Frankie is SO ready for Vanity Fair. She's gorgeous. Love that your teacup, yarn and apple match.

Beautiful Frankie, she reminds me of my very first cat. Critter was very picture-esque also.

Thanks for sharing your cats with us.

Looking at the Pretty in Punk picture I couldn't help but think if I'd attempted a jump like that in heels like those, I would end up with a broken ankle for sure!! :P

Ooo! That yarn in the upper left up there, I have it too, it's gorgeous.

Now there is a photospread begging to be shot - Frankie and Carla Bruni. Do you think the French would accept Frankie as a First Lady as well?

I saw somewhere that UGG is making knit boots this year. I shall go and try to find a photo of them.

Did you get the package??

Here they are: http://www.sonomaoutfitters.com/istar.asp?a=6&id=5819!207

Weird but cute!

Seriously, how do they orchestrate a jump like that in heels? Either a heel or an ankle or both would be broken! Do you suppose there's a trampoline underneath her? I'd love to watch a photo shoot like that. Very cool.

Great picture of little Frankie! What is she laying on? Whatever it is, it's gorgeous!!! Such pretty, rich colors!

Laurie...what are you knitting with that beautiful yarn...just wondering!

My first thought was, like to see the landing with those heels on... just sayin'

Frankie is more worthy of the fame of Carla and then some! Those pictures of Bob last week were just wonderful, too! A cat photo book, complete with your quips, would be a best seller for you!
Just got my copy of Vanity Fair this morning and look forward to an evening alone to savor it tonight!

Love Frankie! I bet the model is suspended in the air in a harness. I saw them do it that way on America's Next Top Model once...

mmm... really nice colors in that first photo!

Did you notice the heels have spikes across the instep? So that way if you don't break your neck/back you can always puncture yourself. Love the dress.

Yipes, I'm with some of the other commenters. How did they keep the "Pretty in Punk" model from breaking an ankle when she landed?!

That yarn is beautiful!

Joan McGowan-Michael of White Lies designs does fishnets, there's a pattern in Stitch n Bitch Nation and a pattern for knee high fishnets in her book Knitting Lingerie Style. There's also a free pattern here: http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/13087-popup.html
but the SnBN pattern looks the easiest as it's on two needles.

Frankie is definitely ready. The sheet she's lying on kind of looks like the fancy dress in the pictures above her. Same colors. And of course she has on her white gloves and white fur stole for the occasion.

I dont think the model was really jumping. I think that she's actually kneeling on one knee, and holding her other leg out in front of her.

There's either a fan blowing her hair, or the stylist did something to make it look like it is. (lots of mousse?)

I have a pillowcase in the pattern Frankie is sitting on. Just one pillowcase, but I love it!

Frankie looks tres chic!

The model is Coco Rocha, famous for her Irish dancing on the runway. The jump is a typical Irish dance jump, but you just couldn't do it in those shoes. Maybe they suspended her on a harness so she could hold the jump in mid-air.

Frankie knows she's ready, so why doesn't America's Next Top Model?

You sure are getting artsy with your photos. I think Vanity Fair is ready for YOU.

I ♥ Vanity Fair. But it sometimes depresses me when I realize I cant afford much in the magazine. Sigh... Oh well.
By the way, how is your sewing project coming?

I ♥ Vanity Fair. But it sometimes depresses me when I realize I cant afford much in the magazine. Sigh... Oh well.
By the way, how is your sewing project coming?

Fun fact: I am related by marriage to the designers behind Rodarte. They are lovely and kind. That said, I think they are phenomenal designers. Should I ever be nominated for a major award, I'm going to commission them to make a dress for me. That is, if I can afford it!

I think Frankie will do very well on "the cat-walk"

Right said Fred

Rock on

Now you're just messing with my head. ***What are you knitting???***

Now you're just messing with my head. ***What are you knitting???***

That was my first thought - imagine the landing in those shoes! Of course she could be sitting on her bottom with one leg in the air and the fan blowing. Ok, I know, no romance. Speaking of points, when working with dp needles where do you keep the work on the other needles so the other needles don't obstruct the two needles you're working with? In the middle, all the work on points, some other way? I don't have much experience with dp's but I don't remember having as much trouble as I am now trying to crank out fingerless gloves. Info on your best book or web site or advice on the subject would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

You'd have to be a tall starving model able to jump 6 feet in the air to pull off that look. On me, the first question would be - "learning to knit are you?" sigh

I love the staging/setting/whatever you call it of your top photo. The yarn, apple and mug really set off the magazine cover.
Is that SWS yarn?

