There’s some good info about the dyeing process of madder ties over at Mister Mort. It’s a good read before you head off to dreamland.

There’s a sale on Olch ties over at Opening Ceremony. You’re going to be wanting one of these this summer. My favorite is the English cotton white polka dot pictured above.

pierreponthicks:

product coming in early march

I enjoy seeing the material selection process. I also just really enjoy textiles; so much so, that last year I started a site (La La Llama: http://lalallama.com) that contains thousands of material swatch images. The goal of the site was to create an online system that held not only swatches but the materials that went into the textiles. I also wanted to bring attention to textile designers because I didn’t really see them focused on anywhere else. And I think that pattern design is interesting.

I haven’t done anything with the site lately because it’s slow and I can’t bring myself to code a better way to add textiles. Managing and setting up the site did teach me a thing or two about textiles though.

At my office each month, the developers—I’m one of them—participate in a developer-run presentation named code camp. The goal of these presentations is to bring the developers closer by having them share their recent experiences with code or code related subjects that they’re interested in.

Here’s a presentation that I created for one of these code camp sessions that I think you might enjoy. It’s about tie knots and it was inspired by the book The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie: The Science and Aesthetics of Tie Knots by Thomas Fink and Yong Mao. You can download my presentation here.

I’ve seen leather neckties, but never any made of waxed canvas. I dig ‘em. Too bad they’re all sold out at Hickorees. Does anyone know another shop that might have these?

via The Simple Connoisseur

photo credit: C.Chauchat

Sound the horn! There’s been a bit of innovation in the necktie manufacturing process. You can’t see it in the photo above, but I’ve read that these ties look a little different upon every glance. Pretty neat. The process includes covering the usual tie fabrics with a sheer cotton voile, which makes the colors appear different in certain light conditions. If you’re interested, you can read more at Bblessing.

photo via David Hart & Co.

It’s not exactly a winter look, but I ran across this tie the other day and figured it was too good not to play around with. And here’s a look for you gentlemen:

Spectators by robksawyer on Polyvore.com