goodness (n. & int.) n. 1. virtue; excellence, esp. moral. 2. kindness, generosity (had the goodness to wait). 3. what is good or beneficial in a thing (vegetables with all the goodness boiled out). int. (as a substitution for ‘God’) expressing surprise, anger, etc. (goodness me!; goodness knows; for goodness’ sake!). [OE godnes (as GOOD, -NESS)] (excerpted from the Oxford English Dictionary)
Men should be explorers, no matter how old they are. I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m going. – Cocoon, the movie. Said by the character Art Selwyn.
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens; Brown paper packages tied up with strings; These are a few of my favorite things. – Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers, My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of the dream, Wandering by lone sea breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; — World losers and world forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world forever, it seems – Arthur O’Shaughnessy, Music and Moonlight THE LO-DOWN the first time we laid our eyes on 2 color shaker stitch, we thought it was a miracle. vertical stripes appear while knitting horizontally, it almost seems as…
I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland THE LO-DOWN sometime around valentine’s day, we picked up a bit of yarn that we had lying around and started futzing around to make a heart pattern. we started with one colour knits & purls and constructed…
Double, double toil and trouble Fire burn, and cauldron bubble – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Sc. I: Three witches THE LO-DOWN whenever you spy seed stitch (or point de riz, as the french would say), double seed stitch is never very far behind with all the confusing nomenclature in tow. double seed stitch is sometimes known as double moss stitch; moreover, there’s a similar knit pattern, except that it features a “K2, P2” repeat, which sometimes goes by double seed stitch as well. …
If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1, Sc. 3: Banquo THE LO-DOWN known in the US as seed stitch, our cousins across the pond sometimes refer to this stitch as moss stitch, which back on our side of the pond, is something we call double seed stitch. our minds go dizzy trying to keep the different names for…
I’m a poor underdog, But to-night I will bark With the great Overdog That romps through the dark. – Robert Frost, Canis Major THE LO-DOWN sturdy, unfurling and cozy, the garter stitch is vandermeer’s all-time favorite. garter stitch is great for stabilizing stitches that curl, making high use items like dish cloths & rugs, or things to keep you wrapped up in toasty-ness like blankets, bouncy sweaters, scarves and slippers.