- Jenny Hart has a series of embroidery patterns based on classic tattoos. And then there's embroidering your own tattoos.
- It takes a Village, or Let's Knit the Village, or the original yarn bombing {via Lark Crafts}. Can I just say 23 years!
- From binge-drinking hell-raiser to cross-stitching teetotaler. {Warning brain damage involved.} Like we didn't have enough problems fending off the old lady stereotypes.
- We're not old ladies, and we're not doing it alone: Crafting socially. Myths busted.
- Cross-stitch + technology = "a relationship with a piece of art" or something.
- They're still publishing craft books. Review includes Alicia Paulson's new embroidery book.
- Also Average Jane Crafter does it one screw at a time.
- Savory Stuffed Gruyere French Toast from Margy of Hide the Cheese. Margy and I went to college together. I did not know she had this flair for cooking until recently. How is it that I haven't managed to get invited to her house for dinner?
Many thanks for the birthday wishes. You're too kind.
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Happy birthday, dear Bitch. I hope you spent your entire day stitching, eating good food and celebrating.
Ahhh, the Daily Mail. A wonderful platform for informed journalists. Do you ever take the trouble to read the comment section? It takes up a good part of my day.
Nice news round up. Thanks for providing us with this valuable community service.
And the French Toast recipe is going on my list of things to try when I stop at home long enough to cook.
"— Bring snacks and beverages — but nothing alcoholic if the craft involves tools or materials that could be dangerous."
My mother won't let me knit in the car if she's driving. This advice reminds me of her. How annoying.
For the grandma count:
Crochet, Geometry, and the Coral Reef
http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2010/10/15
(mid-way down the page)
and
"Art Beat" with Sabri Ben-Achour: Weekend Events, Oct. 15-17
(Oct. 16-Apr. 24) NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S CROCHETED CORAL REEF As it stands, crocheting is pretty cool, but it’s poised to become ice cold after the National Museum of Natural History’s Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit. Coral reefs grow in ways best described by hyperbolic geometry, something that it turns out can be recreated using crochet. Two Australians happened upon this information and began fashioning reefs to raise awareness of how threatened these ecosystems are. They started a movement. See why tomorrow through April on the National Mall.
http://feeds.wamu.org/WAMU885ArtBeatPodcast
I occurs to me that we will be old before 'they' get it that crafting is not a old persons hobby. Too bad!
(Not a good thought)
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