Rodarte is brilliant and the two girls who design are local girls....very low key, not fashionista at all.
http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/rodarte/
I adore them and have been thrilled at their sucess.

As for the Louboutin heel trick, my guess is that they've either suspended her on cables and airbrushed the cables out or yeah, she's jumping on a trampoline. Amazing shoes...if I size 40 (American 10) landed at my desk, I'd wear them. :-)

Whatever happened to your pretty-pretty-purple dress? (that you were sewing)

Frankie is the cutest. She would blow Vanity Fair out of the water.

As sculpture those shoes are amazing. As footwear they frighten me. Interesting that the model is known for Irish dancing, the outline of the dress has a bit of that look.

Hmm...what kind of yarn are you working with in the first picture there? And what are you working on? Very mysterious....

They probably Photo-Shopped the dumb shoes on after she did her cool Irish jump. :)

Your pictures are wonderful, as usual, and your blog always makes me laugh. Thanks!

Your photos are so so....photogenic! As is Frankie. Vanity-genic as well. I look at those tights and dresses and think "Oh how warm those would be in the winter! The shoes, not so much in the snow." I'm ready to move back to warmer climes. Happy Hump Day manana. Kris

Frankie is such a cutie! :)

You ARE getting artsy! That first picture's a treat for sure. Now - about the model. Being as I don't know who her momma or bubbe are, I'll step in for them. WTF??? Don't you know you can break your neck pulling stunts like that? Furthermore,you SLIP IS SHOWING and just who said you could leave the house dress like that? Oy, you look like a french fancy woman. Take off those dreadful shoes, put on something sensible and go to the library.

PS Frankie's much beautifuller than anyone in those magazines. If they see the picture and come courting, don't let her pose for less than six figures.

Frankie would have made the dress even more fabulous.

I'm just starting to get sort of freaked out that I'll have to knit some socks one of these days. I saw some at a yarn shop the other day and man, that would bring some serious bragging rights. I'm so not ready for that and the yarn was very itchy feeling. I just barely touched it.

I know someone else said it already, but I love that the apple, the teacup and the yarn in the first picture match. They also give a sort of autumnal look together with the brown scale of the magazine.

And Frankie is a sweetheart, makes me miss my own cat!

You are so cute with your cats. There is a word.....anthropomorphism......putting human traits to non-human objects like cats and dogs etc......I used to do that with my dog....Oh, little Shadow loves to dance....or.....Shadow loves to watch old movies.....Linda

Free fishnet pattern:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/13087-popup.html

I was JUST on the Rodarte website last season looking at their knit boots! I copied them, and m still tweaking the pattern, but I'm so excited they still have knitted items in their collections!

Thanks for sharing!

Frankie would *never* allow herself to be seen in those silly shoes, I'm sure of that! Anyway, true beauty needs no adornment. Pretty cat!

She reminds me very much of my first little girl, Rudy, also a tortie with an orange blaze down the middle of her nose. She wouldn't wear dumb shoes either...

Sweet Frankie!

Lots of people want to know what kind of yummy yarn that is in the top pic - my guess is Malabrigo in Velvet Grapes. Whatever it is, it's super purty.

Yes yes YES to those Christian Louboutin stilletos!

You gotta wonder how she landed after jumping that high in heels like that!

How do I copy your mitten pattern? It just won't do it, it copies your whole blog...after 2o pages, I stopped the printer....I'm not Drunk, Divorsed or covered with cat hair. But I tend to be a little dumb when it comes to computers, and I am covered in Dog hair. Loved your book and your blog. Keep it up

thanks
Shar

Hi -

Haven't seen the knit boots you're referring to, but they made a pair on a rerun of Knitty Gritty, using an old pair of pumps as a base. They did them in vomitrocious orange yarn, but it's a very cool concept. Check out DIY.com for directions.

Also, Cat Bordhi's incredible Mobius lace scarf - same place.

Maybe it's just me.....but I totally want to read the article by Joan Jett!!!!!

W. :o)

What, oh what is that fabulous yarn??? And is it expensive? It looks expensive...

But I want it!!

It's nice to see knits getting some mention in the big fasion magazines. I'm tired of all the satin and silk I've seen on the runways recently.