mem_somerville

mem_somerville, 1 month ago to Lace

My #WIPWednesday this week is tracking down this historic lace pricking [the paper or parchment with the pin holes for our pattern].

Found in Gertrude Whiting's "Tools and toys of stitchery" from 1928.

I found the ship--it is an Edward Savage rare print from 1799. I couldn't believe it. Anyone with insights--please share.

#BobbinLace #IpswichLace #histodons #TextileHistory

mem_somerville, 1 month ago to solar

My housemate and I were joking about our #solar production during the #eclipse.

They ran the numbers in this piece.

#eclipse2024

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/magical-eclipse-created-temporary-solar-power-void/

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to random

Wha?

Bird flu detected in milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas

#GiftedArticle #BirdFlu

https://wapo.st/3xbn6wU

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to random

WaPo says #BostonMA will have a 93% #SolarEclipse with a peak at 3:29pm.

This is mostly a note to me, because I keep forgetting to put it on my calendar.

You can enter a city for an estimate.

#GiftedArticle

https://wapo.st/3TKcFZY

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to FiberArts

Oh, the joy of having the exact right color thread already in your stash...

Recutting a goofy collar of this $8 jacket from eBay.

#upcycle #sewing

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to climate

Well well well. What could this be about?

"Earliest ever ‘ice out’ called at Lake Winnipesaukee"

And at the other end of the state the beach is washing out. What a coincidence.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-03-18/earliest-ever-ice-out-called-at-lake-winnipesaukee

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to random

Cleaning out an old desk. I found my airplane ticket for Sept 10 2001, out of Boston to California.

The day before everything changed and planes from Boston flew into buildings... I was supposed to fly on the 11th, but we changed it a few days before.

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to Lace

My supervisor inspects the newest hobby....#tatting! She has figured out how to sit directly on the pattern so work cannot proceed.

#Caturday

flexghost, 2 months ago to random

What the hell is this?

I made it 3 minutes into Katie Britt’s astonishingly bad SotU rebuttal

Drop on the comments how far you can make it into this clip before turning it off

Video of Katie Britt turning in her audition for Mr. Johnson’s junior class presentation of Our Town

mem_somerville, 2 months ago to Lace

#FensterFreitag windows I spotted in #BostonMA earlier this week. I loved the grid patterns and could only think they would make lovely #NeedleLace patterns...

A wider shot of the windows on the granite building showing 4 of these window grids in a row. A ledge above the window has a greek key motif trim on the edge too.

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to random

I have never once in my life been tempted to take a cruise. The norovirus stories were enough.

But cholera?? As someone on the birdsite said: "Cholera? My God, did they cruise into the 18th century? This is wild."

https://bnnbreaking.com/world/mauritius/norwegian-dawns-voyage-hits-turbulent-waters-cholera-outbreak-quarantines-cruise-off-mauritius-coast

#cholera

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to boston

This is a nice story about mental health crisis centers in #MA and #Boston. Might be nice to store the information in case you find someone needing the information.

#MentalHealth #massachusetts

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/02/22/massachusetts-community-behavioral-health-centers

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to Lace

NYTimes has discovered the current hipness of #lace

"The Unlikely Return of the Doily

In fashion as well as products for the home, lace — once seen as the fustiest of fabrics — is suddenly looking fresh."

#GiftedArticle #BobbinLace #NeedleLace #tatting @bobbinlace

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/t-magazine/lace-fashion-fabric-diotima.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE0.heBw.LhzasLbQMncF&smid=url-share

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to Biotechnology

Anti-#GMO folks want cool and new products so bad, they pretend they aren't #GMO and try to sell them.

Baker Creek Seeds caught selling a purple tomato, claiming it was a non-GMO variety. It was even the cover girl of their catalog!

https://www.norfolkhealthyproduce.com/faqs

An eBay listing for the Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog. It shows lovely images of the "Purple Galaxy" tomato with deep color and perfect shape and luscious seeds. Editorial comment: And it is lovely. But it is also GMO.

EarlDGray, 3 months ago to random

Simple point. Kansas City shooting.

The shooting lasted less than two minutes. There were HUNDREDS of armed and trained police officers ONSITE at this shooting.

And STILL 22 people were shot and 7 have life threatening injuries, with at least one person killed.

Clearly a “good guy with a gun” is NOT a solution to these mass shootings.

idoubtit, 3 months ago to random

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mem_somerville, 3 months ago to darkbrandon

ha ha hahahahahhaha

#SuperbJoe #DarkBrandon #Superbowl

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to superbowl

I enjoy #SuperbOwl day. Please enjoy this Superb Owl from Peru, from 200–500 CE, which would be nice to hold beverages.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/309388

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to random

Everyone wants to help clean the heat pump filters...for some reason.

And I only have one cat. Even neighbor cat came by to help.

#Caturday #NotMyCat #HeatPump

Sheril, 3 months ago to random

Do you have a favorite species?

Mine is currently the wombat.

MissingThePt, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

With Ronna McDaniel vacating the RNC Chair in a pivotal election year, a savvy and universally-respected political operative is needed who is as acclaimed for being a brilliant strategist as a keen tactician.

By chance, the obvious candidate is available and sitting ready to answer the call.

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to random

I'm trying to clean out some space in the bookshelves (for the new-to-me lace books, of course...). I came across this one, which accompanied a TV series back in the day.

It was really illuminating about the reality of pre-modern life.

A point they make tho: absolutely nothing used to go to waste. But it was someone's job to deal with that nasty waste product, whatever it was....

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to Teachers

LOL. The #DropkickMurphys have done an acoustic version of their "workers song" for the #teachers in #NewtonMA that are on #strike.

I have their last album in my car, it's great stuff for driving and singing by yourself, with more union ballads.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2w_R9eu6PB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#Union

mem_somerville, 3 months ago to random

This really is a story that feels like old #SomervilleMA. This guy was my alderman for years, and I was not sorry to see him go.

But the rest of the story...zoiks.

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/politics/the-last-of-somervilles-old-guard/