There are some weeks when writing the introduction for Link Love is a challenge because I have no idea what to write and other weeks when I have too many ideas in my head and I can’t figure out what to focus on. This week is a too-many-ideas week so pardon me if I prattle on for a bit.First, I couldn’t choose what to pick for the Link of the Week. I ended up with two but it could easily have been six. I feel a mix of admiration and kinship with Annie Atkins. Her name is a mix of my name and my husband’s: if I had been a traditionalist, I could have become Ana Atkins. Annie has the job of my dreams (If you’re hiring, Annie, I am currently available!). I had even been thinking about doing a project like what she created. She did it differently than what I had in my head but, of course, hers is spectacular.
I also chose Inkpothesis’s post about doodles and notes in this time of frustration. Jaclyn has such an amazing ability to capture in both beautiful images and words a particular situation that I feel like she crosses it off everyone else’s list. “I don’t have to do that now because Jaclyn did it so thoroughly and completely I have nothing to add.”
I might have also included Crónicas Estilográficas’s post about 10 Years of blogging, as I too, am approaching a similar anniversary. I feel honored to be in such excellent company.
There are also wonderful posts about artists working from home, a designer’s bullet journal, and Studio Ghibli backgrounds for your next Zoom meeting (I took full advantage of these for my last virtual Knit Night). It wouldn’t be a “good week” without a Star Wars link so things are looking up.
And all this sheltering-at-home has me (and a lot of other people) picking up knitting needles again so there’s a whole section for knitting this week. Have you re-embraced a craft or hobby in the last few weeks? What are you working on?
Link(s) of the Week:
- Annie Atkins creates a series of fake Public Health Service posters to lift our spirits during lockdown (via Creative Boom)
- Quarantine Notes & Frustration Doodles (via Inkpothesis)
Pens:
- Fountain Pen Review: Get to Know the Benu Tattoo Fountain Pen (via Pen Chalet Blog)
- Pen Review: Pilot V-Pen (via Macchiato Man)
- You Can’t Go Home Again: the New rOtring 600 3 in 1 Multipen (via Penquisition)
- ystudio Resin Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Oddly Satisfying Writing with a Vintage Music Nib Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
Ink:
- De Atramentis Virgo (via Ink Sharks)
- Troublemaker Luneta Twilight Pink (via Mountain of Ink)
- The Green Ink Quest: Akkerman #28 (via From the Pen Cup)
- TWSBI 1791 Limited Edition Ink Set: A Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Berlin Notebook No. 1 Blue (via Macchiato Man)
- Ink Overview: Standard Bindery Original Fountain Pen Ink (via Macchiato Man)
- Montblanc Writers Edition Rudyard Kipling Limited Edition (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Pencils:
- Pencils in Literature: Group Project Edition (via CW Pencil Enterprise)
- Pencil Town: A Coloring Sheet! (via CW Pencil Enterprise)
- Longpoint: Cutting Corners. (via Pencil Revolution!)
- Vintage Colored Pencils: General’s Multichrome (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Product Review: Koh-i-Noor Polycolor, Retro Edition (with Vintage Comparison) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Notable Pencils: The Many Dresses of Blackwing Colors (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Tsubame Note Notebook Review (via Fountain Pen Love)
- Tomoe River Kanso B5 Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Thinkers Notebook Review (via The Poor Penman)
- Wonder Pens Blotting Paper (via Writing For Pain & Pleasure)
- The Best Paper For Everyday Writing, Part IV: How Do People Actually Use Pocket Notebooks? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- The Best Paper for Everyday Writing, Part III: The Best Spiral Notebooks (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- A Graphic Designer Working at Home – my bullet journal + project management system (via Stationery Nerd)
- Log & Jotter Notebooks Review & Interview (via Original Content Books)
- Fountain Pen Love’s Massive List of Fountain Pen Friendly Paper Ratings (via Quo Vadis Blog)
- The Lost Diaries of War (via NYTimes)
Art & Creativity:
- A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine (via Hyperallergic)
- Artist Review: iPad Pro 2020 (via Parka Blogs)
- Hahnemühle Toned Watercolour Sketch Book Review (via Doodlewash)
- Sketching Goodbye to my Old Work Shirt (via Apple-Pine)
- Sprawling Pen Illustrations in Sketchbooks by Mattias Adolfsson Incite the Wild and Absurd (via Colossal)
- The Joy Of Art Supplies (via Doodlewash)
- Colours in my palette: A new series (via Liz Steel)
- Colours in my palette: Red and pink (via Liz Steel)
- Last Week: Starting my second Stay Home Alpha sketchbook (via Liz Steel)
- This Artist Pays Homage To Today’s Heroes With Stunning Illustrations (via Design You Trust)
- Free, Online Drawing Tutorials for Kids (via Core77)
Design & Typography:
- “Solid typography can elevate the worst imagery”: Nick Losacco on his type-focussed, minimal designs (via It’s Nice That)
- Letterform Archive (via Letterform Archive)
- Exclusive: Chicago’s new brand identity could save the city $10 million a year (via Fast Company)
- Pentagram’s Domenic Lippa rebrands Jane Austen’s House (via It’s Nice That)
- House Industries Lettering Manual (via House Industries)
Knitting:
- Knitting notebook (via Nero’s Notes)
- Books with Franklin: Boldfaced Knitter (via Mason-Dixon Knitting)
- A Few Favorite Video Podcasts (via Paper Tiger)
- Copenhagen’s Distinct Architecture Knit into Color-Blocked Urban Landscapes by Jake Henzler (via Colossal)
- Dana’s Edit: What to Knit During a Pandemic (via Mason-Dixon Knitting)
Other Interesting Things (to Entertain, Distract and Inform):
- Knit to This: A Pivot, in the Basement (via Mason-Dixon Knitting) (This is a Watch This recommendation, I did not put it in the wrong spot)
- The Desks of The Sweet Setup (via The Sweet Setup)
- A Warning About Fakes And Fakers (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
- 10 Years (via Crónicas Estilográficas)
- Star Wars plot holes debunked (via Digital Spy)
- Free Studio Ghibli Virtual Backgrounds for Video Conferencing (via My Modern Met)
- Product Review: Shiny DIY Printing Kit (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Some of My Favourite Typewriter Posters and Ads (via oz.Typewriter)
- The Best Snail Mail Supplies (via JetPens Blog)
- Quentin Blake imagines “real, portable” rainbows you can send as free e-cards (via It’s Nice That)
- Portrait of an Empty City (via The Casual Optimist)
- IKEA Shares Their Iconic Meatballs Recipe And It Consists Of Only 6 Steps (via Design You Trust)
- In Good Company turns its street art campaign into ‘Posters for the People’ to support key workers (via Creative Boom)
- BOOK – Jehane Charity colouring book (via print & pattern)
- The Best New York Accent (via Kottke.org)
- DIY: bag for goodies (via Flow Magazine)
- How to start decluttering (via Flow Magazine)
