Posted on 01/01/2023 11:18:11 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
You all might also like ‘Craft in America’ on PBS. You can usually find it free on their site, or on You Tube. I own a few of the videos because it’s easier to share it with Beau that way, on the big TV. ;)
It has everything you could imagine and the crafts people are amazing. Weaving, leather-work, woodworking, carving, pottery, fiber arts, etc.
https://www.pbs.org/craft-in-america/
I wish I knew where my Grandma’s Cuckoo Clock ended up. I’m pretty sure one of two Aunts has it. I loved that thing as a kid - don’t know why I don’t have one of my own!
I have found that knitting is a pleasant activity when visiting someone in the hospital. They have times when they doze off, or are involved with some procedure or something. . .
I found a big bag of copper-colored cookie cutters for 99-cents at a Thrift store - they were all the same ones I used as a kid with my Mom & Sister when we made Sugar Cookies.
So, I changed the decorations on my little table-top tree this season to incorporate them. I added raffia bows to hang them with and they look so cute!
Makes me smile every time I see that tree. :)
I'm one that leaves 'Christmas' up until 'Twelfth Night' which is January 12th. Mainly because I'm lazy, but that's the excuse I always use, LOL! I HATE to put my Creche away each year. It's the beautiful Fontanini set that my Uncle Frank gifted me two years ago. He bought it when he was traveling in Italy and I can't believe he just GAVE it to me! Of course, he's quite the collector and has about 12 different ones from all around the world. He's in his late 70's now and downsizing.
This is not my house, but this is the set he gave me:
Oh, they look so soft!
Making booties is on my ‘to-learn’ list. I do OK on baby blankets and caps, but I want to crochet booties, too.
I donate to ‘Project Linus’ and ‘Warm Up America.’
My current project is some pet ‘cuddle mats’ for my local Humane Society with a pattern from ‘Comfort for Critters.’ I have (literally!) a TON of donated yarn to use up in the coming years.
https://www.comfortforcritters.org/
I spent a LOT of time for 12 years, taking Dad to various appointments. I always brought along my current project. I was surprised at how many people (men and women) would ask me about what I was making and ask to sit by me and watch.
They were either very bored or very interested.
We should all be Craft Ambassadors! :)
Thanks for the tip! Will check that out, too!
We always added bell-bottoms and embroidery to our blue jeans when I was a teen. Not sure if that was a 'Bored Teen Midwest Thang' or if others did it. Anyhow, mending your clothes with visible artwork is creative, and pretty and fun. Hoping to rip a hole in my bluejeans or a sweater sleeve, ASAP. ;)
https://www.gathered.how/arts-crafts/upcycling/visible-mending/
I have two small ones, one restored and one waiting. It’s a Lux clock. This is an old website. I have one of the little white house ones. Currently disassembled. Needed a new spring. http://www.luxclocks.net/
Nice, we leave ours up til Jan. 7 at least. My Dad was Orthodox so we left everything up for his Christmas.
When my deaf aunt was in the hospital and I sat with her (spent nights sometimes), I was able to crochet - not knitting at the time. I would make crocheted bookmarks - small, easy projects, but kept my hands busy. I don’t have many of those bookmarks left - have given them away.
Currently, I cannot knit in the room. There is too much going on & often I have to sit right by dad’s bed, he’ll want to hold hands, etc. .... haven’t figured out how to knit with one hand yet. In the last couple of days, he’s developed “Hospital Delirium” and doing anything but sitting with him & keeping him in bed, etc. is impossible. Once he gets home, I should have more time for knitting.
Prayers up for you both.
Thanks - since Wednesday, it’s been really rough, but I think the wheels are finally back on the wagon, if a bit wobbly. After last night, I am officially sleep deprived, but it’s looking like tonight will be quieter.
Hope you can get some rest.
This Yarn was dyed; Here is an article on “Pure Structural Color”.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-british-zoologist-wants-to-reinvent-color-180981349/
Thanks, Pete! :)
https://www.goldennumber.net/nautilus-spiral-golden-ratio/
Is the Nautilus shell spiral a golden spiral?
February 8, 2014 by Gary Meisner 65 Comments Nautilus shell spirals may have phi proportions, but not as you may have heard.
The Nautilus shell if often associated with the golden ratio. There is a fair amount of confusion, misinformation and controversy though over whether the graceful spiral curve of the nautilus shell is based on this golden proportion. Some say yes, but offer no proof at all. Some show examples of spirals, but incorrectly assume that every equi-angular spiral in nature is a golden spiral. Several university math professors say no, but they only compared the nautilus spiral to the spiral created from a golden rectangle. Another university professor says no, but only measured height and width of the entire shell. Let’s look at this objectively and solve this mystery and debate."
"The golden spiral is then constructed by creating an arc that touches the points at which each of these golden rectangles are divided into a square and a smaller golden rectangle. "
More at link!
I wonder how a nautilus quilt would look?
Fascinating post! I have always liked the nautilus shell. I went to your link. In the second row I love the green one. I could see making that in batik ocean colors.
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