Monday, August 24, 2015

The Right Answer

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A long time ago, I was Senior Scientist at the world's largest engineering firm.  It is a firm where the team is everything.  And, in t...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Craftsman

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Craftsmen (male, female, or other) make quality goods. They make better quality goods than folks that are just out to make a buck.  Hobbyis...
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Saturday, August 22, 2015

A Silly Lie

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My favorite singles have a grist of about 5,600 ypp which is about 75 wpi. I know that spun worsted, such singles will have a twist of ~9 ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

The Old Ones

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Scientists find the oldest-ever hand bone to resemble a modern human’s http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/08...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Out of Lyme

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I seem to have found a Lyme Literate MD (LLMD), and massive doses of  Doxycycline seem  to be bringing me out of the debilitating fatigue a...
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Sunday, August 02, 2015

Eastern Cross Stitch

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Somebody asked about Eastern Cross Stitch, but that sample does not seem to photograph well, so I dug through my swatches for on one of gan...
Saturday, August 01, 2015

Nice

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There are  people who say I should be "nicer". Should an elementary school teacher be nicer to students that do not do their ho...
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GW 2

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These days, I do not keep a great wheel.  I do have 2 motor driven spindles and 2 spindles that fit onto my treadle wheel.  None of these a...
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Friday, July 31, 2015

Numbers

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When  did people start using numbers? Neanderthal pursued a number of  advanced tool making   activities for a very long time, then inte...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Great Wheels

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Making yarn is about inserting twist into fiber.  Twist is energy. The essence of making yarn is using energy to organize fiber.  And, ener...
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Monday, July 20, 2015

My Knitting Pins

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In the last couple of years I have made myself a full set of blunt ended knitting pins.   At this point, I have decided that I do not need ...
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A needle for every yarn

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I started with pointed needles because EVERYONE said that is how one knits.  I started with hand hand-held needles because that was how eve...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

SWMBO

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She, who thinks she is SWMBO, says: "No pix, then it did not happen". She is critical of all that I do.  It is time to, point t...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Jealousy and Delusion

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"Wow! You make an awful lot of assumptions about me, Aaron. You clearly have a very active, if completely inaccurate, imagination. I ...
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Monday, July 06, 2015

ECS 3

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A swatch/prototype in progress.  The stitch is eastern crossed stitch.  The yarn is Paton's Classic Wool.  The gauge is 8 stitches per...
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ECS 2

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After some additional swatching, and reflection, I expect that eastern cross stitch was the stitch used in the classic "Jersey" s...
Sunday, July 05, 2015

Eastern Cross stitch

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My attention was originally drawn to Eastern Cross Stitch when I read in Mary Thomas's  Knitting Book, that in previous times, it had b...
Saturday, July 04, 2015

Am I an "Elite" knitter?

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When I knit the stuff that everyone else was knitting, I never considered myself an elite knitter. Now, I knit stuff that some (or even m...
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Pure Wisdom

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He, that I call "Pure Wisdom" is a member of my most extended family.  He was one of the brightest stars at one of the world...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Speculation from Ignorance

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Recently, I have been seeing a lot of Speculation from Ignorance about my knitting. It is derogatory. What drives them to slander and libel...
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