Archive for April, 2014
Two Pointy Sticks and a Piece of String: Knitting Exhibit at Ingebretsen”'s ”“ Latvian and Norwegian Inspirations
This Mitten Display on an Ingebretsen Classroom wall is one example of Diane Thomson”'s Textile Art that makes the room so charming and inspiring By Carstens Smith Two Pointy Sticks and a Piece of String: The Knitted Art of Diane Thomson is an exhibit of intricately made mittens and hats that will be on display in the Ingebretsen”'s classroom until the end of April. Diane Thomson is a knitter and an instructor at Ingebretsen”'s. She focuses on creating mittens and hats in the tradition of Latvian and Norwegian knitting; her work is multi-colored with lively geometric designs throughout. The exhibit”'s title comes from a comment Diane made regarding the art of knitting: “It”'s amazing what you can do with two pointy sticks and a piece of string.” It”'s certainly amazing to see what Diane does with those tools. Surprisingly, Diane is not a life-long knitter. She had to knit for a high school class and found it to be [...]
Carved stone lambs mark a few of the scores of children”'s graves
Lambs are often on the gravestones of children depicting youthfulness and innocence. Religious meaning for some is in relation to Biblical verses about the Lamb of God and the Shepherd guding his flock of young lambs and older sheep. Many lambs of Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery have weathered or disappeared as have approximately 700 other tombstones. By Sue Hunter Weir Rampant, communicable diseases caused early deaths now preventable On the north side of the cemetery, in one of the blocks of graves overlooking the Midtown Greenway, there are nine lots divided into half-size graves. They are children”'s graves, mostly from the early-to-mid 1890s. It”'s not clear why the cemetery”'s owners set aside these special sections for children at that particular time. It may have been to meet the needs of parents who couldn”'t afford full-sized graves but who didn”'t want their children buried in the paupers”' section of the cemetery. It”'s may [...]
