Emmy Lou Helmuth April 29, 2008

  Despite that the fact that it is suppose to be Spring here in the great Northwest, I still find myself longing for a nice warm cup of something to get myself ready to face the day.  When you live in a 100 year old house and Spring is just refusing to actually break through, it is nice to have something to warm the bones in the morning.  Try as I might, I often forget to bring my own reusable coffee mug to the local coffee shop and with the baristas making the drinks so scorching, I then find myself reaching for a drink sleeve.  Of course, environmental guilt then ensues.  For this reason, I love these hand knit drink sleeves by Emmy Lou Helmuth.  They can be stuffed in your purse, making it a snap to reduce guilt because they are always around.  

Emmy Lou offers many different beautiful hand knit products including coasters, hats, headbands and this purse that looks like a bright explosion of color.  It is soooo funky and fun and I love that it is made with recycled silk yarn.  This gorgeous yarn  is manufactured by a women’s cooperative group in the Himalayan mountains.  During production, the women cut off the ends of saris and then spin the scraps into yarn.  It makes for a beautiful bag!!!!

To find out more about this talented artist, visit her blog at http://emmylouhelmuth.blogspot.com.  It is filled with positive stories about the knitting community and interesting posts about Emmy Lou’s creative process.