Site of the Day

I am always looking for trends, sadly.   I like this site, however,  as it doesn't  bore me and my ADD ways.

http://www.trendhunter.com/

Here's an example:

Badass Knits :
Madame Defarge’s Art Aint Exactly Your Grandmother’s Yarn Work

"I am rarely seen without my knitting in my hand. Even as I type this out, I’m taking breaks to knit this scarf/stole/shawl, and I can even say I have knit with everything from cotton to wool and even audio film from broken audio tapes… and that’s why I have a love affair with subversive knitting. I know what you are thinking: subversive knitting?! Yes, just that.

I have long thought that all DIY crafts were subversive, but now I’ve seen Lead Teddy Bears, a knit “Craft Kills” body suit and my favorite, Skull Doilies. These artists have really turned the craft of knitting on its ear.

I have made a few crazy things in my day, but nothing like this. I love the idea of taking a thousand year old craft and making it new and exciting and, might I even say, political again.

I might be sitting here knitting this shawl, but in my heart, I’m thinking of all the ways my knitting can start a revolution.

So don’t just sit there people, grab your pointy sticks, it’s time to cast on!

Defarge represents one aspect of the Fates. She knits, and her knitting secretly encodes the names of those people she will have killed. The Fates used yarn to measure out the life of a man, and cut it to end it. (en.wikipedia.org)"

Always something here to spark a jaded interest.