Tuesday, January 31, 2012
דברים שעולים לי על העצבים (ינואר 2012)
מדי פעם, מצטברים אצלי נושאים שעולים לי על העצבים. כמה טוב שיש לי בלוג שבו אני יכולה לשחרר קיטור בלי להתעצבן על אף אחד ספציפי.
למילים יש משמעות
אנשים, ואני ביניהם, אוהבים לדבר. אבל לא תמיד יש הרבה הגיון מאחורי מה שהם אומרים. וכשמנסים להצביע על כך שהאמירות שלהם לא ממש מבוססות במציאות, זה לא מתקבל יפה. לפעמים - זה אפילו גולש לפסים אישיים ואז זה ממש לא נעים. אבל הנה, יש לי פלטפורמה, ואני חייבת להצביע על כמה מילים שיש להן משמעות, ובכל זאת - אנשים מתעקשים להתעלם ממנה.
1. רופא הוא איש או אישה בעל תואר MD. לא כל מי שיש לו דוקטורט אמיתי או קנוי הוא רופא. גם מי שיש לו תואר “דוקטור” ממכללת רידמן ודומיהם אינו רופא. אם אתם מאמינים בכל ה”רפואה” האלטרנטיבית, שיבושם לכם. באמת. אני מאמינה גדולה בכוחה של אמונה לרפא. אבל אל תקראו לאנשים שמבצעים את הטיפולים רופאים. הם לא רופאים, לכל היותר הם מטפלים. לקרוא להם רופאים זו הטעיה מסוכנת.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
365 Project: Day 215
Loot from my brother’s Bar-Mitzvah (and yes, I’m 30 and I have a 13 year old brother).
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Sunburst Granny Blanket: Revised Pattern and Choosing Colors
After last time, I started to realize that this project was going to cost me a lot of money and time. I thought how I could save some of both, so I decided to revise the pattern slightly.
One square doesn’t really photograph well, but all in all, much better than the brown experiment, don’t you think?
Here’s my modified pattern:
Materials:
- Super bulky yarn, 3 colors + border color (I’m using white)
- 6.5mm crochet hook
Abbreviations & Notations
- ch – chain
- dc - double crochet
- hdc - half double crochet
- st – stitch
- yo - yarn over
- [ ... ] - repeat instructions in [ ] as many times as specified.
- double cluster stitch - [yo, insert hook in indicated st and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops] twice, yo and pull through all 3 remaining loops on hook. For first st in round, the ch 3 replaces the first yo and pull through.
- triple cluster stitch - [yo, insert hook in indicated st and pull up a loop, yo and pull through 2 loops] 3 times, yo and pull through all 4 remaining loops on hook. For first st in round, the ch 3 replaces the first yo and pull through.
Notes:
I like to join as I go, which means that I stop after round 3. Then, when all the semi-finished squares are ready, I crochet the 4th row and join as I go. I will explain about this technique later in the series. If you’d rather complete the 4th row and then sew the squares together, that’s just as acceptable…
Instructions:
Round 1 (requires 3m of yarn): With 1st color, make magic loop, ch 3 (this counts as first dc). 15 dc. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. Cut yarn.
Round 2 (requires 5m of yarn): Join 2nd color with sl st between any of the dc in the 1st round. ch 3, complete double cluster st, ch 1. [double cluster stitch between next dc, ch 1] around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. Cut yarn.
Round 3 (requires 8m of yarn, instead of 11m): Join 3rd color with sl st in any of the ch 1 spaces in the 2nd round. ch 3, complete triple cluster st, ch 2. [triple cluster stitch in next ch 1 space, ch 2] around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. Cut yarn.
Round 4 (requires 8.5m of yarn): Join 4th color with sl st in any of the ch 2 spaces from the 3rd round. ch 3, 2 dc in same space. [3 hdc in next ch 2 space, 3 times. 3dc, ch 2, 3dc in next ch 2 space]. When you reach the first ch 2 space, 3dc, ch 2, join with sl st to top of first ch 3 (to complete the corner).
This round turns the circle into a square.
I’ll spare you the calculations (you can to the first post in the series to see how I calculated the amount of yarn I would need of each color) and get to the final numbers: I would need 1536 meters of colored yarn (all colors) and 986m of white yarn. Originally, I was going to get 4 colors, but when I got to the store I decided that 8 colors would be much more fun!
Yes. That is a pile of 26 balls of yarn. Incredible. Each ball contains 110m of yarn, so I have plenty to spare (assuming I didn’t make any gross calculation mistakes).
8 colors can be combined in 324 different ways, but I only have 96 squares, so I guess I’ll have to come up with some method of making sure I keep the colors well balanced and the amount of yarn from each ball even so I don’t run out of too many colors… I’ll share how I decide how to do this when I know myself…
Until next time, happy crochet!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
365 Project: Day 211
Organized the kids’ craft drawer. Finally. Any bets on how long it will stay this way?
Monday, January 23, 2012
365 Project: Day 210
I was already in bed when I remembered I didn’t take a picture today. I didn’t want to get out of my warm bed or use the flash, so this is a picture of my dark bedroom. Just slightly better than another “oops”.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Sunburst Granny Blanket: Getting Started
This may not look very exciting, but that’s because it’s just the first step in an enormous project to make a crochet granny square blanket. I used some left over (from various crochet teddy bears and dogs) brown yarn to make a test square. First, to get an idea of the size (this is a giant 15cm X 15cm square) and second, to estimate how much yarn I will need.
I was originally inspired by this hex-bag project from future girl. I even made my own version last year. But - it’s a cold winter, and unfortunately, I can’t cuddle inside the bag…
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Drawing Kits To-Go
I made these drawing kits to-go for the kids yesterday. I’m not sharing the pattern, well, because I’m planning to sell them. And the pattern. Coming soon!
Each kit is a padded suit case with hook-and-loop (Velcro) closure. There is a pocket on each side of the inside cover for paper, stickers etc. In the middle there is a zippered pocket for colors, scissors and any other equipment your child might need.
These are for younger children, sized to fit A5 size paper (or A4 folded in half). For older kids there will be larger size, to fit A4/letter paper.
Boy & girl versions:
Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
365 Project: Day 200
This post is dedicated entirely to the wonderful and tasty diet-destroying baking by my husband. And also, I’m getting better at taking pictures of food (if I do say so myself).
Chocolate “surprise” cupcakes before & after:
Challas for Shabat before, after rising (they more than doubled their size) and after baking:
Shabat shalom!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
365 Project: Day 197
Colors and textures revisited (AKA I’m tired and haven’t taken a picture of anything today).
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
365 Project: Day 194 (Lazy Lasagna)
Food pictures are always tough. You really need to be a professional to get good pictures of food.
Anyway, this is my lazy lasagna - I make a basic tomato sauce, throw in a bunch of cheeses (whatever I have in the house), layer the leaves and cover with grated cheese. That’s about it.
And also a few roasted red peppers, for tomorrow’s salad. Yummy.
Friday, January 6, 2012
365 Project: Day 193
I think that this is one of my favorite design choices for the kids room. I also love the fact that it’s a bit of a mess, because they actually use it. It’s right at floor level so they can pick whichever book they want, and look through it themselves or ask for us to read it to them. It has cost us more than one torn book, but I think it’s worth it.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
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