First, an incredibly random thought I had earlier this week: Ok, there are fundamentalist Christians and fundamentalist Jews (usually called ultra-orthadox or Hasidic) and Muslims (Shi'ite) but why don't you hear about fundamentalist Buddhists or Hindus?
I'm still thinking about Regina's quasi-rant about "knitting yarn". She makes the comment:
I was able to do both interchangeably and at that time (way back when) these processes were considered hobbies and not lifestyles. Though for me needlework took on a much more important role than just mere hobby.Is it possible that we have begun to take knitting and crochet a little too seriously? I'm not trying to demean or marginalize the two, but since when are either "meditative techniques". Yes, yes, I get in a "zone" when practicing either, but do I truly reach that place of nothingness where ego is gone? So many books and journals these days seem to suggest that we can learn incredibly deep and provocative life lessons through a knit stitch or crochet hook. As my husband would say: :Uhm, you're over thinking this honey...it's just a sweater." At the risk of sounding "fundamentalist", are some people using knitting and crochet as their spiritual center? I don't deny that they can lead you to it, but they are not IT.
Yep. Hubby just arrived home. Later this evening, I will treat you to the Yale Girl pattern and show you a new place I've discovered to store my stash!
ta for now!..
...And I'm Back
As promised: Yale Girl
And the very easy pattern:
Hook size I
Worsted weight yarn (I was using a 6oz skein of Caron Simply Soft in Victorian Rose and used maybe 3 oz of it
Ch 15
Row 1: Sc in third chain from the hook. *Ch 1 skip 1 chain sc in next chain to end. Ch 2 Turn
Row 2: Sc in first ch 1 space. *Ch 1 skip next sc. Sc in next ch 1 space to end. Ch 2 turn.
Repeat row 2 until the scarf is length desired.
Now is that easy or what? (oh, ain't the model a cutie???)
I'm working on two other things right now, too. Hope to have them up soon as well.
Stash problems
Hubby has been asking me to clean up the computer cum craft room for about a week. He's been very patient and he has a point:
The problem is, my stash has outgrown my space and I don't want to tell hubby. (I keep him in the dark about the depths of my habit/problem)
But suddenly it hit me: Hey wait a minute....here, in the laundry room...
aren't those cabinets? And look, when I open them...
Isn't that just a bunch of crap we never use and I can throw away???
Hooray!! room for books and stash!!!! Hubby can remain ignorant!!
The trouble with kids today
As I cruised the streets today listening to Bugs Bunny on Broadway, it occured to me that the youth of today have gone without Looney Tunes and that, my friend is why they have no sense of humor beyond bathroom the bathroom kind. Seriously! Looney Tunes is genius:
sung to the "The Barber of Seville"
How do?
Welcome to my shop. Let me cut your mop. Let me shave your crop.
Daintily. Daintily.
Hey you!!! Don't look so perplexed. Why must you be vexed? Can't you see you're next? Yes, you're next. You're so next.
So tell me...where are 5 and 6 year olds exposed to words like "vexed" and "perplexed" these days. Much less opera. I won't even mention Wagner a la Bugs.
In the same vein...('cause kids don't get enough of this either)
Marlo made my day today...Mahnamahna Gotta love it. Just gotta.
Well, I guess I've gone on (andonandonandon) long enough.
