:: Thrums :: » video http://www.timethrums.com/blog life with needles and thread Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:47:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 if you’ve got a video camera…http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/if-youve-got-a-video-camera/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-youve-got-a-video-camera http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/if-youve-got-a-video-camera/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:24:31 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=1163 if you've got a video camera...Thanks to the lovely blogger at perches in the soul (do check out her blog, if you don't already follow her!), I just learned about something that's going on this Saturday. It's a public and global project called Life In A Day; we're supposed to videotape some portion of our day and upload it to YouTube. Quoting from perches: "YouTube is working with director Kevin MacDonald & producer Ridley... Read more..]]> Thanks to the lovely blogger at perches in the soul (do check out her blog, if you don’t already follow her!), I just learned about something that’s going on this Saturday. It’s a public and global project called Life In A Day; we’re supposed to videotape some portion of our day and upload it to . Quoting from perches:

“ is working with director Kevin MacDonald & producer Ridley Scott to create a documentary about 1 day in history and the 6 billion perspectives of humanity as we live it.”

Here’s another link about the larger project: here.

Cool, right? I’d love to see that documentary. I’ll toss in my few frames, won’t you do it too? What will I film? Maybe I’ll get my husband to videotape me knitting, or maybe we’ll go to Central Park (but there’s a good chance of thunderstorms Saturday). What would you film this Saturday?

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/if-youve-got-a-video-camera/feed/ 0 insults, at your fingertips now!http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/insults-at-your-fingertips-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insults-at-your-fingertips-now http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/insults-at-your-fingertips-now/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:54:32 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=958 insults, at your fingertips now! Read more..]]>

you’re welcome.

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/07/insults-at-your-fingertips-now/feed/ 0 well, dang.http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/well-dang/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=well-dang http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/well-dang/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:34:51 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=911 well, dang.Yesterday I got a lot of knitting done. I worked on my great-looking sock and got into the heel flap. I adore the pattern; it's so thick and squishy, so 3-dimensional in a cool way, architectural, even. The socks must be warm, warm, warm.And the yarn - I totally love the yarn. I love the shifts in color, and the particular co... Read more..]]> Yesterday I got a lot of knitting done. I worked on my great-looking sock and got into the heel flap. I adore the pattern; it’s so thick and squishy, so 3-dimensional in a cool way, architectural, even. The socks must be warm, warm, warm.

And the yarn – I totally love the yarn. I love the shifts in color, and the particular colors themselves….that brilliant turquoise, a deep olive, dark reds, light purples, rich browns. And this variegated yarn works great with this pattern, because the color contrasts are so interesting.

BUT. Oh, how there is a but. As Pee-Wee Herman said to Simone, sitting in the dinosaur’s head, “everyone I know has a big but.”*** For some reason I wasn’t going to have nearly enough yarn! After only 3 pattern repeats, I was more than halfway finished with one ball of yarn. I kept going back to ravelry, looking at other people’s project pages for this pattern knit with this yarn, and they always listed 2 balls of yarn for a pair of socks. And the pattern makes these 3D squishy socks….but mine were stiff like heavy cardboard. I kept going back to ravelry, looking at other people’s project pages for this pattern knit with this yarn, and my needles were the same size as theirs. I must have been knitting very tightly. I know I was, actually, because I was fighting the needles.

Desperately I decided oh what the hell, I’ll just make the tops kind of short. Three pattern repeats, that’ll be ok, right? But what if I still run out of yarn, and end up needing to buy another ball or two? Then I’d have too-short socks for no good reason. I forged ahead, trusting – other people got one sock out of one ball of yarn, other people used these needles, it all worked out, other times and other projects I thought it’s not going to work but then it did so just keep going, trust the project.

Two-thirds of the way down the heel flap I finally threw in the towel. I pulled the sock off the needles and pulled it on my foot, just to see. Yeah, it was stiff and cardboardey. I had clung too tightly to the yarn and needles. Kind of like life, during hard times – clinging too tightly is not going to help. I love it when knitting reinforces a life lesson. :)

***here’s that clip from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, where he says that hilarious line to Simone:

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/well-dang/feed/ 2 I want a baby & a dog!http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/i-want-a-baby-a-dog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-want-a-baby-a-dog http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/i-want-a-baby-a-dog/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:35:33 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=902 I want a baby & a dog!
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And also – Chicago !

