tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52158489172621904282024-03-13T06:22:37.231-07:00CraftimismScience outreach through knitting by Heidi A. Arjes, PhDHeidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-46511145258135858012020-04-24T10:24:00.001-07:002020-04-24T11:30:33.624-07:00The Best* Fabric Mask pattern - tutorial<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is my tutorial on how I make fabric masks with some time saving steps. It is step-by-step with words and photos: If you would prefer a video tutorial, that is <a href="https://www.craftimism.com/2020/03/fabric-masks-in-time-of-coronavirus.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* my honest opinion based on my expertise as a microbiologist who sews and from feedback of 50+ people I've made these for (so far)</span></div>
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Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-22001145286502694782020-04-03T19:54:00.003-07:002020-04-06T13:53:33.238-07:00How to wear a fabric mask properlyHi all, your friendly neighborhood microbiologist here.<br />
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If you are going to wear a fabric mask, you might as well do it properly! I made a video to demonstrate how to properly wear your fabric masks.<br />
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See my previous post for a full blown demonstration of making a fabric mask using my favorite pattern (AB for a nurse by a nurse).<br />
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1) Put your mask on with clean hands BEFORE leaving your house. Adjust the fit so that it is snug BEFORE leaving the house.<br />
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2) DO NOT fiddle, touch, or do anything to your mask when you are out and about. Just let it be!<br />
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3) Once you are home, assume your hands are contaminated. Carefully remove the mask keeping your hands far from your eyes, nose, or mouth. Then, WASH YOUR HANDS properly.<br />
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Quarantine the mask for 3+ days (if it is not dirty) or hand wash it with hot soapy water when it is dirty and air dry (you can machine wash it if yours does not have an added nose wire).<br />
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<br />Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-8778149907639738212020-03-30T12:23:00.000-07:002020-04-04T09:28:41.839-07:00Fabric masks in the time of coronavirus - video tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Please see this video tutorial on how to make the best* fabric masks and how to properly wear it and take it off. Let me know if you have questions.</span></div>
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Fabric selection - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=110s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">1:50</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Pattern description - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=325s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">5:25</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Sewing the pattern - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=645s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">10:45</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Making bias tape - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=1270s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">21:10</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Adding nose wire - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=1510s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">25:10</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Sewing the edge - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=1779s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">29:39</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Properly put on/remove the mask - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=2233s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">37:13</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Washing instructions - </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUol5OsHxs&t=2479s" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">41:19</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will try to get a written step-by-step tutorial on this website soon. Stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* my evidence-based opinion (I am a PhD-packing microbiologist at Stanford).</span><br />
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Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-91433290551653089342020-03-19T08:30:00.001-07:002020-03-19T08:30:41.078-07:00Masks in the time of Coronavirus<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
Let's talk masks for a second. First of all, I am a PhD-packing microbiologist at Stanford and I consulted with a Stanford nurse regarding the fabric masks.</div>
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SAVE THESE FOR OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS!</td></tr>
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The first picture is an example of an n95 mask. These are the only masks that can prevent you from breathing viral particles. It blocks 95% of very tiny particles. It only works when worn correctly when it forms a seal around your face. Healthcare workers need these and they are in short supply and quickly running out.</div>
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but helps limit spread of germs if wearer is sick.<br />
Healthcare institutions in the US are also running out of these.</td></tr>
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The second photo is a disposable surgical mask. If you are sick, these help stopping the spread of virus particles and bacteria (when you cough or sneeze, this mask will trap the particles). They also need to be worn properly, and are meant to be thrown away after use. <b>IMPORTANT</b>: these masks will NOT prevent your from catching novel coronavirus. The WILL limit the spread of novel coronavirus if you are infected.</div>
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The third photo is an example of a fabric mask. This mask operates under the same principles of the surgical mask and can help keep you from infecting others if you are sick (or an asymptomatic carrier of novel coronavirus). It is likely not as good as the surgical mask at absorbing particles you exhale, but it will do some good. <b>IMPORTANT</b>: these masks will NOT prevent your from catching novel coronavirus. The WILL limit the spread of novel coronavirus if you are infected. They NEED to be washed with soap and hot water after every use or virion particles can remain active. The more layers of fabric, the more particles are likely to get stopped. Crochet masks have lots of holes where particles can get though, so I'd recommend a fabric mask that you wash regularly if you go this route.</div>
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Extra benefit of wearing a fabric mask: people are more likely to keep the recommended 6 feet distance from you. <span class="_5mfr" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/td1/2/16/1f637.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">š·</span></span></div>
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but offers some benefits of surgical mask, with the additional benefit that <br />
people will stay the f*ck away from you in public</td></tr>
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<b>MYTH:</b> Masks are not a 'breeding ground' for the novel coronavirus. Viruses are not 'alive' on their own, although they can remain active in the air for a few hours and on surfaces for a few days. They need their hosts (humans for novel coronavirus) in order to replicate and spread. So, yeah, social distance it up!</div>
