WillingThinkingFeeling: 07/01/2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Did you know?

Tom Hanks, co-star and director, played a prank on actress Julia Roberts while shooting their new film Larry Crowne. Check it out! It is great!

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Yarn bombing/guerilla knitting

Have you heard about it? I like the idea so much that I am thinking of taking an action. We have got a new street lamp and the concrete pillar is so boring. Why not dressing it ;) ?

photo by Crisp Green

Here are some flower patterns you can use:

Knitted flowers:
Little Cotton Rabbits: Knitted Flower Pattern
Knitty: A Plethora of Petals
Knitty: Nagano Sakura
Head Huggers: Knit Flower
Knit Buddies: Pinku Flower Swap Pin
Crocheted flowers:
Greeting Arts: Crocheted Flower Tutorial
Craftbits: Cherry Blossom Scarf
Woolcrafting: Free Crochet Flower Pattern
Bubamara Design: Little Flower
Fiber Star Originals: Basic Flower

Or this project

I love these projects. Have you seen one around your place?

Mountain air helps curing the whooping cough

We took a trio to the mountains. High altitude can help curing the whooping cough our boys have now. We were lucky since there was an eco fair with local producers of vegetables and cheese, wooden and felted products and some homemade sweets.

is there something for us?

this meal is calles "čompe", which is boiled potatoes with cottage cheese and some cheese as the shepherds ate it

writing to the loved ones :)

this bumblebee has lunch, too :)

Friday, July 29, 2011

The fingerloop tutorial

I would like to share a great tutorial for a square string, named also the Viking string.

This is the way how I like to make it, comfortably sitting with the string attached to my toe.

You need seven strings in two colors, 4 of one and 3 of the other, about a fathom (=6 ft) long.

Fold them in half and tie them together at the loose ends.

Now put them on your fingers: 4 on the left hand, on 4 of your fingers (not on your thumb), and 3 on your right one, on 3 of the fingers (the little, the ring and the middle finger).

With your right forefinger go through the loops on your left hand and grab the lowest string of the little finger. Pull it through. Now you have 4 occupated fingers on the right hand and only three on your left.

Move the strings on your left hand lower: from the ring finger to the little one, from the middle to the ring and from the forefinger to the middle one.

Now use your left forefinger and go through all of the strings on the right hand to grab the lowest of your little finger. Move the strings one finger lower and repeat and repeat.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

What an amazing giveaway

One lucky winner will receive all 19 books of Elsa Beskow sent directly to their home. The contest is open to anyone, anywhere in the world, who has normal mail delivery. Please visit this page and you'll see what you have to do.