QOTD: Words Don't Cook Rice

New Radio Cabinet

• William Estep
• Ten year plan

For the holidays last year, my good friends, Al and Amie surprised me with a Raspberry Pi kit.

I’ve had an idea for a while now to put up a panel or screen that ties various boat systems together and displays relevant information, such as location, boat speed, ais information…etc.

Yes, there are turn-key solutions for this, but I would also like to have a system I can tinker with and make my own.

Cigar Boxes

• William Estep
• Wandering

I use a lot of index cards at work, and wanted something to toss them into. The idea of a cigar box came up, and a little searching, I found a seller on Etsy that sells lots of excellent cigar boxes in great shape. Blissfuldragonfly took care of the transaction quickly and I couldn’t be more happy with the result. I bought a lot of five, and now have really nice landing spots for index cards, pens, and stray motorcycle patches I don’t know what to do with.

Knotted Rib and Broad Spiral Rib

• William Estep
• Knitting

For this swatch/block in my crazy quilt project, I knit a combination of the Knotted Rib and Broad Spiral Rib from Barbara Walker’s A Treasury of Knitting Patterns Vol 1, page 49. This square is knit using Berroco Vintage Chunky in colorway 61194, Rhubarb.

I made no effort to compensate for the cable flare. Shame on me! I may need to redo this swatch before I add it to the Bulky Swatch Blanket.