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Posted in Arts and Crafts on 06/19/2009 10:04 am by adminModa Dea
When Pat Richards came face to face with the prospect of turning seventy, she pondered her life alternatives. Many senior citizens wonder what meaningful activities and accomplishments they can look forward to in years to follow. Who says a 70-year-old Nana should be relegated to the rocking chair? Not Richards, who assumes the moniker “Sassy” and seeks the next challenge.Seeking to journal her reflections on seven decades of living, and with a nudge from her daughter, a blog was born. A year later, nuggets of that blog were mined out to create her book, “Sassy Pat Knitting.” She cites as mentor, her mother-in-law, Mary Frances Richards, a life-long knitter whose knitting journal had challenged Pat. Richards writes:
She kept her journals/ in ten-cent memo pads./ Could I do less?/ I’m setting out on the path she blazed./ She died thirty years ago today on 7-7-77,/ one month shy of her 77th birthday./ Frances you are remembered.
Richards goes on to write about how knitting has inspired her blog and book, and shaped her outlook on life, all illustrated in her nom de plume:
I’ve chosen “Sassy” in reference/ to Moda Dea Sassy Stripes yarn./ Crush is my favorite color choice:/ lush with reds, pink, a hint of brown./ It knits into a random pattern that/ fools the uninitiated into believing/ the knitter planned all these intricate/ switch backs/ consummate design elements,/ when in truth,/ you just knitted along watching/ the drama unfold./ The same premise is inherent in my blog.
More than a book about knitting, this is a collection of playful and profound reflections on life shining in the mirror of knitting. Richards has a gift for brevity, using images to clarify our understanding many of life’s emotions, particularly those associated with aging. You need not be a knitter to enjoy “Sassy Pat Knitting.” Knitters will enjoy the references to patterns and yarns, but everyone will benefit from the sage life lessons Richards shares.
Title: Sassy Pat Knitting: a memoir
Author: Pat (Patricia L.) Richards
ISBN: 978-0-9675623-3-9
Publisher: Richards Studio Production
$10.95 Trade paper, perfect bound, 100 pages
Available: Richards Studio Productions, http://sassypatknitting.blogspot.com
Review by Persis Granger,
http://www.persisgranger.com,
author of “Adirondack Gold,” “Adirondack Gold Teacher’s Guide,” “A Summer of Strangers.”,
Also, editor of and contributor to “Shared Stories from Daughters of Alzheimer’s: Writing a Path to Peace.”
Granger hosts writers’ retreats in the Adirondack Mountains of NY and on St. George Island, FL.
I’m looking for the equivalent for yarns listed in two patterns.?
I’m looking for the equivalent to Cuddle Me, Lantern, and Moda Dea yarns.
Cuddle Me is a bulky chenille, approximately the same as Lion Brand’s Lion Chenille which is widely available.
Is your second yarn “Japanese Lantern” by Alchemy? It’s a worsted-weight boucle. You could try KnitPick’s Crayon instead, available at http://www.knitpicks.com
I’m not sure which Moda Dea yarn you’re looking to sub (they make a whole bunch of different ones), but you can generally substitute any yarn you like as long as the gauge is the same. Look at the “stitches per inch” for both yarns (or sometimes given as # stitches = 4″) — as long as those numbers match up, knit away!
CANOSA DI PUGLIA – MISS ITALIA-CABARET-MUSICA-DEA EBE-MODA
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Lot 7 Balls/Skeins Moda Dea Yarn Metro/Cheri/Fashionista/Zing/Outrageous/Pink $3.99 |
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lot: 4 skeins Moda Dea Lazy Daisy Yarn # 3261 ORANGEADE all lot 9311 $18.99 |
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MODA-DEA FASHION SERIES – CROCHET PONCHO – PATTERN $1.00 |
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10 Skeins Moda Dea Sassy Stripes Polo Yarn Knit Crochet $29.99 |
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TUTU YARN – MODA DEA – PEAR GREEN – 3 SKEINS $14.40 |
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3skeins “ULTRA SOFT ELEGANT” SAGE GREEN ITALIAN MODA DEA DREAM YARN LEAF 3sk $15.99 |
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5 Skeins Of Ice Blue Color Moda Dea Cheerio Coats & Clark 100% Nylon YARN!! $12.99 |
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MODA DEA DREAM – HUGE LARGE LOT 15 SKEINS – PLUM – FLUFFY YARN $25.00 |
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MODA DEA DREAM YARN PINK WATERLILY or PLUM $3.75 |
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Moda Dea Yarn $1.50 |
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NEW–1 MODA DEA Washable Wool Yarn Sage Green 4467 Lot 149 Soft Merino Superwash $4.99 |
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Moda Dea Lazy Daisy Skein Orangeade New 77 Yards $2.50 |
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Moda Dea Lazy Daisy Skein Orangeade New 77 Yards $2.50 |
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Moda Dea Fur Sure Skein Yarn 3259 Like Coral 98 Yards $2.00 |
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Moda Dea Fur Sure Skein Yarn 3259 Like Coral 98 Yards $2.00 |
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Book of Natural Liberation Through Understanding in the Between $7.99 Imagine that as you leave your body at death, you hear the voice of a loved one whispering in your ear explanations of everything you see in the world beyond. Unlike other translations of Bar do thos grol (or The Tibetan Book of the Dead), Robert Thurman’s takes literally the entire gamut of metaphysical assumptions. Thurman translates Bar do thos grol as The Great Book of Natural Liberat… |
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