[Magdalen] Happy birthday, George!

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Sibyl - I liked how you picked up on the concept of filet crochet! I'm a 
knitter but *tangentially* aware of crochet so I knew immediately what you 
'saw' in them.  It's always interesting when something regional goes viral 
and each viewer may end up with a different 'take away' - I love that part 
of creative thinking.

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Sibyl Smirl" <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 1:37 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Happy birthday, George!

> Thanks, Lynn.  That's nice to know, and as they're drawings/paintings, not 
> photographs, it's not that easy to tell without foreknowledge of the 
> Mexican things.  And they'll still work as crochet motifs--nice 
> cross-cultural or cross-craft.
>
> On 11/2/15 1:04 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>> The Google mast design today is actually Mexican paper flags... usually
>> made of tissue paper and adorning Mex and Tex/Mex restaurants in the
>> southwest and in Mexico. Normally they are a cut out design, not
>> letterings. The Day of the Dead is VERY BIG in Mexico and with their
>> scattered emigrants. They're usually about 12"x18" and hang close
>> together as pictured, stretched across rooms and festooned in open areas
>> above the crowds.
>>
>> here's one of many links  (loaded fast and you get the idea....)
>> http://www.lunabazaar.com/multicolor-mexican-party-banner.aspx
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You
>> gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a
>> talk by Richard Rohr
>>
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>> From: "Sibyl Smirl" <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
>> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 11:03 AM
>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Happy birthday, George!
>>
>>> On 11/2/15 9:38 AM, Charles Wohlers wrote:
>>>> Today we celebrate the 200th birthday of George Boole. I’m very
>>>> surprised that google.com has Day of the Dead, and not George Boole
>>>> on their home page.
>>>>
>>>> So – raise a glass to George Boole, on whom your computer depends for
>>>> its very being. Or don’t.
>>>>
>>>> Chad Wohlers
>>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Those are actually neat, simple crochet patterns on the line, mostly
>>> of the type called "filet crochet" -- the G could be any letter of the
>>> alphabet, worked out on graph paper, for a whole sampler, or a simple
>>> set of that appliqued to a garment, or worked into a garment, or lace
>>> curtains or a curtain edging.  I've taken a screenshot of the google
>>> page, to use for reference in my patterns the next time I want to do
>>> something that uses that sort of thing.
>
>
> -- 
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net