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a global warming rug.

Wowza. Very, very creative.

LINK:  NANIMARQUINA

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a sweet tea towel.

Mademoiselle Dimanche has one of the best collection of textiles around. Love this sweet little pattern!

LINK:  MADEMOISELLE DIMANCHE

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black and white things.

Black and white is my first love, always. You’ll see what I mean Wednesday when I share my guest bedroom on HGTV. For now, enjoy a snippet of monochromatic mighties.

[LINKS: Apothecary soaps, Towel Buddy, White Zinfandel, Emilie Voirin's work, Herringbone Cowhide Rug, Black Motor Wedges, Suki Cheema Throw]

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the perfect tea towels.

With a wide variety of colorways and a dash of pattern, these Hay & Scholten & Baijings tea towels ($32) are skyrocketing to the top of my kitchen wish list.

LINK:  A+R

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a knitted necklace.

You know I’ve got a thing for knitted textiles used in unexpected ways, so this Ponder Knitwear piece (for $104!) is screaming my name.

p.s. Akasha Rabut shot this lookbook, so you know I’m in love!

LINK:  PONDER KNITWEAR

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patterned mittens.

Winter’s still in full swing over here, and I’m thinking I need these sweet little patterned mittens to get me through until spring.

And yes, I can justify any purchase. In case you were wondering.

LINK:  LAZY OAF

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the perfect striped quilt.

Although I’ll never spend $1,000 on a quilt, this Fred Shand design really is a work of art. Bonus? There are lighter versions all over the place.

LINK: ANTHROPOLOGIE
via: SIMPLY GROVE

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a knit art installation.

Cross my heart, this is knitted. Makes your brain hurt a little, yes? You know, from the awesome?

Whoa indeed.

LINK:  VALERIE ANNE MOLNAR
via: IDTextile

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rudolph the red-bowed reindeer.

Yeah, OK. I don’t know if her name is Rudolph either, but that’s the song lyric I chose. Also, I need this.

LINK:  YESJESS on ETSY

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woven computer icons.

Micah Schippa weaves computer icons onto cloth. I loooove the file folder.

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