men, knitting and pride

when doing research on etsy, something i noticed straight away was the lack of things for and by men. men doesn't seem to craft as much as girls, and i wish they would. it's important because i have a boyfriend, two brothers, a dad and countless male friends - and i think they're missing out on a lot of things they could really enjoy and be good at.

i asked my boyfriend why he thinks so few men does crafts like knitting, and he said that it's just no fun. i don't think that's entirely true. men have fun doing a lot of creative things, as long as they can take pride in it and have use of the results.

pride.. what a strange thing pride is. sometimes it encourages people, often it holds people back.

i think a lot of men would feel humiliated by doing a womanly craft like knitting, as if it made them less of a man. some women are humiliated by doing such a womanly craft too, as if it's somehow inferior to manly stuff. but some feminists rightfully claims any women's work should be valued as equally important as digging or any other men's work. they knit to show their pride in the womanly heritage.

some men who DO knit, like knittingmen.com, tries to show people how knitting originally has been men's work(check their history section), and how there has been a great deal of men knitting throughout history. therefore, they have nothing to be ashamed of, because it's a manly thing to do.


well hey, whatever floats your boat. if that is the excuse they need, then so be it.

although wouldn't it be great to se women and men knitting, not because of a feministic embrace of lady-traditions or a manly claim of knitting as a masculine tradition - but because they don't give a shit about tradition!!!? and mainly because it's creative and fun and ohh sooo relaxing. and you don't have to worry about christmas shopping, everyone loves hand made presents.




knitting with balls is a book aimed at men who wants to knit. i think it's a good idea with books on knitting for men, not because they'd feel humiliated having to look in a book for girls, but because books aimed at men will have patterns that will actually fit and look cool on the male body.


check out men who knit, if you want a bit of inspiration. they promote and inspire knitting amongst men.

dreams & beauty

daniel merriam wants to reclaim the territory of romance and dreams for both classical and contemporary art lovers alike, naming his style of art esthetic dada.

funny how everything needs to be dissected and explained. beauty needs no excuse, neither does dreams.


if you liked this, check out his website, it's absolutely gorgeous.

octopussy by rune olsen

he's not the first artist to cover the theme of ladies amusing themselves with tentacle goodness, and i'd be very surprised if he was the last. and also very disappointed. not that i'm into tentacles, but i think it makes for cool art. i might have to post other art on this theme, but for now i just want to share this amazing sculpture by rune olsen.

floppy eared hat

check out my new hat design!! i'm quite chuffed with it. as a child, i used to wear panty hoses on my head and prance about in front of the mirror. i thought it was intensely stylish, as if i had long floppy bunny ears, and promised myself that when i got older i would walk about with my floppy bunny ears in public. maybe i'm not old enough yet, as i still haven't got the courage. soo I've designed this hat so that people don't have to embarrass themselves by wearing panty hoses on their heads in public.



i would have posted the pattern if i had taken notes while knitting.. it was sort of an improvised design, but i guess it's possible to figure it out by looking at the photos? i hope so as i want to do more of these! i have put it up for sale in my etsy shop.

eye candy

i've fallen in love with this illustration by vanessa tam. it's so simple, yet so cool. it's amazing what an innovative use of colours can do.

i can't help the way i feel

soooo here we go again.. macabre art on The Body, the strange object that we can not avoid having an experience of. i think the body is one of the more confusing objects there is, as it is both meat and self, and it is hard to have an objective view on it. especially on ones own. this is the work of john isaacs called "i can't help the way i feel". it is designed to show how an obese person might perceive themselves. it reminds me about understanding joshua by charlie white, where charlie white used a miserable looking puppet to portray how a person with a very low self esteem might view themselves.



i showed this blog entry to my boyfriend, he was amazed, mostly as he thought this was an actual real person. so i realized i should mention that this is but a sculpture, and i've found a couple of photos that show the whole thing:

eva + janos =

My boyfriend has magic powers, he turns my sketches into 3d computer loveliness!

This is my initial drawing:

And Janos' 3d version of it:


Check out the rest of his portfolio at janosdc.cgsociety.org

bring on the fairy tales!

i have a weak spot for old fairy tale illustrations. who says stuff for children always have to be goofy and in prime colours? i hate that trend. bright colours and mad stuff, yeah, but simple silly stuff?? when i was a child, i prefered the darker mystical illustrations to the simple silly drawings, and i think a lot of children do. at least i hope so. the only experience i have of children is of having been one. i sort of never grew up either so in my special way i have years of experience with children:P and this particular over-sized child that is myself much enjoys these fairy tale illustrations by arthur rackham!!







ho ho kitty is NOT pleased!