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Let's do our best to stop helping the virus spread! Now is the time to shelter in place as much as humanly possible. I am hunkering down for a month and then I will re-evaluate the situation and see. We need to all do whatever we can.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am thrilled to finally share this biofilm knit hat that I designed and knit last December! The pattern for this hat can be found <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/biofilm-development-hat" target="_blank">here on Ravelry</a> or directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/503978" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was excited to be asked if I could design a biofilm hat as I study bacterial biofilms at Stanford University. Click <a href="https://www.craftimism.com/p/about-me.html" target="_blank">here</a> for more about my research.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This hat is my version of a classical figure illustrating the developmental stages of a biofilm. This one represents a bacterial biofilm that forms on a surface in a liquid environment such as the bacteria <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>. Check out the movie I made below where I demonstrate how this knit hat illustrates biofilm development. If you want to learn more about biofilms, I'd recommend checking out the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofilm" target="_blank">wikipedia page here.</a></span><br />
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I am going to join <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-Decluttering-Organizing/dp/1607747308" target="_blank">"The life-changing magic of tidying up"</a> bandwagon and try out this method in the coming few weeks. I am viewing this process as a journey/ceremony/ritual of some sort and I cannot wait to get started! For fun, I thought I would share my process with you through my blog.<br />
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6XslO-yRTHs/WwY4cWiiEcI/AAAAAAAAXB8/ciamJIEMfwMhECOEAqoYecyhYkUq-qKGgCLcBGAs/s1600/joy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="353" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6XslO-yRTHs/WwY4cWiiEcI/AAAAAAAAXB8/ciamJIEMfwMhECOEAqoYecyhYkUq-qKGgCLcBGAs/s320/joy.jpg" width="225" /></a>I definitely have a personality that gets fixated on projects and I can't exactly say what triggered this, but I went to the library last week to check out this along with "Spark Joy: an illustrated master class on the art of organization and tidying up". I nearly bought the book online, but then it seemed ironic to buy a book that I would run the risk of not getting joy out of and choosing to let go during the tidying process. The gist of the method is that you go through each belonging and keep those that elicit joy or happiness and bid a fond farewell to those that do not. I hope this will help free my mind and help facilitate a relaxed, content, and/or creative mood each time that I arrive home. I can <u>highly</u> recommend both books as I have already implemented a few tips into my daily life. I love how she shares the logic behind her method as well as clearly stating the "right ways" when there are definitive 'evidence supported' ways to store things (i.e. the kitchen should be organized for ease of cleaning up rather than keeping everything at hand, Marie Kondo discovered this after observing several kitchens in restaurants and found this was a common link). As someone who was looking for more of the step-by-step process and who is a more visual learner, I preferred "Spark Joy." However, if you have the time and means, both are delightful books to read and you might as well tackle them both if you are serious about attempting the journey.<br />
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I have already been through one informal round of this process. I had heard of the method, but I had not yet read the book(s) so I did not completely grasp the true extent of the wisdom and logic behind the process. When I moved to California in 2015, I used the joy factor to help pare down everything I owned into two checked bags and one carry-on that housed my vintage Kenmore sewing machine and yarn. It was so freeing to own so few items at one time. I moved into my apartment and discovered that I LOVE giving items a second life and having furnishings and household goods that have had a history before me (and getting great deals for much less than I would have paid new). Except for a desk, my couch, and my mattress, pretty much everything in my apartment was found at an estate sale, garage sale, or on Craigslist.<br />
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Reconciling my love of crafting supplies with the minimalism movement</h4>
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As a crafter, I was initially concerned that this minimalism often seems at odds with those who spend significant time (and receive significant joy) from creating. In particular, I love knitting and have one section of my kitchen cupboard full of yarn, which gives me pleasure whenever I open the doors. I also love to sew and have 3 sewing machines (2 vintage) as well as a couple of boxes full of fabric I have accumulated from yard sales. (check out my Instagram, I'll be sharing some "before" photos soon").<br />
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While I have not started sorting yet, I love KonMari's <b>non-judgemental</b> approach. If something brings you joy, keep it and cherish it. So, if all of my skeins of yarn end up bringing me joy, I can gleefully put them in the keep pile and find a home for them in my apartment with no remorse. This method really forces you to be true to yourself and I suspect that is one of the reasons it is so successful.<br />
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As an aside, I recently was at an estate sale where a craft room was jam packed with yarn, sewing supplies, and a knitting machine (that I was gifted for free after it did not sell!). I told the woman running the estate sale that I volunteer at a school to teach kids to knit and she donated 3 buckets of yarn to the cause. During our conversation in this crowded room above the trunk full of yarn, the woman running the estate sale commented to me that this woman was quite the hoarder. I was a bit affronted by that as, even though it was the last day of a 3-day estate sale, the rest of the house did not look that cluttered at all and you could tell from the pictures to advertise the sales that the house was not that of a hoarder. Also, although I try to keep my yarn stash in check, I cannot often bring myself to get rid of yarn that has the potential to be whatever I dream up for it! It makes me happy just to sort through my yarn every so often and imagine future projects and dream of a life of leisure where I can create all day whatever comes into my head! I am well on my way to having that much yarn, and I don't consider stocking up on supplies of yarn and fabric as a negative, in the way the word "hoarding" is so often used as.<br />
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The first step of the KonMari method is to imagine your ideal lifestyle. She insists that you be quite thorough and deliberate in this process as this will help inform what gives you joy and the end result. To help with this, I took to Instagram and looked through the #interiordesign hashtag to find images that resonated with me. As you can see from the posts below, in general I love well-lit clean, simple, modern styles without much clutter. I also love a touch of traditional elements.<br />
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However, my Instagram perusal quickly turned into looking for yarn storage (as that just makes me happy - I browsed the #flashyourstash hashtag for probably 30 minutes with a smile on my face). I have found that I have a much higher tolerance for what some would consider "clutter" when it comes to yarn and crafting and the following photos spoke directly to my heart. To me this makes perfect sense. I can organize your yarn (and I take pleasure in organizing it at least once a year or after any large yarn acquisition) to my hearts delight, but it'll never be perfect, nor should it. I would never want my yarn storage so perfect that I did not want to begin a new project as I might mess up my yarn. I just love it too much to structure it in that way.<br />
