Sexy but Hopeless

Have you seen the new reality show on TLC called "Bikini or Bust"? It features swimwear designer Ashley Paige as she struggles to keep her business alive in spite of her complete lack of business sense.

Yes, this has something to do with knitting, since a couple years back Paige wrote a knitting and crochet book called Sexy Little Knits. She actually got her start in knit swimwear, and one of her designs was featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

You'd think after that kind of success that things would be easy, but Paige is always running out of money and just barely able to scrape by and do what she needs to do to keep her business running. The show is actually pretty fun, though I think she gives creative people a bad name by saying in the first episode something like "I'm a creative person so obviously I have no business sense." Plenty of us do just fine with both.

No matter. Her book is a fun one for summer and for knitters who dare to show a little (or a whole heck of a lot!) of skin. Check it out if you missed it the first time around.