Knot Sew Crafty

Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day

This note was waiting for us upon our return from an all-too-infrequent date night.

Balletomania

All of the girls in the house are suddenly obsessed with all forms of dance.

There's a lot of twirling and jeteeing going on here at Knot Sew Crafty HQ.

This is India, in a ballet class taught by the strict-yet-loving ballet mistress, Miss Beatrix.

Note the lovely tendu.

Happy New Year! Life's A Happy Song!

Rules of Friendship

via www.keepcalmgallery.com

I love this!

Attractive Judaica? It Can Be Done!

via www.etsy.com

I just ordered this from Little Alouette on Etsy. I am always on the lookout for beautiful Judaica.  Most Judaica looks to me like it was designed in the Seventies, and not the cool, fun Seventies either.

Thank you to Little Alouette for helping us to celebrate Hanukkah in a supremely non-tacky way!

 

Lovely Lady Livrteey

Red

I don't know quite how to describe it, but my life has seemed a little like this picture for the past few months.

Lots of health issues. 
Crazy weather. 
Children, children, children. 
Scary economy.

Things that are hard to write about. Things that I won't write about.

But I have been crocheting. 
Lots of cowls. 
So that's good.

And I love the Florence + the Machine.

And Zooey Deschanel in The New Girl.

Maybe things are looking up?

 

Tragedy in Cross River

The dark day yesterday referred to a horrible thing that happened in the next town over from us.  A man killed his wife, his two children, and then himself.  I did not know them, but many of my friends did.  They seemed to be a normal suburban family.  We are stunned and saddened, and grappling with how to explan such a thing to our children.  I wish I didn't have to tell them at all, but I do, because I know that they will hear about it at school.

It's too soon for me to take any lessons from this tragedy.  I'm just sad.

It's a Dark Day in Katonah

via feministing.com

And The Make-My-Day Award Goes To: Ben Folds

Today, my inaugural Make My Day Award goes to Ben Folds, for continued excellence in songwriting, brilliant judging on The Sing-Off, and, most importantly, for responding to my question on Twitter!  It's embarrassing how giddy it makes me to think that Ben Folds took 20 seconds out of his day to tweet me...

My question: "What are rubbing seconds?" (He used that term on the show).

His response:  "minor second - two notes exactly half step apart. they rub for second as a passing interval. its just what i call em"

Dreamy, right?