Beaded Shamrock Socks from Heartstrings I have become fascinated with the idea of luck. The day I posted “Get Lucky,” I had an appointment at a clinic – just something routine. I got a bit lost getting there, so I was running short of time. However, when I arrived I not only had to park […]
Bunny Fun from Fiber Trends According to this article in the Globe luck is something that you can learn – maybe something like “get lucky 101.” The main thread of the article is that through trial and error you can train yourself to have more lucky breaks. For example: When looking for a parking spot
When it’s a de-stresser. Apparently someone has invented a pen that will measure the user’s stress level and give bio-feedback to help that person de-stress! Think of playing with pens in a nervous or stressful situation. Well, our new stress pen will measure these actions and if they are too stressful, the pen will itself
Family Cable Crossing I just love the way families “happen.” Yes there is always the traditional family which happens when a husband and wife have biological children and this is good. It is the foundation of a society. What fascinates me more, though, is how people, that are not part of this traditional family structure,
Fish Wall Hanging from Lucy Neatby Always being one to extend celebrations as long as possible, I embraced Tom Bawcock’s Eve – it’s an early start to Christmas partying. This is an event that is celebrated in a tiny fishing village in Cornwall, UK. The village is Mousehole pronounced “Mowzel” and every Dec 23, villagers
Argyle Gloves from Le Tissier Apparently the brown car is back. That is, brown, as a colour for cars, is back. Is this a late 20’s or early 30’s thing? Brown coloured cars were popular both during the great depression and in the 70’s, which apparently, sported a number of brown cars, and I guess,
Streaming Leaf Scarf from Fiber Trends ….an app as lovely as a tree. I was just reading about a fellow in NYC who used a database of city info to develop an app that gives you information about any tree in NYC. Well, at least the trees from the city’s database. So you could be
Sivia Harding’s Moonshadow ….would be as white…maybe, maybe not. Actually a few years ago it was very green and warmish. There was no snow, no skiing and well it looked like the vernal equinox. I wrote about it then. Here’s the link. http://divineknits-infiknit.blogspot.com/2006/12/oh-solstice-my-solstice.html So this year it is quite different. There’s lots of snow and
Norwegian Mittens The Druids have taken up residence, in the house, once again. Yes, we have brought in “the tree” which will be, the Christmas tree. I love Christmas Trees, partly because I love trees in general; but I also love an occasion to bring a tree into the house and decorate it (i.e. worship
My youngest – the soon-to-be-18 year old (male) is taking fashion design at school. This wasn’t necessarily by choice – but, because he tends to dress as a “fashion plate,” his guidance teacher suggested that fashion design might suit him – no pun intended. His response, as usual, was – whatever and when can I
