Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS
Making History In appreciation of our country's founders and its greatest living historian. By PEGGY NOONAN Monday, July 1, was heavy and hot, and a full-scale summer storm passed through the city late in the morning. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania rose to speak. He knew he was endangering the respect in which he was broadly held, his "popularity," but he once again counseled caution: Slow down, separation from Britain is "premature," to
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Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS
I have been doing some summer time knitting. I started a sweater last Friday and it is going pretty fast, but I do not like it. I named it “Last Chance” on Ravelry because it is the last chance I am giving this yarn. The yarn ( Sublime Aran, Color Clipper ) appears ideal on paper: 75% merino, 20% silk and 5% cashmere, in a perfect denim blue to go with my work wardrobe (my pathetic work wardrobe, but I digress!), in a gauge of 18 sts/4 inches. This spring/summer I started no less than ten
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS
I love to get decked out. Give me any reason to don a little Lanvin or a piece of Prada, and this girl is in heaven. But there’s another fashionable side to me, one that doesn’t get out so much—the side that pays homage to my South Asian heritage and loves, loves, loves to wear traditional clothes of the Indian subcontinent. Wrap me up in a sari for a black tie affair and call it done. The occasion this time: my younger sister, Saira, was getting married in an over-the-top ceremony in the City
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS
Most beautiful square scarf designs are made of silk. And they are once again in vogue today as they had always been in the past. Moreover, wearing one of those unique scarves would mean you have some good taste of fashion style.
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Content Keyword RSS
Here’s another great book find - one that delights my craft-hybridizing heart. Beautiful Hand-Stitched Jewelry combines a little hand sewing, a little embroidery, a little beading, and a little crochet to make really cool adornments. There’s a metric ton of great ideas in this book, so I’ll just show you a few highlights. Like these recycled-sweater beads. (There’s also a version of this project where they’re rendered in silk.) Emi Iwakiri is an accessories designer in Japan. You ca
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