I Couldn't Help Myself

 Other Knitter: I took a thrumming class this morning and we made a pair of slippers. Have you ever tried thrumming?

Me: Not since I gave up my banjo.

(She did not slap me, which I thought showed commendable restraint).

As Ye Knit, So Shall Ye Rip

 

This does not show how far back I had to rip it after I made humongous mistake in the grey pattern.

Famous Last Words

 

"It's an island. We can't possibly get lost."

 

And On My Very First Day

 I tripped over the curb at the War Memorial in Lerwick and fell flat on my face. 

History repeats itself.

Someone Doesn't Want Me To Go

 

And The Horse They Rode In On

Socialism is a scare word they have hurled at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years.

Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called farm price supports.

Socialism is what they called bank deposit insurance.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people ~ Harry Truman.

Caturday!

 

Grrrsday

 

Stranger Danger

 

When Baldur the Wonder Dog and I finished at the library tonight, we were followed out to the parking lot by five little girls (and I mean little, the ramrod of the outfit was probably about nine).  I explained that it was time to take the doggie home, opened the back door of the Blazer, and gave the command LOAD.  Baldur jumped in.

So did five little girls.  

(I had to bribe them with bookmarks to get them out).

 

Ten Days And A Wakeup

 

I will be attending with one of the ladies that I met on my last knitting trip to Scotland in 2018 - let us hope there will not be a repeat of this incident.

Vintage Sewing - A Summer Dress from Burda

 

This diagram for this summer dress ("Cut without fear") from a 1950's Burda sewing magazine is pretty self-explanatory - just remember to translate the measurements from metric to US.

Webkante - selvage
Seitenaht - side seam
Vordere Mitte - center front
Rueckwaertige Mitte - center back.

Depending on where you live, there should be enough warm days left to enjoy this. Cut it short for littler girls, it's completely adjustable.

(You can always get a head start on your Christmas sewing and make it as a nightie or a maternity jumper for a loved one who is expecting).

Happy International Chocolate Day

 

from McCall's magazine, December 1962

A holiday we can all get behind. 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

While philosophers were looking for a characteristic to distingush man from other animals, inconsistency ought not to have been forgotten. ~ Richard Duppe

Grrrsday

 

Children's Crafts: Seashell Jewelry from 1950

From Crafts for Everyone, by Louis Newkirk, 1950.  A way to use some of the souvenirs you brought home from the beach.

This book is available as a one-hour borrow from the Internet Archive. 
 

Happy Labor Day

 

photo by Lewis Wickes Hine, MOMA

They Aren't Even Pretending Anymore

 From Heather Cox Richardson:  "On Friday, the White House debuted computer games on the official White House website.  The 'games' are ripoffs of older games like Snake, this one with a white man in a suit picking up Black, Asian and Latino men and putting them in orange jumpsuits." 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ~ John Adams