Polish Star

Today I learned how to do the polish star stitch pattern. I am working on a Christmas gift for someone who shall, for the moment, remain nameless, but I think it will also make a really cute headband and/or scarf pattern for my etsy shop.

Hairpin Lace

Today I learned how to link two strands of hairpin lace to make a scarf.

Relief Society General Broadcast

Today I went to a Relief Society activity. They did a few crafts, which I did not participate in since I don't need more random crap in my house. Instead I re-learned how to do hairpin lace to make a scarf for Christmas for a friend. After the crafts, they had a dinner. I learned that chicken salad made with cream cheese is pretty darn good. The talks were good. In brief, we should keep our covenants, go to the temple, and pray.

Purse Clasp, 1936 Rowing

Today I learned how to attach a magnetic purse clasp and also figured out how to line a crochet purse I made.

I also learned that the 1936 Men's rowing team learned after they won the Olympic bid, that they would have to finance their own passage. They were given a week to raise 5000 dollars. The people of Washington came through with the money in just two days, despite the fact that they had recently raised money to send the team to Poughkeepsie and Princeton for the national championships and the Olympic trials, respectively.

Crochet

Today .i learned (or relearned) how to do a popcorn stitch. I'm currently working on a purse pattern that uses it.

Soccer Balls

Today I learned that a classic black and white soccer ball has black pentagons surrounded by white hexagons, not black hexagons with white pentagons, as I was trying to do while creating a soccer ball hat pattern. D'oh.