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Tea and Empathy

Originally published January 17, 2006 I know that the title of the film is Tea and Sympathy. It is one of the few films that I have seen. I have a weakness for films about schools. “Goodbye Mr. Chips” is one of my favourites. Actually one of my regrets in life (along with never having […]

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Wicked Wikipedia

Originally published January 17, 2006 I just visited Wikipedia to-day. I know I should have done it ages ago and in deed I have been meaning to ever since I read about it in a business article. The article was actually a comparison between Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. For those of you who aren’t familiar

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On Folk Music from the Fold

Originally published January 14, 2006 Robyn Gallimore of Red Bird Knits sent me an e-mail with this picture. It is one of her sock of the month patterns – Scarborough Fair – with the comment, “Since you like fold(folk) songs, here’s one for you!” I replied, saying that she had been knitting and spinning too

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In Prayse of the Needle

Originally published January 13, 2006 Somehow I felt that the coracle posting needed a poem. I googled up “knitting poetry” and came across Jean Moss’ site http://www.jeanmoss.com I think that the muse may be very close at hand here. Take a look, if you have a minute. I also found this poem, which is old

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The Artist Among Us

Originally published January 12, 2006 I have just sent an e-mail to Debbie New via Philosopher’s Wool. Over the years and several hard drive failures I have lost her e-mail address. I have talked about the strawberry hat and Debbie’s knitted teacups as a way of beginning or at least as how I began in

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In the Beginning…Again

Originally published January 11, 2006 To everyone who e-mailed me that the link didn’t work, may I say, that, if stupidity were an asset, I wouldn’t have to work for a living! You may not really want to know what actually happened – but follow this “blog” as an example of what not to do,

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In The Beginning

Originally published January 11, 2006 This is the first posting to Divineknits so I would like to make my apologies before I begin: Divineknits is intended to be a discussion about, a journey through, and perhaps even a discovery of, that aspect of the creative process that raises knitting designs from the average to the

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