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/i-want-a-baby-a-dog/feed/ 4 Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandangohttp://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/scaramouch-scaramouch-will-you-do-the-fandango/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scaramouch-scaramouch-will-you-do-the-fandango http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/scaramouch-scaramouch-will-you-do-the-fandango/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:39:51 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=868 Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandangoSo I'm just sitting on the couch, working, and all of a sudden I smell it - I smell the rain. And it's blowing SIDEWAYS, at great force. And it's thundering. Perhaps even lightning? So of course what does anyone think at that moment:Read more..]]> So I’m just sitting on the couch, working, and all of a sudden I smell it – I smell the rain. And it’s blowing SIDEWAYS, at great force. And it’s thundering. Perhaps even ? So of course what does anyone think at that moment:

You’re welcome. I’m always doing this for you.

p.s. edit: the intense storm lasted for 2.5 minutes. it was an hour’s worth of storm squeezed into 2.5 minutes, i kid you not!

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/scaramouch-scaramouch-will-you-do-the-fandango/feed/ 9 the Death Star Canteenhttp://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/the-death-star-canteen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-death-star-canteen http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/the-death-star-canteen/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:20:09 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=848 the Death Star CanteenOh, Eddie Izzard, you make me so happy.... Read more..]]> Oh, Eddie Izzard, you make me so happy.

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/the-death-star-canteen/feed/ 6 personally, i DON’T love meeces to pieceshttp://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/personally-i-dont-love-meeces-to-pieces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=personally-i-dont-love-meeces-to-pieces http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/personally-i-dont-love-meeces-to-pieces/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:55:07 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=828 personally, i DON'T love meeces to piecesTrapped mouse update: Silence from the ceiling. This is such terrible news, you have no idea. I see face masks and gagging in our olfactory futures. In response to Pip's comment on my building a better mousetrap post below, in which she reminded me of Tom and Jerry, I (being a very old pe... Read more..]]> Trapped update: Silence from the ceiling. This is such terrible news, you have no idea. I see face masks and gagging in our olfactory futures. In response to Pip‘s comment on my building a better mousetrap post below, in which she reminded me of Tom and Jerry, I (being a very old person) remembered Pixie and Dixie, a pair of mice who were always outsmarting Jinx the Cat – featured regularly on the old Huckleberry Hound Show. Even though they always got away from him, Jinx always said “I love meeces to pieces.”

I searched and found this cartoon…..perfectly perfect for me and this blog, because it’s about Cousin Tex coming to visit.

Happy Father’s Day to anyone with a dad, or a husband who’s a dad!

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/personally-i-dont-love-meeces-to-pieces/feed/ 2 not that I am like this at all, but…http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/not-that-i-am-like-this-at-all-but/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-that-i-am-like-this-at-all-but http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/not-that-i-am-like-this-at-all-but/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:03:56 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=668 not that I am like this at all, but...Do you remember this? I always loved the character. I tried to post it on Luscious, but it's a wordpress.com account so this doesn't work. I'll just share it here:Read more..]]> Do you remember this? I always loved the character. I tried to post it on Luscious, but it’s a wordpress.com account so this doesn’t work. I’ll just share it here:

So funny! It was so sad when and how he died. My day will be full of thinking about my daughter Marnie, because I’m trying to finish her wedding dress, and work on her shawl. But that doesn’t mean I’m not also thinking about my other daughter Katie, my other daughter Anna, and my darling son Will. Hi y’all.

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/not-that-i-am-like-this-at-all-but/feed/ 3 memorial dayhttp://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/05/memorial-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=memorial-day http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/05/memorial-day/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 23:24:45 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=634 memorial dayIt's not all parades and cemeteries, you know:Read more..]]> It’s not all parades and cemeteries, you know:

I didn’t get much knitting done today, or anything else other than work. Boo. But we did eat some mighty fine pizza.

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]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/05/memorial-day/feed/ 2 OH MY! Get ready to be happy.http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/05/oh-my-get-ready-to-be-happy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oh-my-get-ready-to-be-happy http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/05/oh-my-get-ready-to-be-happy/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 01:27:28 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=579 OH MY! Get ready to be happy.This is funny, coming on the heels of my last post, I know. But really, just get yourself ready because you're about to be very very happy. I found this through Roger Ebert's wonderful twitter feed (follow him, you'll be happy about that too!):Read more..]]> This is funny, coming on the heels of my last post, I know. But really, just get yourself ready because you’re about to be very very happy. I found this through Roger Ebert’s wonderful twitter feed (follow him, you’ll be happy about that too!):

You’re welcome.

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