe, AZ. More photos on Flickr.

Related:

Amy Long's Felted Hearts

Textile Study Group of NY
Wednesday, April 16, 7 pm
A.I.R. Gallery II
511 W. 25TH St. (between 10th & 11th Aves.), #301
New York, NY

Sarah Illenberger made this gorgeous knitted brain, and she makes other body parts, too. Via Mind Hacks. (Thanks, Matt!)

Related:

• Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art

• Undercover's Knit Brain Bag

Felting in Fibrespace will be giving away one of these creepy-cool monster eyeball pincushions in a random drawing on Monday, April 7. Just head over to the blog and leave a comment--and be sure to check out the rest of her colorful creations while you're there. Monster Eyeball Pincushion

Craftster user Subloke was so inspired to try weaving, she ran to the hardware store and after spending just a little over $20, was able to put together this homemade PVC loom. DIY Weaving Loom

From the CRAFT Flickr pool, user LicoriceTree made this little redheaded cartwheeling monster named Suvi. I love the talons!

I've always loved those cute Fisher-Price Little People, so my jaw dropped when I saw this needle-felted version of a Little People dog figurine show up in the CRAFT Flickr pool. It was created by our Vol. 06 cover artist, Moxie, and is made entirely from needle-felted corriedale wool roving. She didn't do any sewing, stuffing, or wet-felting--just hours and hours of jabbing with a sharp needle. Amazing! Little Big Dog

Related:
• Interview with Moxie of Made by Moxie
• Needle Felting Booster Kit in the Maker Store
• Felted Pickaxe by Moxie

This week's CRAFT Video Podcast is the second in a two part series on how to make intarsia/stranded knitting pattern from an image in Photoshop. We'll go from the gridded pattern we made last week to a knitted back panel for the sweater using a mixture of intarsia and stranded multicolor knitting.

Related:

• Skeleton Cardigan Part 1 - CRAFT Video Podcast- Link.
• Skeleton Cardigan - CRAFT Pattern Podcast - Link.
  

Check out this felted handbag with the face of a monster on the side! From the site:

Gertrude is a little shy, see how her hair hangs in front of her face, she's trying to hide. However, when she's had a bit too much to drink, she shows her wild side. She has a tendency to poke her tongue out at people and with a little encouragement she'll perform her amazing party trick, not many monsters can pop their eyeball out of their socket! I had a lot of fun with this, makes a change from flowers, I'm planning to make some more. She's available for re-homing in my Etsy shop.

Great party trick, pulling her eye and tongue out. - Link.

Check out these amazing crocheted and knitted houses worn as sweaters--a collaboration between fashion designer Yoshikazu Yamagata and knit artist Mafuyu. [via] Link.

These handmade wool felted pebbles are strung together to make a rug by South African designer Ronel Jordaan. They're so deceiving! - [via] Link.

Related:

Livingstones - stuffed stones on MAKE - Link.

Bobilina created this wonderful handsewn camera--I love the contrast of soft textiles with hard technology. Link.

Another find from last Friday's downtown Phoenix art walk, these hand-felted hearts by Amy Long have unexpected details like tiny horseshoes or fire sprinkler heads. They'll be up at the Eye Lounge until the end of the month. More pictures at my Flickr - Link, and info about Amy's MFA exhibition - Link.

How great is this knitted and needle-felted dissected frog by Etsy seller CraftyHedgehog? (Answer: SUPER great.) [via] Link.

Koalajoe came up with this great needle-felted pirhana plant inspired by Super Mario Brothers. Link.

Show your dedication to rock'n'roll with this killer felted guitar necklace by Etsy seller 3FUN. Link.

Lupin creates a wide array of handstitched felt lovelies--fun brooches and novelties--but these hyper-colorful mobiles are really where it's at. They are available in various custom colorways, too. I love the confetti-like charm of the example above. Link.

From the announcement -

From the Middle Ages until the late eighteenth century, the courts of Europe lavished vast resources on tapestries made of precious materials after designs by the leading artists of the day. Drawing from collections in more than fifteen countries, some forty rare tapestries made in Brussels, Delft, Florence, London, Munich, Paris, and Rome between 1590 and 1720 are on view in the Met's galleries. The exhibition investigates the stylistic and technical development of this prestigious figurative medium and explores the contributions of artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Jacob Jordaens, Simon Vouet, Charles Le Brun, Pietro da Cortona, and Giovanni Romanelli, as they responded to the challenges of the medium in unique and spectacular ways.

The exhibit has ended, but the lecture is on Wednesday, January 16, 7 pm in New York. Link.

From the CRAFT Flickr pool comes this beautiful felted wall hanging by Yarnpunk. The background is beaded and stitched, with braided handspun for the edging and a driftwood hanging rod. Link.