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A collection of fun and interesting links from the week.
Time Tunnels by Fong Qi Wei
Knotted Needles Make Knotted Knits; The knitted toruses of Sarah-Marie Belcastro
Cupcakes dressed up as Succulents
One Amazing Home Renovation
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Back home from the holidays and settling into the familiar routine along with a few changes for the better. One thing that hasn’t changed is my lovely fiber stash and I’m looking forward to spinning my first yarn of 2014. The Sidekick is clean, oiled, and ready to go. Let the weekend begin!
Sometimes you just need a cat gif. Then another one and another one…
Kris Temmerman turned his front window into an arcade game.
Tips for New and Experienced Knitters
Miniature Edible Scenes by Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida. So fun and cute, the photos make me hungry.
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Walking on the beach during low tide, especially in December, never gets old.
Enjoy the cute that is Goats in Sweaters
Faces in Things finds faces in the strangest places.
Astronaut extraordinaire Commander Chris Hatfield does an AMA (AKA: Ask Me Anything)
Dr Whoodles: You can’t wear this Dr Who scarf but you can eat it.
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I signed up for Spinzilla at the last minute and now I’m trying to get one last skein off my bobbins. I’d already be halfway through my second single if I hadn’t spent to much time on the web looking at interesting stuff. Oh well, I’ll be finished by Sunday. I think.
Pointless Diagrams Completely pointless and lacking meaning but pretty.
How to Hand Felt Your Knits along with a few other techniques from knitting to embellishment to sewing suede soles on slippers.
Adam Savage's 10 Rules for Success
Eat Pie for Breakfast (via @lamonstre) Yum, typographic pie.
Knit.fm - A new podcast covering the craft of knitting by Hannah Fettig and Pam Allen of Knitbot and Quince & Co, respectively.
From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of My Toes by Alex Chinneck
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My new spinning wheel, a Schacht Sidekick, (Squee!) and I are getting acquainted. Before I lose myself to another few hours of spinning, here’s some of my favorite links from the week.
Definitions of Common and Not-So-Common Fiber Terms (via @Lynn4MK)
Overnight Whiskey Applesauce; I want to get a crockpot just to try this recipe.
Why (and How) Creative People Need to Say “No”
Archery Hall and Boxing Club by FT Architects
Negative Space of a House Cut into a 908 page book by Olafur Eliasson
Ark Nova is the world’s first inflatable concert hall. I wonder how it sounds.
2,000+ Miles Later
/Turns out that planning a wedding and getting married while also prepping to move cross country takes up all of one’s time and energy. Then after driving 2,000+ miles to the Pacific Coast, finding an apartment in a weekend, finally moving in, and setting up said apartment there isn’t much energy leftover or internet for blogging. The good news is that I once again have internet and most of the heavy work is behind me. I’m back to having a daily routine that involves washing dishes and going for walks on the beach instead of checking out of hotels. I’ll take dishes over uncertainty any day. I’m also getting to know my new home base of Los Angeles. Last Saturday was part of World Wide Knit in Public Day so I took the opportunity to explore before settling down on Venice Beach to knit.
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/Because one cannot survive on cute cat photos alone.
3-D Printed Food - NASA gave out a $125,000 grant for the development of a “universal food synthesizer”.I wonder how long it will be before we get a Star Trek style replicator. via Brown’s Edible Examiner
Pretty Vacant - Rietveld Landscape, a Dutch design office, built a foam screen to showcase the space and potential of vacant Netherlands's government offices.
Oscillate - “My goal with "Oscillate" was to visualize waveform patterns that evolve from the fundamental sine wave to more complex patterns, creating a mesmerizing audio-visual experience in which sight and sound work in unison to capture the viewer's attention.” - Daniel Sierra
A How-To Guide: Accelerated Learning for Accelerated Times - Tim Ferris’s basic method, DiSS, for learning and mastering any skill in a short time period.
Wander The Web 2
/Random bits of fun, interest, and insight from around the web. May include knitting.
