Re:Generator

Good reasons to start an Indie label as the industry falls apart

May 13th, 2008

by Robert Starvation

1. Microsoft will suck up to you and pay you more than the majors get.
2. I dunno… blow and hookers you can write off as a business expense?

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Wonderful Knits by a Wonder Woman

April 3rd, 2008

by xtine

When you look at this knitted Wonder Woman jumper, you might be thinking “Wow, that’s pretty cool” at the most, but to a knitter like me, this is amazing! You can’t find a pattern like that, you have to make it. Think of being surrounded by graph-like paper (knitting graph paper is made out of squares, not rectangles, meaning you have to actually FIND special paper for intarsia. Intarsia is the art of making pictures out of yarn.) for days making all those stars and that famous WW! It took a craft girl named Kaby 14 months to create, and I can only imagine how many times she cried and threw it in a corner to rot for a week.

I really don’t think the average person appreciates a handmade knit. To get a cable knit sweater off a machine that they sell at Target would cost you maybe $20. If you asked someone to actually make you one, the cost of fine yarn and tools alone would be maybe $90. But let me tell you, there is a major difference between the two. Not only is someone straining muscles in their hands and wrists to keep you warm in winter, the quality (if you go to a great knitter) and fabric is going to be tops!

Kudos to Ms. Kaby! She is seriously a wonder of a woman to make something so creative!

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