Marsha
Aug 8th, 2011
Aug 8th, 2011
This is simultaneously cool and creepy
Marsha
Aug 1st, 2011
Aug 1st, 2011
I, on the other hand, am quite impressed
This is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time.
Marsha
Jul 15th, 2011
Jul 15th, 2011
Do any of you remember this?
Marsha
Jul 13th, 2011
Jul 13th, 2011
SO MUCH BETTER!
I just made a massive improvement to my blog. Click here to see it!
Marsha
Jul 5th, 2011
Jul 5th, 2011
Free lunch: Christmas knitting
It’s a stocking. With a dinosaur playing a guitar. Seriously, this is so incredibly cool that I’m amazed I’m not knitting it right now instead of writing this post.
Here’s a ball-shaped ornament that doesn’t actually involve knitting but does use yarn and would likely be appreciated by a knitter.
And here’s a ball-shaped ornament that does involve knitting. It’s from Handknit Holidays, one of my favorite knitting books. (I haven’t actually knit anything from this book yet. But I love nearly all the projects in it, so I like to imagine that one day I will.)
It’s a little snowperson wearing a scarf! And a little elf wearing a scarf!
If you’re a fan of reindeer, you’ll appreciate this ornament and this hat.
If stars are more your style, try hanging these little stars or this knit-and-felted star garland in your home.
What? You prefer mini stockings? Look for further! Here’s a mini stocking for you . . . and an even mini-er mini stocking!
And while we’re on a “mini” theme, don’t miss this mini Santa hat ornament.
I love these little pine tree-shaped sachets, too, and think it would be great fun to fill them with all sorts of nice-smelling stuff. The folks at the Purl Bee do come up with some nifty patterns. I just wish they didn’t usually use the most expensive yarn on the planet for them.
For years I’ve saved wine corks, thinking I’d do something crafty with them. These little korknisser are one option. I made one of these a couple of years ago with Lamb’s Pride bulky. It looked great, but it wasn’t easy to knit these tiny things with such thick yarn. The one I made sits out on an end table during the holidays, though Sylvia often co-opts it for her toy bin.
Marsha
Jun 30th, 2011
Jun 30th, 2011
Can you do it?
It’s simple . . . and surprisingly difficult . . . all at the same time.
Marsha
Jun 27th, 2011
Jun 27th, 2011
Life update
Being: Mindful.
Remembering: Mister Rogers. Seriously, he was a truly awesome individual—definitely on my list of fantasy dinner-party guests. Lots of interesting stories about him (and a link to a great article-length profile of him), such as this one:
Once while rushing to a New York meeting, there were no cabs available, so Rogers and one of his colleagues hopped on the subway. Esquire reported that the car was filled with people, and they assumed they wouldn’t be noticed. But when the crowd spotted Rogers, they all simultaneously burst into song, chanting “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” The result made Rogers smile wide.
Chuckling: Over another way to remember Mister Rogers.
Wondering: Just how evil the Girl Scouts really are.
Contemplating: The paradox of satisfaction, and how it may be harder to be satisfied in a world that is producing an increasing amount of “good stuff.” The forecast is for a world in which we have access to all information but services (Amazon, Google, whoever) provide recommendations for us. What do you think?
Also contemplating: The Filter Bubble, in which Eli Pariser notes that the world we see is increasingly (and alarmingly) shaped by filters (again, Amazon, Google, whoever) that determine what we see (or don’t) based on assumptions and predictions (in turn based on Internet habits) about us. Want to pop your bubble? Here’s how to start.
Marsha
Jun 25th, 2011
Jun 25th, 2011
Sonnet
Sherman Alexie’s recent take on Facebook.
Marsha
Jun 24th, 2011
Jun 24th, 2011
Segue
Related to one of my posts from earlier this month:
Marsha
Jun 22nd, 2011
Jun 22nd, 2011
Does anyone else think this is dumb?