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<br />Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-72945314358504115342018-04-11T18:14:00.001-07:002018-04-11T18:37:00.446-07:00Doctor Who inspired knit hat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I try experiments with my knitting outreach activities. This one worked out better than even I expected. I ran a "Design your own knit hat" contest as part of my Science Knits display at the <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2017/05/craftimism-at-calacademy-nightlife.html" target="_blank">California Academy of Science's Maker's night</a> last Spring. I provided graph paper and let the attendees fill in the boxes to design their own patterns. This design was the winner. It was a team effort between two very dedicated Whovians. I wonder if they could tell <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/search/label/Doctor%20Who" target="_blank">I also love Doctor Who</a>, because how could I not pick this awesome design! With a few tweaks it became this hat that features the TARDIS, Daleks, cybermen, and K-9. Isn't it so cool!! I sent this original hat to the designers as their reward for winning, but I may have to make another one for myself in the future!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Krista Suh's newest craftivist movement is to create a <a href="http://kristasuh.com/evil-eye-glove/" target="_blank">sea of eyes</a> at the <a href="https://marchforourlives.com/" target="_blank">March for our Lives</a> to show congress we are watching and we are holding them accountable. She is organizing the effort to collect gloves in Washington, DC. Check out her website <a href="http://kristasuh.com/evil-eye-glove/#knit-pattern" target="_blank">here</a> to see where to send the gloves.</span></div>
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Source: <a href="http://kristasuh.com/evil-eye-glove/">http://kristasuh.com/evil-eye-glove/</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was immediately on board and I designed my own knit colorwork version (<a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2018/02/evil-eye-mitts.html" target="_blank">see it here</a>). I challenged my friend Silke, the most talented crochet designer I know, to design a crocheted pair of gloves. She did not disappoint and came up with these awesome gloves. These glove are not simply an eye appliquƩd onto simple gloves, they are just one layer throughout. She enlisted her friend Stefanie to help her write up the pattern. Stefanie originally created the pattern in German and then translated it to English. Check out more of Stefanie's designs here: <a href="http://kreativmittaeschwerk.blogspot.com/">http://kreativmittaeschwerk.blogspot.com/</a> They gave me permission to put the English pattern on my website and I am honored to help share it with everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GET THE PATTERN HERE></b> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EbW24AQwYbWXYgGK1y1ga8tgsGx0SqUV/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here</a> to </span><span style="font-size: large;">download the pattern. <a href="https://www.crazypatterns.net/de/items/37883/haekelanleitung-handschuhe-evil-eye-glove-gehaekelte-version" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see the original German version of the pattern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This pattern is very thorough and has step-by-step instructions so hopefully even beginning crocheters can make it. Comment below if you have any questions about the pattern and I'll run them by Silke and Stefanie.</span></div>
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<br />Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-89247831247576033292018-02-21T10:16:00.000-08:002018-04-02T13:01:35.076-07:00Evil Eye Gloves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week, Krista Suh (the Pussyhat Project creator) launched her next craftivism project. Just like she created a "sea of pink" for the Women's March, she wants to create a "sea of eyes" at the 2018 <a href="https://www.marchforourlives.com/" target="_blank">March for our Lives</a>. She enlisted Kat Coyle (Pussyhat original designer) to design knit fingerless gloves with eyes embroidered into the palm. These eyes will show those in power that we are watching them and we will hold them accountable for their actions. Krista is leading the effort to have gloves sent to DC to support the students that will be marching. Her initial goal is 438 pairs of gloves - one pair to represent each person killed or injured in school shootings from 2014-present. I like to imagine these gloves giving representation to the victims, a symbolic gesture that the victims are present and watching in spirit. Please take the time to check out <a href="http://kristasuh.com/evil-eye-glove/" target="_blank">Krista's webpage</a> for the original evil eye glove pattern and more details about the project and where to send gloves in DC (<a href="http://kristasuh.com/evil-eye-glove/">http://kristasuh.com/evil-eye-glove/</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BklaREJIqDgPakjlCViDmwABymgxxHot/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here to get a pdf of my pattern.</a> </b>I designed my gloves in the round version of the Evil Eye Mitts using stranded colorwork to add the eye design. <b> </b>If you have any questions about the pattern or find a mistake, please let me know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Per Krista's request please share your projects using these hashtags on social media: <span style="color: purple; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">#evileyegloves #marchforourlives</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I designed this hat to feature <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2018/02/scientists-in-stitches-dr-deborah-gordon.html" target="_blank">Dr. Deborah Gordon's work </a>with harvester ants. To see a synopsis of her work and Dr. Gordon modeling the hat herself, check out my blog post <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2018/02/scientists-in-stitches-dr-deborah-gordon.html" target="_blank">here</a>. This hat features two pairs of harvester ants that are interacting through their antennae. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Gordon provided a lot of help with the design, insuring that the ants would be interacting through their antennae, just like they do in the environment. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The pattern for this knit hat is available <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ant-knit-hat" target="_blank">here</a> on Ravelry or can be purchased directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/443284" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-76674950241221148632018-02-06T08:11:00.001-08:002018-02-10T14:07:22.328-08:00Scientists in Stitches - Dr. Deborah Gordon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This "<a href="http://www.craftimism.com/search/label/Scientists%20in%20Stitches" target="_blank">Scientists in Stitches</a>" post features <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/" target="_blank">Dr. Deborah Gordon</a>, a professor at Stanford in the Department of Biology. Dr. Gordon studies the </span><span style="font-size: large;">collective behavior of biological systems using harvester </span><span style="font-size: large;">ant colonies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ants are social insects that operate without central control. This means that there are not 'boss' ants to direct the behavior of underling ants. Harvester ants gather seeds from the environment. They leave their protected colony and enter harsh desert conditions in search of scattered seeds. Once an ant finds a seed, it returns to the colony. As the ant returns to the colony, it will briefly touch antennae with another ant and that ant will go foraging. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In particular, Dr. Gordon investigates how harvester ants use these interactions to regulate behavior and how these small local interactions direct the dynamics of the entire colony. Ants use these interactions as a proxy for how much food is available. If there are a lot of seeds near the colony, ants will find seeds and return more frequently, thus sending more ants out to collect all the seeds. When there are fewer seeds, the ants meander longer and cover the area more thoroughly before they find a seed and return, reducing rate of ants leaving the nest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Gordon's work is relevant to studying other networks without central control such as other biological systems and, perhaps even networks such as the internet. </span><span style="font-size: large;">To learn more about Dr. Gordon's work, check out her lab's website <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/" target="_blank">here</a>, her <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants?language=en" target="_blank">TED talks in 2003</a> and <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_gordon_what_ants_teach_us_about_the_brain_cancer_and_the_internet" target="_blank">2014</a>, and her <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/articles/other/Gordon%20Scientific%20American.pdf" target="_blank">article in Scientific American</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to see more photos of the hat and get a link to the pattern, check out <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2018/02/ant-knit-hat.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-88058504016357839442018-01-09T14:12:00.000-08:002018-01-09T14:19:00.935-08:005 science communication instagram accounts to follow in 2018<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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One of my New Year's goals is to do more science communication on social media and here on my website. I am off to a good start with the Swimming Bacteria Knit Hat post that explains bacterial swimming that I published last weekend.<br />
