Craftydermy: the new taxidermy, obvs.

Knit a fox stole, crochet a sheep head and paper mache some antlers. Why? Why the hell not.

This wonderful book is published by Cicada, and available to buy now.

Is it a shark? Is it a tortoise wearing a knitted fin?

I reckon it’s the latter. Probably (via the Metro)

Etsy cats that will kill their owners.

AMAZING.

You wanna buy any of this for your cat? YOU CAN! If someone gives you one of the new Etsy vouchers that they launched last month.)

Grazia’s London HATWALK.

Grazia says: “Commissioned by the Mayor of London, in partnership with BT, the British Fashion Council, the London 2012 Festival, and *coughs modestly* Grazia magazine… Hatwalk saw 21 hats by the best of UK milliners displayed on iconic statues across the capital.”

All I was doing during the Olympics was WATCHING SPORT. What a waste of my time! I could have been scouting out THIS!

(Something else I missed this month was The Sewing Machine show in Edinburgh, about an 81-year-old woman in a nursing home. There’s a lovely review on The Telegraph by Laura Barnett, who incidentally has a brilliant piece in Psychologies in the November issue.)

 

The cat loves the sewing machine.

This crochet lion is in BIG TROUBLE.

He/she is one of the Cultural Olympiad crochet lions, but it seems no one told the market stall holders in Lincoln. Here over at thisislincolnshire.co.uk

WHHHAAATTT? Sewing ants??

AMAZING.

Ooh, a knitted safari.

Complete with a knitted aardvark. What more could you want?

This is rather excellent jewellery.

‘Sisters who make earrings from the wings of cicadas say their jewellery is flying off the shelves,’ from the Daily Mail.

Pets need craft too.

Two lovely recommendations for pet-loving Etsy sellers by Kate Birt in the Independent: BowWowBeds and Kirsten Loves Dinner.

I wish I had a cat.