On a tip from Make Magazine, I went to a Swap-o-Rama on Sunday, held at Third Ward in Williamsburg. Here's how it worked: you bring a bag of clothes you don't want and $10. People sort the stuff onto tables, and you wander around and take as much as you can carry. During breaks from the digging, you can have a cocktail, talk to a stylist, or learn how to make your own maxipads.
They had lots of workshops, like tee shirt redesign, silkscreen, applique, and my personal favorite, re-knitting. Look, they have samples of re-knit tee shirt, denim, and even plastic grocery bags.
I scored a zebra striped raincoat and some red snake-patterned pants. And, I got a free copy of the new Craft magazine, which has cool articles about knitting with telephone poles and embroidiering your skateboard, among other things. Craft has a whole slew of photos of the Swap-o-Rama here at flickr.
5 comments:
noice!
my current projects:
1. napkins, made from an old fitted sheet
2. a cable-knit cardigan
3. cards made from a rubber stamp i carved myself, tried housepaint, didnt work, have to get real lino ink
4. a lace scarf
5. a novel
6. a labrodorite necklace
7. probably some more stuff i'm not remembering right now.
are going to rhinebeck?
http://www.sheepandwool.com/
oh! and happy belated birthday!
Chartreuse, glad to know I'm not alone in working on a novel, sweater, and home furnishings at the same time.
i'm supposed to be finishing the short story collection, completing the set of shelves with the glass doors and realted wood project so I can clear the shed to start on the recumbent tricycle, instead I am commenting on a blog for all the good it will do me.
Wood projects, Meika! I need to take some of those on too.
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