TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Greetings Infomaniacs,Thank you to my fellow readers who wrote in about crocheting! From your emails, I have learned that crocheting is easier than knitting, it won't take me long at all to figure out, and I should just go for it! Also, don't ever ask a crocheter, "What are you knitting?" Good advice! I like the positive feedback. Guess I will grab a hook and some yarn and get to making pretty things!
Enjoy!
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Email MelissaWHO SAID IT?QUOTE: "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."
HINT: (1889-1977), British comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era.
RANDOM TIDBITSThe word crochet is derived from the Middle French word croc or croche, meaning hook.
Do you know why most crocheters in earlier eras held the crochet hook in their hand like a pencil? In the 1800s, this hand positioning was thought to be more feminine and graceful. Many crocheters now hold their hooks in the palms of their hands (often called the "knife hold") to reduce carpal tunnel.
Do you know why most crocheters in earlier eras held the crochet hook in their hand like a pencil? In the 1800s, this hand positioning was thought to be more feminine and graceful. Many crocheters now hold their hooks in the palms of their hands (often called the "knife hold") to reduce carpal tunnel.
The earliest written reference to crochet didn't appear until 1812. Crochet didn't become the widely popular craft we know today until the 1840s.
Crochet patterns have an underlying mathematical structure and have been used to illustrate shapes in hyperbolic geometry that are difficult to reproduce using other media or are difficult to understand when viewed two-dimensionally.
It is believed that the earliest forms of crochet were created using a bent finger instead of a hook.
(http://positivelycrochet.blogspot.com/)
*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***I cannot hear or even see,
But sense light and sounds there may be,
Sometimes I end up on a hook,
I can be combined with a book.
What am I?
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WHO SAID IT?QUOTE: "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."
ANSWER: Charlie Chaplin.
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