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As part of my motivation, I took to Instagram and searched through #scicomm posts to find new accounts to follow. Here are a few that stuck out to me. If you have an Instagram account where you share science outreach posts or if you follow any awesome science communicators, please leave the information in a comment below! I'd love to feature more in the future.<br />
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1) <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sunburnedscientist/" target="_blank">Sunburnedscientist</a></b> - I love the conversational style and questions posed by @thesunburtscientist. Follow this UC Santa Barbara PhD student for some provocative questions and insights into everyday scientific experiments.<br />
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2) <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mouse_kween/" target="_blank">Mouse_kween </a></b>- She only has two posts so far, but I hope to see more from her in the future. She promises to deliver science communication that millenials can relate to.<br />
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3) <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/travelingcassin/" target="_blank">travelingcassin</a></b> - stories from nature, traveling, research, and life (full disclaimer, Loren is a close friend and my first featured <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2017/09/scientists-in-stitches-loren-cassin.html" target="_blank">"Scientist in stitches"</a>). I love Loren's nature pictures and accompanying explanations to the underlying science.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">My latest science knit shows rod shaped bacteria swimming around the brim of the hat. The pattern for this hat can be found <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swimming-bacteria-knit-hat" target="_blank">here</a> on Ravelry or purchased directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/388588" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">The flagella on these bacteria are peritrichous, which mean they
surround the cell. The flagella are controlled by a molecular motor and the
motor can either spin clockwise or counterclockwise. When all of the flagella
on the cell spin counterclockwise, the flagella can propel the cell, as shown on this hat.
When the flagella spin clockwise, they spread out and thus have no net force so cannot
propel the cell anywhere. Instead of going in a direction, these cells ātumbleā
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set out in a different direction. These periods of ārunning and tumblingā allow
the bacterium to explore its environment. During this exploration, when a
bacterium is swimming toward nutrients, it can adjust the durations of running
and tumbling so it is running for longer periods and tumbling less, thus
biasing the movement toward the nutrients, in a process that is called
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<span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt;">See the movie below for a video that I took of my favorite bacterium <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>. Some cells are stationary as they are stuck between an agar pad and a glass coverslip while others are in an area that is a bit wetter and they can swim around. This is best viewed fullscreen to better see the little organisms. It is a very short video, so you may have to hit replay to catch the action.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thus, this pattern was born. You can get it <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shark-knit-hat" target="_blank">here</a> on Ravelry, here on Craftsy, or buy it directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/425181" target="_blank">here</a>. Enjoy!</span></div>
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I was inspired to knit this <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/search/label/knityourphd" target="_blank">#knityourPhD</a> hat for Dr. Katharine Ng who got her PhD studying how bacteria that live in the intestines respond to antibiotic treatment.<br />
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<a href="https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v502/n7469/full/nature12503.html" target="_blank">In work published in Nature</a>, Dr. Ng and colleagues found that some pathogens in the gut can gain an advantage by eating sugars from the host. In the gut, there are sugars present but tied up in the mucus that is made to line the gut. Some non-pathogenic ("good") bacteria cut some of the sugars off of the mucus molecules. After antibiotic treatment, two pathogenic (bad) bacteria, <i>Clostridium difficile </i>and <i>Salmonella typhimurium</i>, are able to gain a foothold in the gut by eating the sugars that the good bacteria had liberated from the mucus. Her work provides insights for developing therapeutic treatments to prevent the bad bacteria from taking hold during antibiotic treatments. Read more about her PhD work <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3825626/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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To study the gut bacteria, Dr. Ng collected a LOT of mouse poop for analysis and sequencing before, during, and after antibiotic treatment. To honor all of the poop collected, I used the poop emoji as inspiration to design this hat with 6 poops around the hat. I added a pom pom on the top for some extra character. You can get the pattern <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/poop-emoji-knit-hat" target="_blank">here on Ravelry</a>, on <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/patterns/poop-emoji-inspired-knit-hat/517868" target="_blank">Craftsy here</a> or directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/416956" target="_blank">here</a>. Happy stitching!</div>
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"Scientists in Stitches" is a new series on my blog where I will interview scientists about their careers and the steps they have taken to get there. I have made each of these scientists a knit item that represents their PhD (<a href="http://www.craftimism.com/search/label/knityourphd" target="_blank">#KnityourPhD</a>) or career (<a href="http://www.craftimism.com/search/label/scienceknits" target="_blank">#KnityourScience</a>). </div>
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This post features Dr. Loren Cassin Sackett. Loren is an evolutionary biologist that does some amazing work studying natural resistance to pathogens using the <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2013/02/prairie-dog-knit-hat.html" target="_blank">prairie dog</a> and the <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/2015/08/hawaiian-amakihi-fingerless-mitts.html" target="_blank">Hawaiian 'amakihi</a> as model organisms.<br />
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<b>You can follow along with Loren at the links below. Her Instagram feed is especially rad. </b><br />
website: <a href="http://www.cassinsackett.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cassinsackett.com </a><br />
twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lorencsackett?lang=en" target="_blank">(@LorenCSackett) https://twitter.com/lorencsackett?lang=en</a><br />
instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/travelingcassin/" target="_blank">(@travellingcassin) https://www.instagram.com/travelingcassin/</a></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";">I am an Assistant Professor in Integrative
