Then one of the instructors there was 'kind' enough to remind me that Bernina offers an education discount so a bottom of the line machine would 'only' run about $600.

Oh, hey then. Pick one up on the way home from work. Hell, get two!

Cranky bloomers!

One of m favorite sandwiches ever in my life is homeade wheat bread, peanut butter, raisins, apples, yogurt and sprouts. Which I realise is a little weird, but it is good.

Except for the yogurt (how does it stick?) that sounds like a classic hippy sandwich from my childhood.

Being up in the costume shop at FSU this past weekend reminded me of how much I want/need a new sewing machine. Then one of the instructors there was 'kind' enough to remind me that Bernina offers an education discount so a bottom of the line machine would 'only' run about $600.

My "new" sewing machine was from Freeccle, and is a Kenmore, but it works great! At the costume shop I have access to an inductrial bernina, which makes it so hard for me to quit, although that is one of m ultimate goals.

Is this where I say I am envious of our teaching job, GG? My fondest wish was to direct and teach theatre in middle/high school, but instead I coordinate educational programming at a school of nursing, and moonlight as a costume maker.

Pick one up on the way home from work. Hell, get two!

yep, my thoughts exactly. Then she offered to give me directions to the local distributor. Yeah, sure, I'll get enough for all my students.

Gosh darn my "y" key!!!!

The yogurt just kind of gets poured on the peanut butter, just not much of it. It doesn't have to stick, per se....

Also, why is my uni not getting the educational Bernina discount???

Is this where I say I am envious of your teaching job, GG? My fondest wish was to direct and teach theatre in middle/high school, but instead I coordinate educational programming at a school of nursing, and moonlight as a costume maker.

It is a love/hate relationship. I love my students (and teaching/directing them) and hate my administration (the evil Draconian Dictator will be back to torture us for another year)

Natter is the place for font humor, right?

A Typeface Crisis at The Font Conference

why is my uni not getting the educational Bernina discount???

I don't know. They should ask!

I was told one of the scissors company's, I'll have to look up which one, also gives an educational discount.

Evil knitting? Stitch your own dictator

Asylum isn't usually a place for arts 'n' crafts news, but we think this might qualify as weird enough for us: a new book from knitting celebrity Rachael Matthews contains instructions for creating small, woollen version of history's most appalling dictators.

According to The Sun, the book will feature detailed descripions on how to knit a miniature Hitler (supposedly known as "Knitler"), Cambodian nutcase Pol Pot and former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

(We should point out that every news story about this book we can find lacks some very basic details, including publishers, release dates and sources. Count us sceptical. But, if true, we didn't realise our nan's favourite hobby could cause such outrage.)

Incidentally, knitting is popular among young, bohemian people in East London. Consequently, knitting groups can be a great place to meet weird arty girls. But our advice, if you're looking to impress with your needles, is to leave the controversial designs behind. Zombie knitting, featured after the jump, is much more our style...

The "knit your own dictator" is similar to something we did in a show year before last. The show had hand puppets in it and my darling, creative students made one of the puppets to look like our principal (the Draconian Dictator). Almost all of the audience 'got' it immediately; however, the DD was oblivious.