My first Finished wearable knitting project!

I did it! Finished a project in a decent amount of time. I relearned how to knit and followed my first knitting pattern with a real gauge that can be worn/fitted on a human following a Tom Scott one-sleeved wrap from Vogue knitting magazine. My model is A., who looks so fabulous.
What is the next project? Hmm...

The window at New Deal Fish Market

I live across the street from New Deal Fish Market in Cambridge, MA. Last year, they were covered in a nice little article about Branzino in the Boston Globe. I finally noticed the shiny new framed article they hung on the wall above their freezer. I have also been noticing how many guys like to hang out here, buy fish, and chat with Carl about how to cook stuff. A few years ago, it felt like there were only Japanese people coming in here. All of these guys are totally convinced that they are the ONLY ones who know about New Deal, but can you believe, it's been around since 1928.
Just in case any of you who know this place, here is the fish display that they had yesterday! The swordfish was apparently 150 lbs!

Fashion and Technology

This week, I made it to Computational Couture, a party in the Museum of Science in Boston that just so happened to have a fashion show cruising down the escalators. It was supposed to demonstrate how technology can be wearable! But in the end, most designs demonstrated how technology can be attached to clothing for fun! I attended with some friends, one of whom could be considered an expert in this type of research and she had a terrific soap box rant for this event. She said something to the effect of: "Someone needs to come in and save the wearable technology industry, and it isn't going to be me. If you saw my clothing come down this runway, you wouldn't be able to tell what the technology is, but that's how it would be most useful- HIDDEN! Don't just use technology for the sake of technology, make it help something in your everyday life."


We also got to talking about our alma mater, Cornell, and some of the programs that we experienced there, including the Cornell Body Scanner Program. A 3D body scan is translated into a set of measurements that help dictate a clothing pattern! A quickie blurb from the PBS show "Design Squad" is here.