Biology at the University of South Florida. I spend about half of my time on
research and half on teaching/mentoring activities (I teach both mammalogy and
evolution). My research is focused on evolutionary processes in wildlife,
including dynamics of small populations, adaptation to introduced diseases, and
the disruption of gene flow by habitat fragmentation. Given that much of my
research is on wildlife, I am in the enviable position of getting to do some
field work each year in amazing places like Colorado and Hawaii, although I
also do a lot of molecular lab work, data analysis and writing, and above all
mentor students in how to do those things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";">The first and most important part of my day is
making coffee. :) I bike to work, and then usually start my day by
writing something I'm working on (a paper, grant proposal, lecture,
etc.). I start this way because as soon as I open my email, chaos breaks
loose (I get about 100 emails a day during the middle of a semester). I
also have a lot of meetings with students. I teach two days a week and
spend those days planning activities, writing lectures, reading papers that are
relevant to the course, and grading. I try to infuse contemporary science
into the courses I teach, which benefits the students because they get an idea
of what scientists are actually <i>doing</i> in the field/lab, and
how they are generating knew knowledge. And it's good for me too, because
it keeps me abreast of the relevant literature. For me, this is one of
the things that I tend to let slide too much when I get busy, so it's nice to
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;">On the days that I don't teach, I try to pick
a specific project to work on so I can make noticeable progress on it.
It's hard for me to multi-task different projects on the same day, so I try to
generate some momentum to carry them forward separately. I still have to
answer emails these days, but I spend more time reading abstracts and papers,
writing, and planning research projects. Those things pretty much eat up 8
hours in what feels like no time! I am currently developing a new class,
so unfortunately my workday does not end after 8 hours, but I try to minimize
the amount of time I spend at home working (work-life balance and all that).
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white;">It had to be my mom and my grandpa, who encouraged me to constantly ask questions </span><span style="background-color: white;">about the world around me, and to try to understand the patterns I saw. I did not recognize this as an interest in science until much later -- in fact, I rebelled against my mother in high school be deciding that I would study psychology. I obviously did not know exactly what science was! <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I think I was probably subject to many subconscious ideas that science was performed by old white-haired men in lab coats in dark windowless labs</span>, and my understanding of science was limited to what I had done in high school courses, so I thought it consisted of essentially doing 30-minute experiments that had no purpose because we already knew what the outcome was supposed to be. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">I had no concept that a scientist designed her own experiments to answer her own questions about the mysteries of the world, or that those experiments could lead to fascinating new questions.</span> But when I finally figured out that research was a career--that a person could get paid to seek knowledge--I knew right away that <i>that</i> was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. My mom and my grandpa probably wondered what took me so long.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">I took kind of a circuitous path to get
here. I was always passionate about conservation, but I never really knew
what types of careers could be associated with conservation work, except some
that did not appeal to me (like fundraising from private donors, which is
essential work but is better suited to extroverts). I was fascinated by a lot
of scientific fields and ended up studying psychology in college, even though I
didn't want to be a practitioner. It was through participating in
psychology research that I learned <b>research</b> could be a
career. By this time, I had discovered conservation genetics,
and immediately after I graduated, I enrolled in undergraduate
courses in biology to get the prerequisites for graduate school (but I never
actually got a bachelor's in biology). I received my PhD in Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, and I was lucky to have
received really solid training in both ecology and evolution from a fantastic
department. And thanks to the patience of my PhD advisor, I took a lot of
opportunities to receive specialty training elsewhere: I took 2 short
courses in Costa Rica through the Organization for Tropical Studies, and I took
a leave of absence from CU for personal reasons and audited Alan Templeton's
population genetics class at Washington University in St. Louis. I think
it was really useful to gain intellectual perspectives from a lot of very
diverse-thinking scientists. Eventually (!) I finished my PhD and secured
a postdoctoral fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution, which is really the
dream for a conservation biologist. One of the things that was important
to me in a postdoc was to work in a different system and learn a new skill
set. Not everyone chooses this strategy, because it does take a lot of
time to shift systems and techniques, and many postdoc terms are not really
long enough for this. I was fortunate that my PI and I were able to
secure funding to keep me there for 3 years, and I learned a lot of genomics
tools--which is becoming essential for biologists today. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";">Wow, that's a really tough question. I
haven't had a Nature paper or anything prize-worthy, but I appreciate the
little victories (like an editor choosing my paper to feature on the journal's
website) and I love fieldwork. Last year I got to backpack into a field
site on Kauai with a 40-lb pack that kept hitting trees above my head level,
and army-crawl under fallen logs to get to one of the most pristine places on
Hawaii (except for the tourist helicopters flying overhead). And catching
elusive species (like the Kauai amakihi, which we caught only three of in a
week) is really satisfying. When the animals make us really work hard for
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";">Well, some of the same days. Before we
caught that Kauai amakihi, it felt like a huge failure and a waste of money to
be spending all this time not catching anything. It is always really
frustrating having dozens of traps set at a prairie dog colony with dozens of
prairie dogs and not having ANY of them go into the traps. The days when you
realize rodents are outsmarting you really start to make you question your
sanity.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;">Bad days are also the ones when I get rejected
from something. There's a lot of rejection in science -- rejection from
jobs, rejection from grant proposals, rejection of papers. I try to just
assume everything will get rejected, and then I'm not too disappointed when it
happens, and if it doesn't, then it's especially exciting. And I remind
myself that everyone gets rejected and not to take it personally.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">There's a lot of rejection in science -- rejection from jobs, rejection from grant proposals, rejection of papers.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>What do you do in your free time?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;">I try to stay active and keep my body healthy
as a balance to working my brain all day. I love being outside. Biking
makes me feel completely liberated, like I am capable of anything (it's a nice
illusion). Biking--mostly commuting rather than going on long weekend
rides right now--is the main thing that keeps me sane. And I like hiking,
rollerblading along the water, running, etc. I read, but never
enough! </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>What are your hobbies?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;">I dabble in photography. Nothing
fancy--mostly pictures from my travels. I really love traveling.
