Jul
19
A swatch based on my method for encoding meaning in knitting.
Shiny things
Somewhere to put little posts about my craftiness and links to fibery things I find interesting.
Jan
3
“Banana peels, evidently, are rich in negatively charged molecules, so they attract the heavy and positively charged metal pollutants in water — and they’re quite effective, too. For every treatment with the peel powder, around 65 percent of the water was decontaminated. The process can also be repeated purify the water almost completely.”
Chemist Discovers a Non-Prank Use for Banana Peels : TreeHugger
Jun
26
I’ve just been writing up stitch instructions like crazy lately! There’s not too many more Tunisian crochet stitches from this book, but I might go on to regular crochet and knitting stitches next.
Here’s Fancy Tricot Stitch No.2
Jun
24
Just posted instructions for Fancy Stitch 2 (a Tunisian crochet stitch from a Victorian needlework encyclopedia.)
Jun
23
Just posted instructions for Open Raised Tricot Stitch (a Tunisian crochet stitch from a Victorian needlework encyclopedia.)
Jun
22
Participate in a North American English dialect survey: http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects/
Jun
18
My living room is a pit of despair. (Really I’m just tired of cleaning.)
Jun
17
Wearing the necklace T made for my birthday. It’s a real pick-me-up, plastic heart beads in rainbow colors, fuzzy yarn, and all.
Jun
14
No wonder I’m hungry—I forgot to eat half my breakfast!
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