Click That ‘Hood - A fun little geography game that tests your knowledge of cities in the United States and around the world.
On The Rise - Did you know the city of Galveston, TX was raised 17’ after a 1900 hurricane?
A Few Thoughts on Content Creation, Monetization, and Strategy - Tim Ferris’s thoughts on blogging, content, and timing. Lots of insight into the whole process too.
How to make Whipped Coconut Cream - I’ve seen plenty of posts about whipping coconut milk but this solves problems before they happen.
Summer Mint Sun Tea
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How is it already June? And how was Memorial Day a week ago already? What’s the rush 2012?
It’d be hard for me to believe it was already Summer if not for the humidity, the 85°+ temperatures, and the frequent, passing rain storms. On Memorial Day weekend, I made sun tea which counts as my official declaration of Summer. It just isn’t Summer without a glass of tea close at hand or a jug of it sitting ready in the fridge.
The Bearded One and I used to drink our tea sweet. While the tea was still hot, I’d stir in a sizable scoop of sugar and revel in the sweetness. After so many gallons of sweet tea, I started adding less and less sugar to every batch until we drank it plain. Then, on a lark and my longstanding love of spearmint tea, I threw some mint into the mix. Haven’t looked back since.
Summer Mint Sun Tea
- 1 Gallon of water in a covered Jar
- 2 “Family Size” black tea bags
- 2 bags of of Spearmint tea
- A few hours of bright, uninterrupted sunlight
On a sunny day, put all the ingredients together and find a back porch, driveway, or doorstep in the sun to let the tea brew. I’ve even put the jar on a windowsill so it will get the most sun and it’s really easy to keep an eye on it that way. A few hours later there will be strong, dark, tasty tea and you don’t even have to turn the stove on to make it.
On another Summer note, naps. Shadow has the right idea on this one.
The Other Side
/I’ve spent the last few days trying to finish up just a few more projects so I can start 2012 with a clean slate. This has only really worked with the last of the cookie dough.
Normally, this would be the time to show off some artfully arranged photo with cookies stacked on top of each other or neatly arranged near a hot, tasty beverage; however, I just didn’t feel like it. Also, they were too tasty to sit around that long. We were woofing these things down as soon as they were cool enough to not burn away our palettes.
The recipe: Gingersnaps from the Smitten Kitchen. I first saw this recipe in November and immediately put it on the list for Christmas making. The dough eventually becomes four dozen cookies so I just baked half to take to various holiday gatherings. The second batch I made yesterday didn’t last the afternoon. Somehow, I can see these cookies becoming a regular occurrence around here which is the greatest recommendation I can give. The Bearded One concurs.
Christmas has been good to us this year. Lots of food, friends, family, and happy times. There was one last bit of knitting on Christmas Eve but making a tiny stocking hat before bed was just fun instead of frenetic.
Shadow got a ball of catnip and a new bed (which he has since ignored) for Christmas. Also, all the boxes he could stand to sleep in. Hilarity ensued. Didn’t take him long to get back to his normal self though.
Thanks for reading and sticking around through 2011! I’ll see you in 2012.
St. Nicholas Food Festival
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Today’s cold, grey, and rainy and I’m going just a tiny bit stir crazy being coped up inside. So, I’m remembering Saturday’s adventure up to the Russian food festival at St. Nickolas Church in Brookside, AL. There was sausage, sauerkraut, stuffed grape leaves, meat pastries, and much more that I can’t remember the names of. It was all amazing food and worth the 45 minute drive. Just the baked goods alone would have been worth the trip.
I was going to say that it’s a good thing I can only get Pecan Kolach once a year but that’s not exactly true. You see, I got the church’s cookbook which just happens to have a recipe for Pecan Kolach and lots of other tasty stuff. It does not, however, have a recipe for anise cookies which were another favorite. Anyone have a tried and true recipe?
Another souvenir, these small hand painted owl ornaments. Can’t wait to hang them up.
