The Coat of Natural Colours

A while back I was working at a pioneer village for the summer as a historical interpreter. As part of my duties I was to demonstrate various pioneer crafts.

This is a picture of a wrap/shawl which I made during my time there. It was knit in four pieces and then sewn together. The yarn is 100% handspun wool which I had spun, but not used over the years.

Here is a picture of a close up of part a section.

The yarn in this section is two ply with one strand being white and the other brown which makes an interesting barber poll.

The Square

Here is a picture of the first granny square for the blanket with my roommate is making:


Part One

Social Networking and Schools

Here is a link to a blog which features a video about a girl with leukemia who attends school via the Internet using Skype. The purpose of the post is to the show how social networking can be used constructively in schools. I really like the comment he makes about tools being constructive or destructive.

Pictures of Crocheting

A few weekends ago I was teaching my roomie to crochet. She wanted to make a baby's blanket for a friend who is having a baby. We started out by going to Wal*Mart to buy some yarn. We came back with some soft pink yarn in two tones.
She did quite well at her crocheting since I had already taught her the basic stitches. The first picture on the left is her starting to make a double crochet. The picture below is after the double crochet was completed.




When the square was completed it looked quite nice. Hopefully I can show I picture when the whole blanket is completed.

Part Two

Recycled Rug

Here is a post from Sunshine's Creations which features a rug which she made out of jeans. I think her about the rug is interesting and I hope that you do too. Once again the saga of recycled needle crafts continues. . .

Censorship and Libraries

For those of you who are interested in reading more about censorship and libraries check out this page from the American Library Association. To keep freedom of speech we need to support our libraries' mission to be censorship free.

Getting the perspective

Pearl knitted wrist warmers Pärlmudd
Originally uploaded by AnnaKika.

Here is a picture of another needle crafter's work. The beads are glistening through out the picture like they are stars. It appears the work goes on forever, yet we know that it does not. It symbolizes that at times our perspective in life can drastically if only we change our angle of view.