Well, it's more than love: it's more like an insatiable desire to explore every
corner of the planet. When I see a dirt road winding around a bend, I
have to take it. It's not even a choice, it's an urge I can't
control. I love meeting people from all over the world and seeing the
day-to-day life in other countries, and I really appreciate the perspective it
gives me on the world. </span></span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: "times"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7 of Loren's travel photos, 1 from each continent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If you could send a letter back to your 18-year-old self, what advice would you give yourself?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;">Ha! So many things: Listen to your
mother. Practice your Spanish with your classmates. Science is fun,
and you can be good at it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
<b>Now it is your time to participate:</b><br />
If you have any questions for Dr. Cassin Sackett, leave them in the comments below. If there is enough interest, I'll gladly publish a follow-up with Loren so she can answer your questions!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I designed this hat to show my excitement over the Wonder Woman movie. I very rarely go to movies in the theatre but I made an exception for this one and it did not disappoint me. It was such a great story! I particularly loved the development of Diana's character and how she went from seeing the world in "right" and "wrong" to viewing it in complicated shades of gray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I designed this hat to use a colorwork pattern that was inspired by the original Wonder Woman's costume. The pattern for the hat can be found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wonder-woman-inspired-knit-hat" target="_blank">here</a> on Ravelry, <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/knitting/patterns/wonder-woman-inspired-knit-hat/509736" target="_blank">here</a> on Craftsy, or purchased directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/412605" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<br />Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-38391764755689922392017-08-19T23:33:00.000-07:002018-02-09T10:48:19.628-08:00Solar eclipse knit hat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Y'all, I am so excited to see the solar eclipse tomorrow! I extended a trip to visit my family for a few days so that I could swing back through St. Louis first just so I could witness my first ever total solar eclipse. I designed this knit hat to mark the occasion. The hat features the path of the moon as it covers the sun. I even embroidered on the corona of the sun onto the hat. If only the solar eclipse was during the winter! Unfortunately, I'll only be wearing this when I am in air conditioned places on Monday, but it is awesome anyways.<br />
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You can get the hat <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solar-eclipse-knit-hat" target="_blank">here </a>on Ravelry or purchase directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/411943" target="_blank">here</a>. It will be free up until the eclipse with the promotion code "Eclipse2017".<br />
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Here are some interesting facts I have learned about the eclipse:</div>
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1) It is only safe to look at the sun when the eclipse is in totality. It is never safe to look at the sun, but it is even more dangerous during the eclipse because the decrease in ambient light will make your pupils dilate and expose more of the retina. Bottom line: DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN UNTIL TOTALITY! If you are not lucky enough to be in the path of totality, DON'T LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN!</div>
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2) Safe ways to view the sun include special approved solar glasses (my rad ones complement my knit hat perfectly), pinhole camera obscura viewing boxes that project an image of the sun onto the inside of the box, and even using binoculars to direct an image of the sun onto a screen and focus on it. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/08/17/543633362/make-your-own-eclipse-viewer?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170817" target="_blank">Find instructions for 6 safe ways to view the eclipse here</a>. </div>
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3) Some animals will begin their nighttime behavior during totality even though it is in the middle of the day. I am particularly excited to witness this occurring.</div>
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4) Many people will be participating in citizen science efforts by using apps on their smart phones to record observations during the eclipse. In particular, one project by NASA will be monitoring temperature before, during, and after the eclipse (<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-invites-you-to-become-a-citizen-scientist-during-us-total-solar-eclipse" target="_blank">more information here</a>) and another project from the California Academy of Sciences will record plants and animal behavior during the eclipse (<a href="https://www.calacademy.org/citizen-science/solar-eclipse-2017" target="_blank">more information here</a>). </div>
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Enjoy the eclipse and the knitting pattern!</div>
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Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-20479195563094130822017-08-12T12:17:00.001-07:002017-08-24T08:54:18.600-07:00Black Lives Matter Knit Hat (#BLM)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There was a white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last night. I was disgusted when I heard about it this morning. This <b>cannot and should not </b>be allowed and we need to <b>stand against hate and stand for the equality of all people.</b><br />
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G9x7kxg-HT4/WY9TwCHYy2I/AAAAAAAAMHI/AWmdkEjVtIgd81PNytiytkRnxm5cqTIbgCLcBGAs/s1600/BLM-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="265" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G9x7kxg-HT4/WY9TwCHYy2I/AAAAAAAAMHI/AWmdkEjVtIgd81PNytiytkRnxm5cqTIbgCLcBGAs/s400/BLM-3.jpg" width="400" /></a>I designed a Black Lives Matter hat a while back and have been wearing it in public for the last few weeks. The events of last night gave me the spur of energy needed to finish writing the pattern.<br />
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Also, I included instructions for altering the hat to fit afros. I have very flat hair and my hat designs typically fit those with flatter hair perfectly, but I have not done a good job altering my designs to be inclusive for those with different hair styles. Here are my suggestions for altering this hat as well as any of my other designs to be suitable with afros. Please contact me if you have any other suggestions or guidelines for designing hats for people of color as I had a hard time finding resources for this online and had to consult some friends for advice.<br />
