Book Research

At the moment, my fingers are mostly busy working away at designs for my book of disguises.

Here's a picture of me doing some comedy research:

Beards Spotted Live on Stage...

Way back when, in the murky month of October, a few fuzzy treats found their way to the stage in a production of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

The beards, and the Outlaws that wore them, have not been seen since...

Photograph by Robert Day

Movember 2011

Hi gang,

It's that time of year again, and to celebrate your charitable hirsuteness, I shall once again be donating 2% of may sales this month to Movember.

So knock yourself out with some tashy delights:

www.wifeofbrian.com

Pop me an email if you're after something specific or have a new beardy idea for me.

For a bit of inspiration, here is a page from Knitting Today! Magazine (March/April 2011) celebrating the tash:

Happy beards to you all x

Disguises

Hi folks,

Yes, so I've been away for quite some time... Turns out I'm not a natural at this blogging malarky. I'm determined to improve that though. Especially with Movember and Christmas coming up...

So, latest news: I've been asked to submit some ideas for a potential book of knitted and crocheted disguises. Suffice to say, I was more than a little excited about this concept, and got making. Here are some of my ideas thus far:

I'm currently working on a rasta hat with dreadlocks, which has been quite fun. But I would love to hear some of your ideas. After all, this will be a pattern book, so let me know what you'd like to make.

Movember!

So folks, November is here and you know what that means. Charitable menfolk of the world are growing facial hair to raise money to fight prostate cancer. Hooray! If you want to know more, check out the website here: http://uk.movember.com/

And if you want to show your allegiance but are struggling a wee bit, there's always Wife of Brian. For the whole of November I will be donating 2% of my sales to the charity.

While you're here, I thought you might like to see a couple of new creations. An iphone cozy, and The Groucho:

The Groucho has already made it to the front page of etsy:

Good times indeed in moustache-land.

Get in touch if you want some knitted Movember love.

x

Summer Madness

So Summer is here (apparently) and the nation seems to be going mad with the joys of the World Cup. I was sat on the tube last night opposite a couple having a serious conversation, all the while the girl was wearing a giant inflatable England flag hand. Kept me entertained for quite a while.

Anyway, I was watching the news the other day and they had a report about "why we buy so much England tat," which prompted me to think 'why have I not made any England tat?' And so here is my contribution:

I was meant to be having a beardy stall at a festival called Sellindge Music Festival in Kent last weekend. I was looking forward to it very much - I think the beards would go down very well with the festival folk - and I've got my mini stall set up in my living room. Sadly the festival got cancelled at the last minute and I'm really gutted (as I expect everyone was). So if anyone's looking for an interesting stall for a festival, do let me know!

And finally, an update on those press articles. They came through, and they look great. Have a look:

Bust Magazine (Feb/Mar 2010):

Melbourne Magazine (Mar 2010):

Beardy beardy joy. See you soon peeps xx

Festive Silliness and Press Treats

Festive Silliness: Here were my beardy contributions to the world for the Saint Days of Valentine and Patrick. The card proved to be quite popular, and the greenie beard was actually a custom order. I think I may start a range of brightly coloured beards. Yellow next, I think.

As for the Press Treats: There's been a bit of chat about me on the internet of late, which has been nice. It started with being on the etsy front page, twice in two days - both with the same item!

That led to a lot of custom orders and lovely emails, hurrah.

It also led to a lovely article on the live. make. create. website:

http://livemakecreate.com/2010/01/26/yarn-check-disguise-check/

Which included such sweet quotes as: "All of her designs are clever and very beautifully crafted". Thanks!

There was also a mention on the Jezebel blog.

http://jezebel.com/5465179/beards-for-all#comments

My favourite comment from here was: "I just checked out this woman's website. I really, really want her to be my friend". Yay!

And then... This blog got picked up by Glamour Magazine who wrote about my "ridiculousness" on their website. Tee hee.

http://www.glamour.com/beauty/blogs/girls-in-the-beauty-department/2010/02/monday-silliness-the-beard-hat.html

How very exciting.

The beardy article that my interview contributed to in Melbourne Magazine has now been published, and the lovely Ian Rose who wrote it is sending me a copy. I'm really looking forward to reading that.

I'm yet to hear whether my moustache gloves have made an appearance in Bust Magazine. I don't have access to a copy over here, so if anyone's seen one, it would be great to know if I made the cut.

Right, that's all my pressy treats for now.

Merry Mother's Day everyone x