The Grene http://emily.posterous.com Why not make a better world? posterous.com Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:20:00 -0800 MAKE-LEARN-GIVE: First Week of November http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-first-week-of-november http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-first-week-of-november

I MADE a pattern for Pudsey (this was way more work than I had anticipated.)

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I LEARNED that a gill is a unit equal to a quarter of a pint.  It is pronounced like the girl's name Jill and was a standard measurement in the dairy industry. 

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I GAVE my Katamari machine to a very sympathetic gamer from Freecycle.  He was very excited to start rolling things up.

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Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:05:00 -0700 MAKE-LEARN-GIVE: Fourth Week of October http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-fourth-week-of-october http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-fourth-week-of-october

This week has been brought to you by pop culture. 

I MADE a lace shawl based on one I saw on TV:
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I LEARNED to play the Hobbity theme from Lord of the Rings on the tin whistle, which is way more interesting than playing scales. (This was the twelfth take:)
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I GAVE my beloved Ravenclaw scarf to a younger woman.  It will now have a long life keeping someone else warm and nerdy.  In memoriam:
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Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:22:00 -0700 MAKE-LEARN-GIVE: Third Week of October http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-third-week-of-october http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-third-week-of-october

It's been a productive week.  I MADE a gingerbread in honour of Gran, and ate it with butter and Earl Grey.  

I LEARNED that Irish brown bread is a type of soda bread that is leavened with the combination of baking soda and buttermilk, which is slightly acidic.  It is more like cake than bread, and takes next to no prep time.  I found a lovely recipe online that I've made twice now, most recently with fish chowder.   

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I GAVE half of my nice muddy carrots from the Farmers' Market to my mother-in-law, since she appreciates their superior flavour.

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Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:46:25 -0700 MAKE-LEARN-GIVE: Second week of October http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-second-week-of-october http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-second-week-of-october
This has been a crazy week, so none of my accomplishments come with pictures.

I MADE a crocheted fish for Morrin to bite and sent it down with Margot.


I LEARNED that cuttlefish change their colours by sending electrical signals from the brain to the skin cells, which makes them way smarter than I had previously believed.  Add cuttlefish to the list of things I don't eat.  http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/celebrate-cephalopod-awareness.html

I GAVE our old curtain pole to a woman who asked for one on Freecycle.  She was pleased with it, and that's one less thing stuffed into my cupboard.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:34:09 -0700 MAKE-LEARN-GIVE: First week of October http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-first-week-of-october http://emily.posterous.com/make-learn-give-first-week-of-october

This week I MADE a little baby blanket out of leftover wool:

I LEARNED that hovercraft are actually in commercial use!  I had previously thought they were the domain of hobbyists, Scrapheap Challenge, and evil geniuses who live in swamps, but you can take a 130-passenger hovercraft between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight
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I GAVE Helen the cake tins I hadn't used in the past year, which has shifted the storage problem from my house to hers.
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