Yesterday, despite with help from Riley and Gabby I assembled all the Sister’s Choice blocks into the quilt top ready for borders to be put on. There was a brief moment where I thought maybe I should have done sashing but I quickly changed my mind. I did realize that one of my border fabrics is just not going to work so that will become pillow shams instead and I’ll look for a replacement fabric for that one border.
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SKELETON ARMY RISES FROM BOG from Discovery News.
‘The Sheep Are Like Our Parents’ from The New York Times. Via my bookish pal Amanda.
Whale group hopes for hand-knit help from the Times Colonist.
Inside the Surprisingly Lucrative World of Cardboard Theft from The Atlantic Cities. I found this madly interesting.
2,000-Year-Old Food Discovered Off the Coast of Italy from Delish.
Guess What? I Hate Your Sushi Pics Almost As Much As You Hate My Baby Photos from Jezebel.
Let’s Discuss the Merits of Anthropologie (The Clothing Store, Not the Discipline) from The Billfold. I love Anthro but I thought this was very refreshing.
Sudden Death: What’s In The Ground In Briarcliff Manor? from The Huffington Post.
Lost Pet Parakeet Returned After Telling Cops its Address from Petside.com. Favorite story of the week.
Dog Carries Puppies Out Of Burning House, Brings Them To Fire Truck from The Huffington Post. Other favorite story of the week.
Dog Adopts Baby Chimpanzee After Its Mother Dies At Zoo from The Huffington Post. Another favorite story of the week.
Man Texts About Needing to Stop Texting, Then Drives Off a Cliff. HA! Via my bookish pal Sarah.
Trees vs. Power Lines: Will We Have to Choose? from The Atlantic Cities.
At the Buffalo Bill Museum, a Showdown Between History and Myth from The New York Times.
Beach Essentials in China: Flip-Flops, a Towel and a Ski Mask from The New York Times. You know, I am evangelical about sunscreen (I wear 11o every day of the year) but this is a bridge too far even for me.
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I’ve always had dry skin, even when I lived in Louisiana. As I get older, my skin is getting drier and drier and I’m continually searching for a better moisturizer. This week I tried out this recipe which immediately banished the alligator skin. Because it has water in it, it probably should have a preservative so once this is all gone I may try it again without the rosewater. That will probably give more of a cream than a lotion. I also tried out this foot cream recipe. While it hasn’t had immediate miraculous results, I think a day or two is a bit too early to judge it’s effectiveness so we’ll see what happens given time.
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For some reason, when the sun starts to go down, Stella has the irresistible urge to spring about the pastures on those new legs. It’s pretty much the cutest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
A while ago, I interviewed my readers for a change, and my final question was, “What question have I NOT asked at BTT that you’d love me to ask?” I got some great responses and will be picking out some of the questions from time to time to ask the rest of you. Like now.
Jamie asks:
What was the most emotional read you have ever had?
Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!
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Can you stand one more All Stella post? She is just the loveliest, sweetest thing we’ve ever seen and we can’t seem to get enough of her around her! Even the other animals have fallen under her spell.
We’ll get back to regular programming tomorrow, I promise!
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Well, I finally found the time to cast it on.
I’ve been knitting this while watching Game of Thrones, and, I’ve got to say, the plot’s just about as twisted and internecine as the cables.
Ba-dum-ching.
Seriously, though, I was expecting to be twisting one column of stitches around another– I was NOT expecting to be cabling a cable. The chart’s just complex enough that I keep having to refer back to it, which doesn’t go well with television, and really doesn’t go well to my self-assured, never-rip-back, forge-boldly-on knitting style.
I guess it’s good, every once and a while, to knit a pattern that’s smarter than you are.
The Sabine is doing nicely– springy like a wool, but cool like a cotton– and I particularly like this forest-green colorway, Foliage. It’s fun.
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