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Puzzle of December 15, 2009

Noro Scarf

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Knit by synecdochic, based on a design by Brooklyn Tweed.
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Puzzle of December 13, 2009

The steps of San Francisco

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The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, Moraga Street between 15th and 16th Avenues.
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Book of November 17, 2009

Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

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Before the agricultural revolution, there was the String Revolution: how and why women invented textiles, and why textiles are quintessential women's work.
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Puzzle of November 14, 2009

Don’t inhale

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Crocheted Flu Virus, by Anita Bruce.
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Puzzle of October 26, 2009

Hide and seek in the lotus pond

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A “peasant painting” from Fengjing, a suburb of Shanghai. These developed out of regional folk art and craft tradtions, but have become a local industry in recent decades. Source: Boxing Dragons.
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Puzzle of October 23, 2009

Warm colors

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Yarns and knits at Dancing Leaf Farm.
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