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    Those crafty bastards

    Posted in Shopping by Allison Williams on June 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 mark the return of Brooklyn’s Renegade Craft Fair, which is like Comic-Con for people who prefer bobbins to Batman. More than 200 vendors will fill the McCarren Park Pool from 11am to 7pm—we scoped out who’s coming, and this is what we’re most excited to hit up between visits to the Treats Truck and tunes from Popshop DJ Squad:

    Twee Things: Look for necklaces ($18–$22), made by a Canadian design pair, which remind us of the chunks of wood we wore as name tags back at Girl Scout camp. Despite the company’s name, these score reasonably well on a scale of "acceptably adorable" to "unbearably cutesy." Does the word twee has a different meaning up in the frozen north?

    Mean Cards: In designer Julianna Holowka’s world, a "get well soon" greeting card says, "A lot of us think you’re faking / Not me, of course." For graduation time, try one that reads, "Your degree is useless / Congratulations and good luck" — they’re the perfect antidote to Hallmark, and we can’t wait for the right occasion for the "You dance funny / Refrain, and seek instruction" card.

    Lotta Jansdotter: If you knit—or live with a knitter, and alpaca skeins are presently taking over your living room—then you understand the need for a yarn bucket. The stiff fabric receptacle ($32) from this Scandinavian label, in a pattern inspired by the DeYoung Museum of San Francisco’s exterior, is the perfect holder.

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