Stephanie Briggs - Handmade Knitting My Way Through Chronic Pain

Knitting by hand, owned by three cats and a manbeast

Aliyah and the Law of Return

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Aliyah means, in Hebrew, “to go up”.† “Aliyah is an important Jewish cultural concept and a fundamental component of Zionism“.‡ It has several meanings: -to be called up to read from the Torah scrolls in synagogue. -to emigrate to Israel -it can be a girl’s name † More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah It is the name of an NCIS episode […]

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During the Jewish Festival of Lights, Palestinian Rights in Israel Continue to be Ignored

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This night, Jews begin the celebration of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.*** But as we do, I am deeply troubled by the fact that the rights of Palestinians in Israel are still being swept under the carpet. On an Amazon.co.uk religion discussion forum, someone sent me this website when I asked for a more […]

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Facebook’s Newest Change: Timeline

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It’s 2 am and I’m very tired. I’m not sure I like all the parts of the Timeline, but it’ll take some getting used to. For instance: do I really need to re-read all the stuff about getting kicked off BYDLS in August 2010, my horrible experience with DHE (dihydroergotamine) in June 2010, and other […]

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How Knitting Behind Bars Transformed Maryland Convicts

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Today, I picked up this article from Tara Swiger’s Facebook page and went, “Wow!” http://www.good.is/post/prisoners-transform-through-knitting-behind-bars/   Excerpt: In late 2009, Lynn Zwerling stood in front of 600 male prisoners at the Pre-Release Unit in Jessup, Maryland. “Who wants to knit?” she asked the burly crowd. They looked at her like she was crazy. Yet almost […]

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Nadezhda Krupskaya

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                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krupskaya  Nadezhda Krupskaya, Lenin’s wife, was more than just his soulmate in political ideology. She did a lot of work to improve how libraries after the Russian Revolution were more accessible to the common man, more well organized and better stocked (they were in a poor […]

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Lion Brand Fast Finish Throws

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  This “Homespun” throw is one I’ve done many times (I’ve made 4-5 different versions that I’ll post pictures of when I get around to it), and I’m just looking at other variations of it that use different yarn. http://yarnimagination.lionbrand.com/patterns/60045A.html Someday when I’ve used up all my yarn stash I’d like to try this variation: […]

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Rhys Morgan’s “Remission” – My Adaptation

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Rhys Morgan – The Welsh Boyo blogger famed for cracking down on Miracle Mineral Supplement (MMS) and other alternative medicine quackery, wrote this brilliant post about his remission from Crohn’s disease. I asked him if I could adapt it for my own chronic neurologic and neurosurgical stuff, and he gave the go-ahead.  For the last […]

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