Odin was a powerful god in Norse mythology. He governed the realms of wisdom, cunning, sorcery, and death. Just like Zeus, Odin had the power to transform himself into various creatures, which enabled him to wander about the earth undetected. Interestingly enough, both gods often chose bird forms, as disguises – perhaps to make a […]
The first stitch I posted a picture for was the Cloisters. I really just looked at the stitch and admired how it resembled the arch of a cloister. Here is the stitch again. I have since then done some research on cloisters to add a little more meaning to the stitch. Cloisters are essentially covered
I had said earlier that I was having trouble finding an example of the Inverted Gull stitch in life. OK, I know that I’m a little “mad” and I realize that knitting should maybe just be knitting – interesting stitches etc. It really doesn’t need to be part of any grander scheme; but I can’t
Sunday night we went to the parkette to the west of the flatiron building near St. Lawrence Market. There we came across a lovely pianist, who was very welcoming. She introduced herself to her “come by chance” audience; sat for pictures or videos and happily explained how, although she had studied music, she just made up
We went down to Sugar Beach last night to check out the street piano that was there. Fortunately we were able to avoid the $10.00 parking fee because we found on street parking – almost unheard of on the waterfront. At first my husband thought that the parking was $20.00 – but that was for
I will get back to the Found Poetry of Knitting Stitches shortly. I just need a few more pictures. The Inverted Gull Stitch, for example, is posing a bit of a problem – not to mention Odin’s eagles. I will also do an update on my daily challenges – just have to catch up on
I couldn’t resist going out to see the launch of these fantastic pianos that will be scattered around Toronto until the end of July. The event is a lead up to the Pan-Am Games in 2015. The promoters gathered together 49 used pianos and had artists who were born in the countries that are participating
When I was taking the video for the previous post, I was hoping that each sail would be opened, one at a time so that there would be this magnificence tall ship, under full sail, cruising off into the sunset, the way it happens in the movies. Well do movies imitate life? Or do we
Sometimes when you think about something too much, it takes on a life of its own and becomes connected to way more things than it should. Such is the case with the knitting stitch “dry bones cable.” Now I can see why it was included in the Found Poetry of Knitting Stitches, it has a
OK, I’m glad that you clicked on to read some more – because what could be more boring than vegetables – unless they are maybe the murder weapon and then everyone would say…”who would have thought…” My second daily challenge was to cut up a load of vegetables and leave them “front and centre in