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<b>Notes for altering beanie hat designs to accomodate afros:</b> To make a hat that can accomodate an afro where all the hair is shoved into the hat, as a general rule, add 1 inch to the hat (before decreasing) for every 3 inches of afro. The ribbing will need to be tight enough to stay on and you may consider sewing some stretchy satin to the brim. If the wearer intends to wear the hat over an afro with the hair down, the hat should be made wider rather than taller and 1-2 black stitches could be added to one side of each repeat.<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9ivwJQYGtMwVVFRbDdsdHg3UDg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Click here to get a printer-friendly pdf of this Black Lives Matter Knit Hat pattern.</a><br />
<br />Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-82961312237093993152017-07-29T14:08:00.000-07:002017-07-31T12:30:13.240-07:00Cafe Zoƫ fundraiser for Willow Oaks Elementary School<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Today I would like to showcase a fundraiser that is ongoing through the end of August at Cafe Zoƫ, my local cafe.<br />
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Cafe Zoƫ regularly runs fundraisers to provide <a href="http://www.willowoaksschool.com/" target="_blank">Willow Oaks Elementary</a> with needed items. Willow Oaks is part of the Ravenswood School District, which, from what I can gather, was the victim of some unfortunate rezoning over 25 years ago after the completion of Highway 101. It appears that some of the more middle class neighborhoods "opted" to join the Menlo Park City School Disctrict (<a href="http://www.jakecoolidgecartography.com/ravenswood-city-school-district.html" target="_blank">source</a>). Willow Oaks Elementary in particular, was pretty much abandoned by the neighboring communities, whose members must send their kids to schools that are farther away than the elementary school nestled in their neighborhood.<br />
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Cafe Zoƫ is a neighborhood cafe run by Kathleen Daly and it's my regular blogging and knitting pattern writing hangout. Daly has a huge heart and has, along with the patrons of her cafe, adopted Willow Oaks to raise money for items the school needs. In the past, the successful fundraising campaigns have purchased spare school uniforms and choral risers for the children. The current fundraiser is providing art tables to the school. Daly says some of the students are rewarded for good behavior by being able to make artistic creations on posterboard. Currently, the art teacher must push together small desks to make do as the school does not have art tables.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A map showing the communities that "opted" out <br />of the Ravenswood school district (<a href="http://www.jakecoolidgecartography.com/ravenswood-city-school-district.html" target="_blank">source</a>)</span></td></tr>
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Daly's daughter, Zoƫ Sharkey, who manages events took the lead on this fundraiser and recruited local artists (including myself) to donate items to the fundraiser. The artists are displaying their art in the cafe through the end of August and a portion of any art sold will be donated to Willow Oaks. The artworks can be viewed in an <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/ttliKMrBpRcdNKW12" target="_blank">album </a><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/ttliKMrBpRcdNKW12" target="_blank">here</a>. If anyone would like to help out with the fundraiser or purchase art, they can contact <a href="http://www.cafezoehub.com/contact/" target="_blank">Cafe Zoƫ</a><a href="http://www.cafezoehub.com/contact/" target="_blank"> directly h</a><a href="http://www.cafezoehub.com/contact/" target="_blank">ere</a>. Cafe Zoƫ is almost halfway to its goal for the fundraiser and hopes to purchase four art tables for the school.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Craftimism's "Politiknits" items for sale at the Cafe Zoƫ fundraiser - earrings, pins/magnets, and coffee sleeves</span></td></tr>
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To learn more about Cafe Zoƫ, check out their website here: <a href="http://www.cafezoehub.com/contact/">http://www.cafezoehub.com/contact/</a><br />
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Here are a subset of the donated works of art: (<a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/ttliKMrBpRcdNKW12" target="_blank">click here to view all donated art in an album</a>)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was so blown away by the Women's March and the March for Science that I have been knitting resistance items for months now. I designed these Resistance-themed coffee cup sleeves to honor the efforts of the <a href="https://www.pussyhatproject.com/" target="_blank">Pussy Hat Project</a> and the <a href="http://www.craftimism.com/p/march-for-science-project-thinking-cap.html" target="_blank">Project Thinking Cap</a>. I hope these items will serve as small reminders and inspiration to keep the resistance alive and well and stand up for science and women's rights every day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've decided to give away the pattern Pussy Hat cup sleeve for FREE <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ivwJQYGtMwRGJSSnRKajhSaFE" target="_blank">here</a>. If you have the means, please consider donating some money on my behalf to a progressive cause or buying the pattern bundle <a href="https://wedna.org/product/resistancecoffeesleevesvol1/" target="_blank">here on weDoNotAgree</a> (info below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've decided to use these patterns to raise money for Planned Parenthood, the National Resources Defense Council, American Civil Liberties Union, or Southern Poverty Law Center. If you would like to get the bundle of <a href="https://wedna.org/product/resistancecoffeesleevesvol1/" target="_blank">ALL FIVE PATTERNS</a>, they can be yours for a $10 donation to a progressive cause of your choice (may I suggest PP or NRDC to support women's rights and the environment) at <a href="http://www.wedna.org/" target="_blank">weDoNotAgree</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have not heard of <a href="http://www.wedna.org/" target="_blank">www.weDNA.org </a>(weDoNotAgree) yet, it is like the Etsy of the resistance. Crafters donate items to sell and buyers get those items in exchange for a donation to the ACLU, SPLC, Planned Parenthood, or NRDC. Check them out and consider buying products or becoming a vendor. The entire effort there is 100% donation based so ALL proceeds go to the chosen cause. You can also follow them on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wedonotagree/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to see featured products.</span>Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-5658040223081013562017-06-17T14:10:00.000-07:002017-06-17T14:11:32.197-07:00Star Wars Alliance Starbird inspired knit hat and armband<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I designed this hat based on the symbol for the <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Alliance_Starbird" target="_blank">Star Wars Alliance Starbird</a>. Full disclosure, I am not a superfan of Star Wars (at least not yet). However, I saw this symbol and I thought it would work great on a hat. I adapted it to work with a loose gauge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The pattern for the hat can be found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/star-wars-rebel-alliance-inspired-hat-and-armband" target="_blank">here</a> on Ravelry and purchased directly <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/heidi-arjes-designs/396349" target="_blank">here</a>. The hat pattern comes with a bonus armband pattern (shown below). Make sure to make the symbol in red to represent the Rebel Alliance.</span><br />
