The Courage to Dream for Myself Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day and I can remember when it wasn’t an observance or a holiday. History has done to King what is had done to most of history – it has turned him into a romantic notion. We think of the ‘I Have a Dream’ …
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Knitsville – A Real Place in My Imagination
I love going to Knitsville. In my head, it’s a place that’s kinda like Stars Hollow but without all the Stars Hollowness. It’s quaint but still manages to have some hustle and bustle. Everyone knits or crochets and a few of us do both. We love to laugh and dance. There’s a church on the …
Ready to Ship from designbcb
Naturally when one knits (crochets) for hours at a time, one ends up with…something. A hat, or a scarf or blanket or something. And if one knits (crochets) for hours at a time every day; you get a lot of somethings. When one has a lot of somethings and one has an Etsy shop, then …
DIY Knitting – The Joy and Bliss of Making it by Hand.
DIY Knitting – The Joy of Doing it Yourself I don’t know that I was bored when I first learned to knit. I know I was fascinated by it and really took to it. But I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t know to change colors on the same side and gauge was …
The Wearable Embrace – Cozy Knit Accessories
The Wearable Embrace – Cozy Knit Accessories Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of all eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you. – Jacques Prevert One of the best feelings I get is when I …
Wearing White Knit Accessories after Labor Day. Make your own choice.
White Knit Accessories – Fall/Winter 2018 “He wanted just to stand close to her, touch her hair that was white as glacier milk.” – Oleander It almost makes no sense: white in the winter. You can almost see why there was the rule not to wear it after Labor Day – if that was …
Africa Inspired Fashions and Decor
Africa Inspired Accessories and Decor “I have loved no part of the world like this and I have loved no women as I love you. You’re my human Africa. I love your smell as I love these smells. I love your dark bush as I love the bush here, you change with the light …
The Color Purple – Date With Royalty
The Color Purple “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere an don’t notice it.” Alice Walker it should make the supreme being upset. Who does not notice purple when it is in the room or in a field? It’s not even demanding – it’s commanding. You …
Man Knits – Get it for him; Then Borrow It
Man Knits – Fall 2018 I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. – Anais Nin Knitting for …
I Want to be a Zebra
I Stripes are coming to designbcb in 2018. A lot of color and duel tones. Hats, scarves, cowls. Coming fall of 2018.