Devablogger

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  1. sierpinski kerchief (by devaburger) I crocheted a Sierpinski triangle kerchief in gold.  I stopped at 4 iterations of the fractal because total area quadruples with each iteration, and I wasn’t sure I’d have enough yarn, time, or inclination to finish. The pattern is really clever and uses the self-generating properties of the Sierpinski triangle, so after a few rows, you don’t need to look at the pattern anymore.  It’s created using open chain mesh and fans, much like a triangular filet crochet.

    sierpinski kerchief (by devaburger)

    I crocheted a Sierpinski triangle kerchief in gold.  I stopped at 4 iterations of the fractal because total area quadruples with each iteration, and I wasn’t sure I’d have enough yarn, time, or inclination to finish.

    The pattern is really clever and uses the self-generating properties of the Sierpinski triangle, so after a few rows, you don’t need to look at the pattern anymore.  It’s created using open chain mesh and fans, much like a triangular filet crochet.

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  2. I hope that one block haunts this quiltmaker for the rest of her or his days.

    I hope that one block haunts this quiltmaker for the rest of her or his days.

    (Source: fuckyeahquilts)

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  3. Ada Lovelace | Take Back Halloween!

    I don’t do historical reenactment, but I need an excuse to put love into an historical costume.  This. Is. It.

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  4. a fun and subtle quilt block

    naughty words ahead.

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  5. My little scarecrow.  I used an ehow tutorial for making the floppy burlap hat and crocheted yellow yarn loops for the “straw”.  The rest of his outfit we had on hand. We had a blast at the Downtown Blacksburg trick-or-treat.  My favorite costumes were the robot jellyfish and Jamie Hyneman (complete with a stick of TNT).

    My little scarecrow.  I used an ehow tutorial for making the floppy burlap hat and crocheted yellow yarn loops for the “straw”.  The rest of his outfit we had on hand.

    We had a blast at the Downtown Blacksburg trick-or-treat.  My favorite costumes were the robot jellyfish and Jamie Hyneman (complete with a stick of TNT).

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  6. (via julies blog: My Star Trek Quiet Book) I didn’t make this.  Just passing along the awesomeness.

    (via julies blog: My Star Trek Quiet Book)

    I didn’t make this.  Just passing along the awesomeness.

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  7. Nazis, needlework . . .

    “Around decorative swastikas and a banal inscription saying he completed his work in December 1941, the British officer stitched a border of irregular dots and dashes. Over the next four years his work was displayed at the four camps in Germany where he was imprisoned, and his Nazi captors never once deciphered the messages threaded in Morse code: ‘God Save the King’ and ‘Fuck Hitler’.”

    -The Guardian, “Nazis, needlework, and my dad”

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  8. (via How to draft a LeMoyne Star « Bloomin’ Workshop) The person who drew this and posted the tutorial also commented that she is “not a math person.”  I beg to differ.  Compass-and-straightedge constructions and the pythagorean theorem might be high school geometry, but identifying appropriate applications for them in daily life (here, designing a quilt block) requires more than just a little mathematical insight. Women, please stop perpetuating the “I’m so bad at math” stereotype and give yourselves some credit.

    (via How to draft a LeMoyne Star « Bloomin’ Workshop)

    The person who drew this and posted the tutorial also commented that she is “not a math person.”  I beg to differ.  Compass-and-straightedge constructions and the pythagorean theorem might be high school geometry, but identifying appropriate applications for them in daily life (here, designing a quilt block) requires more than just a little mathematical insight.

    Women, please stop perpetuating the “I’m so bad at math” stereotype and give yourselves some credit.

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  9. handle cozy on Flickr. Because I can’t just score an awesome antique cast iron skillet for $5.98. I also have to knit a cozy for it.

    handle cozy on Flickr.

    Because I can’t just score an awesome antique cast iron skillet for $5.98. I also have to knit a cozy for it.

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  10. grayscale doily scan (by devaburger) Many look matronly and anachronistic, but I still love to make doilies.  I suppose it’s the rhythm of the production and the symmetry of the final product. Here’s lookin’ at you, lacy round flower thing that will probably sit on my mantle under a dish of old lady candies.

    grayscale doily scan (by devaburger)

    Many look matronly and anachronistic, but I still love to make doilies.  I suppose it’s the rhythm of the production and the symmetry of the final product.

    Here’s lookin’ at you, lacy round flower thing that will probably sit on my mantle under a dish of old lady candies.

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  11. Doily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Many patterns for crocheting or knitting doilies were published by thread manufacturers in the first part of the 20th century. The designers were often anonymous. The designs could be circular or oval starting from the center and working outward, reminiscent of the Polar coordinates system. Doilies, as well as other household items, may be made by crocheting rows on a grid pattern using a technique called filet crochet, similar to points on the Cartesian coordinate system.

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