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<br />Heidi Arjeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12037702674614125413noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215848917262190428.post-55263532499312623602017-05-31T08:41:00.002-07:002018-01-11T15:10:22.360-08:00Simple Knit and Crochet Heart patterns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I designed these knit hearts to be used as a symbol of love and hope after hearing about the tragic Max attack in Portland that inspired the #hearts4PDX effort in 2017. A friend of mine designed a simple crochet heart as well (found at the bottom of this page).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ā© Heidi Arjes, 2017. This pattern is for personal use only. Commercial use without written permission of the author is prohibited.</span><br />
<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Directions:</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can use the yarn and needles of your choice. I used worsted weight yarn and needles so that the finished product would be loose (I'd imagine size 8 will work for most knitters). Gauge is not super important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cast on 10 Stitches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 1-8: Knit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 9: K2tog K8 (9 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 10: K2tog K7 (8 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 11: K2tog K6 (7 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 12: K2tog K5 (6 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 13: K2tog K4 (5 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 14: K2tog K3 (4 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 15: K2tog K2 (3 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 16: K2tog K1 (2 stitches on needle)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Row 17: K2tog (1 stitches on needle)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cut yarn and pull needle to pull the end through the final stitch. Pull tight.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finishing:</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cut yarn to ~10 inch length. Use yarn needle or crochet hook to pull yarn through center of heart. Tie on the top to create the top bumps of the heart. When you are happy with the shape, tie a tight square knot at the top of the heart and then tie the top of the strings so it can be hung up. I used the yarn needle to stitch the cast on tail down to the cast off tail and I tied those. You can leave the tails long as a tassel, trim them, or weave the ends into the heart.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Off the needles, the heart is not yet a heart.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">String yarn through the heart as shown.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Tie the yarn tightly at the top to make the heart shape.</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stockinette in the round heart</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ā© Heidi Arjes, 2017. This pattern is for personal use only. Commercial use without written permission of the author is prohibited.</span><br />
<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Directions:</span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can use the yarn and double pointed needles of your choice. I used worsted weight yarn and needles so that the finished product would be loose (I'd imagine size 8 will work for most knitters). Gauge is not super important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cast on 20 Stitches, divide to two needles, 10 stitches per needle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Join to knit in the round</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 1-6: Knit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 7: *K2tog K8* repeat twice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 8: *K2tog K7*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 9: *K2tog K6*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 10: *K2tog K5*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 11: *K2tog K4*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 12: *K2tog K3*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 13: *K2tog K2*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 14: *K2tog K1*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 15: *K2tog*</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Round 16: K2tog</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cut yarn and pull needle to pull the end through the final stitch. Pull tight.</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finishing:</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Use the cast on tail and yarn needle to whip stitch the top closed. Cut yarn to ~10 inch length. Use yarn needle or crochet hook to pull yarn through center of heart. Tie on the top to create the top bumps of the heart. When you are happy with the shape, tie a tight square knot at the top of the heart and then tie the top of the strings so it can be hung up. I used the yarn needle to stitch the cast on tail down to the cast off tail and I tied those. You can leave the tails long as a tassel, trim them, or weave the ends into the heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ā©craftimism, 2017. This pattern is for personal use only. Commercial use without written permission is prohibited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Magic circle<br />1st round: 6 sc in magic circle, close with slip stitch<br />2nd round: 2 sc in every sc of round 1 for total of twelve sc, close with slip stitch<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />3rd round: sc, hdc, 3 dc in first sc; dc, hdc in next stitch; sc in each of next three stitches; hdc, dc in next stitch, top with two chains and slip stitch in "belly" of first chain; dc, hdc in next stitch; hdc, dc in next stitch; 3 dc, hdc, sc in last stitch; close with a slip stitch somewhere below to give it more heart definition.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you like the ones with the hole in the middle start with round 2.</span></div>
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