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Continue reading →: Textilforum 2012
Among the many things on my list of things to write/share/do: Textilforum 2012 is in the planning stages, and will be held in Germany in September of 2012. The focus will be on metal in textile crafts.
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Continue reading →: It’s curtains for you!
Pie. And local potatoes, and sweet potatoes, and squash. Chicken. Did I mention pie? Oh yes! I spent a day and a half making curtains. Nick’s mom is getting warm quilted custom curtains for Christmas, but even though it isn’t cold yet (ridiculously warm, in fact, for Pennsylvania in November)…
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They’re everywhere
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Continue reading →: They’re everywhereWhat have I been doing with my spare time? That. Or rather, I did some, then spent several weeks having problems with the cutter and trying to get the right supplies. I finally got everything working again, at least for now. The cutter is a fascinating and useful but exceedingly…
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Continue reading →: Sprang resources
Does anyone have a copy of Sprang: Med arbeidsteikningar, by Anna Grostøl, published in Oslo in 1932? There are three copies in US libraries, but I thought someone in my readership might have access to it. I’d very much like to get my hands on a copy, if it actually…
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Continue reading →: Stripes!
This week’s photo scavenger hunt is all about the stripes. Please be impressed that I’m posting my photos only one day after the challenge was posted (and please ignore the fact that last week’s photos have not made it from Flickr to here yet). Something red and green The changing…
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The forecast says WHAT?
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Continue reading →: The forecast says WHAT?I did almost nothing this weekend. Except watch it snow. It’s a bit early for a substantial snowfall. It was a weird spring, a weird summer, and now a weird autumn. (Weird: it’s the new normal.) We didn’t get anything like the disaster that befell points east of here, but…
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Continue reading →: Black animals
Tamie points out that it is Thursday and I have not posted the photos from last week’s photo challenge. Clearly, I am defective. Let me remedy that. Not the defective part, I’m afraid, but here are last week’s photos. For black animal, it’s the ferocious monster himself. That’s not the…
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Continue reading →: Whoooosh!
This is lovely, and not at all surreal, just very scary. If you don’t have enough to read: Maney will be offering open access to all Archaeology & Heritage content from 24 October until 4 November. During this period we will be offering free, immediate, online access to all the…
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Socks!
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Continue reading →: Socks!Sharon purchased a skein of dyed sock yarn from me, and she finished the socks last night! I love seeing the raw materials I’ve provided being turned into finished products, especially when they’re that lovely. I think it’s her second pair of socks, no less. I have a bit of…
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I’ve been doing stuff with string for quite some time, and describing it to others online since 1996 or so at Phiala’s String Page.
I also do some science and write some fiction.
I’m Phiala most places on the internet.
