The first handful of my new linen sling totes are finished! It’s taken me a bit of time to perfect these pretty Zakka-inspired totes, but I am finally happy with the design. Which means you can expect to see them popping up in my shop very soon. And if you want one, you won’t even have to go sidling up to me on the street corner all shifty-eyed + avoiding the 224. Just a few clicks in the s h o p. Nothing illegal, I swear. {I love you, The Wire, bestest show ever.}

I’m really proud of the design + I’m hoping there will be interest in these great + handy little totes. I really love using tote bags on a daily basis, but I’m not a huge fan of too-small totes or totes with the U-handles, particularly when they don’t have a drop that is large enough to comfortably keep up on one’s shoulder. I’ve designed these totes to be practical, ergonomic + comfortable to, well, tote around everywhere you might go. The totes are roomy + capable of holding all of your purse essentials + whatever else you might want to carry around with you. Books, folders, your lunch, etc. And the strap is wide + lined with cotton fabric, and it can be positioned to sling across your chest or sit comfortably on your shoulder. This is my most favorite feature, because I can’t seem to keep purses, bags, or totes on my shoulder. I love that I can just sling this baby on and go!

I’m still waiting on a re-up of supplies to start really cranking the sling totes out, so there is only one in my shop right now {at a great sale price, too!}, but that will soon change, I promise. And if you are interested in a linen sling tote {I’ll soon be playing around with sturdy + heavy canvas for market/library totes, too} of a particular color/fabric combination or drop/handle length {for those of you über-tall folks}, feel free to drop me a line. Custom orders are always happily accepted.

Hello all! In order to start to get the word out about my shop, I am having a Fall Is Nearly Here! sale on all of the pillow covers currently in my shop. Because, so far as I understand the world of business, people selling stuff have sales on their stuff during any + every holiday possible. And, while they all call it Labor Day, I call September 1st Fall Is Nearly Here! Day. And if ever there were a thing to celebrate with a sale, it is Fall being nearly here. So, get 15% off all items currently in the shop (the pillow cover above was just added today) using the discount code FALLSALE. Sale ends on Sept. 2. Enjoy + happy shopping!

Hello + welcome to the new home of the Knitting Philistine! As you can see, many changes have been in the works Chez Philistine this summer, and I am happy to say that the new digs + shop are nearing completion. Yes! I did say shop! My new shop of handsewn goods is just one of many dramatic changes I’ve made, and it is certainly the biggest one. Okay, perhaps the *biggest* one was the decision to leave my PhD program and graduate school. I’m sure there will be more ramblings about that soon enough. In the meantime, I hope you will have a look around my new blog + update your RSS feeds + have a peek inside my shop. Oh! And I should probably introduce the new family feline… Simon Flavius Cat. Many of you are familiar with him from Flickr, but for those of you who aren’t, let me just say, he’s a rascal. And he will likely join Edwin Claudius Cat (otherwise known as ECC) in many appearances ’round here.

I have a ginormous backlog of things to show + tell y’all, but I’m going to take it one step + one post at a time…. and fear not, I have a nice pile of single socks to show y’all from this summer’s knitting. That’s right, this is still a knitting blog, though I have expanded my crafting to include sewing + quilting, so I’m sure I’ll have plenty of stuff to say about those topics as well.

More soon!