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| Hen and chickens from Fiber Trends |
To-day is national Rubber Ducky Day. The link is actually to last year’s listing – but things don’t change much in the world of rubber ducks. I’m really not sure why we need a day to celebrate a bath toy – but it is a toy with staying power. Maybe in the depths of bitterly cold January we need a spot of yellow to lighten the mood.
Anyway, I don’t have any patterns for knitted ducks. I have patterns for knitted felted chickens, which look a little like rubber ducks. I also have a pattern for mittens that look like ducks, would that help? Then, of course there is Lucy Neatby’s duck sweater that I have posted before. But we’re not talking rubber ducks here, we’re talking mathematical ducks with a serious academic side to them.
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| Barnyard Mittens II from Infiknit |
There are sites that will customize rubber ducks for you. Put your logo on a few, that is. I’ll bet that there is even a very large inflatable duck to be had some where, if you wanted to do a promotion or something. How about 10 or 20% off everything in the store that is yellow. Could you hide a few rubber ducks in your store and when they are found take a certain percentage off the finder’s purchase? Maybe you could even make this a “flash” event on Facebook.
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| Duck Sweater fro Lucy Neatby |
There is also a popular song that goes with the duck. It actually made it to #16 on the charts back in the 70’s – you remember – “Rubber Ducky, you’re the one…. “. Please post to my Facebook, if you happen to be somewhere there is a rubber duck “happening.”
Dinner – nothing with wings or Foie Gras – and the best that I can think of is fried eggs – sunny side up. I’ll try to be a little more creative tomorrow. Oh and btw, I missed chocolate covered cherry day and I have a pattern from Heartstrings for socks and matching fingerless mittens for that day – next year! Enjoy!