Urban Angel (Melissa) (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ariadnesthread) wrote in otterzero, |
Re: Memories and sewing
Actually, I remember those gloves as a Christmas gift....from your parents or a sister, can't remember which. Krieger was the new name for Remson Hall, wasn't it? After the CogSci department got the Krieger Mind-Brain Institute? Which all happened the year before we started. I have such interesting memories of campus--the Evil What Lurks in the Sculpture Garden (seriously--that's a bad juju place, and I'm not the only one who felt the vibe there), Scary Squirrel Guy, the anti-rape stairs, the emergency call boxes, the long hill leading to Bloomberg, the gorgeous ravine behind Bloomberg, the rats that lived in front of the student union building (forget its name--starts with an L), the HUGE waterbug/mutant cockroach things in Mergenthaler's basement, the "you can't get there from here" tesseract nature of Gilman Hall's second floor, the way the marble stairs between Upper and Lower Quads and between Upper and the dorm side would get so treacherously slick in rain or ice.....
One of my LJ-friends has what he calls "man-crafts night." I find that amusing. I know it includes painting miniatures, but I don't know what else is involved.
There are at least two knitting books with All Men, All the Time patterns. One, which is new, is called "Men in Knits." The other is something like "Sweaters for Men." They are both conscious that most men like classic, traditional, non-flashy, comfortable styles with nice texture but no wild multi-color things going on. I also have a pattern I love for a "Wonderful Wallaby" sweater--it's designed after a hooded sweatshirt with a pocket! Very easy to knit once you know the basics, and it comes out great. Dad got one for Christmas last year, and I'm going to make Mom one. The pattern's great--it goes from toddler to Manly Man size.
I will see what I can come up with for non-female-centric sewing books. You are right that they are usually geared toward women or girls. These days, it's not too hard to find female-oriented guides to carpentry, plumbing, and house repair, but the same isn't true about sewing and other "traditionally female" skills. I'll try to remember to poke around at Barnes and Noble tonight after my writing group meeting.
Actually, I remember those gloves as a Christmas gift....from your parents or a sister, can't remember which. Krieger was the new name for Remson Hall, wasn't it? After the CogSci department got the Krieger Mind-Brain Institute? Which all happened the year before we started. I have such interesting memories of campus--the Evil What Lurks in the Sculpture Garden (seriously--that's a bad juju place, and I'm not the only one who felt the vibe there), Scary Squirrel Guy, the anti-rape stairs, the emergency call boxes, the long hill leading to Bloomberg, the gorgeous ravine behind Bloomberg, the rats that lived in front of the student union building (forget its name--starts with an L), the HUGE waterbug/mutant cockroach things in Mergenthaler's basement, the "you can't get there from here" tesseract nature of Gilman Hall's second floor, the way the marble stairs between Upper and Lower Quads and between Upper and the dorm side would get so treacherously slick in rain or ice.....
One of my LJ-friends has what he calls "man-crafts night." I find that amusing. I know it includes painting miniatures, but I don't know what else is involved.
There are at least two knitting books with All Men, All the Time patterns. One, which is new, is called "Men in Knits." The other is something like "Sweaters for Men." They are both conscious that most men like classic, traditional, non-flashy, comfortable styles with nice texture but no wild multi-color things going on. I also have a pattern I love for a "Wonderful Wallaby" sweater--it's designed after a hooded sweatshirt with a pocket! Very easy to knit once you know the basics, and it comes out great. Dad got one for Christmas last year, and I'm going to make Mom one. The pattern's great--it goes from toddler to Manly Man size.
I will see what I can come up with for non-female-centric sewing books. You are right that they are usually geared toward women or girls. These days, it's not too hard to find female-oriented guides to carpentry, plumbing, and house repair, but the same isn't true about sewing and other "traditionally female" skills. I'll try to remember to poke around at Barnes and Noble tonight after my writing group meeting.
