Hello all! Laura here to tell you about the event I’ve been training for my whole life. I’ve joined the Knit for Food Knit-A-Thon, a 12-hour knitting event on April 11, 2021. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness for food insecurity, and all the money raised will be donated to Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, No Kid Hungry and Meals on Wheels. If this were a jog-a-thon, I wouldn’t be much of a team mate, but knitting for 12 hours straight? PSHAW…. BRING IT ON!
If you’d have a few dollars to spare support my effort, or the project, you can find more details on the campaign and how to contribute here. What started as a goal to raise $20,000 is now up to over $81,000+ and we can’t wait to knit all day long!
Pens:
- Review: Shinhan TOUCH TWIN Brush Markers (via Parka Blogs)
- Review: Pentel Brush Sign Pen Pigment (via Parka Blogs)
- How to turn a $0.15 Pen Into a $45 Pen – The Ensso ARIA (via Original Content Books)
- TWSBI Eco (via dapprman)
- Tibaldi Perfecta Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
Ink:
- Kaweco introduces cruelty-free, vegan inks in sustainable packaging (via Inked Happiness)
- PenBBS 224 Tolstoy (via Mountain of Ink)
- March Greens (via Mountain of Ink)
- Monteverde Fireopal on Midori MD (via Inkcredible Colours)
- L’Artisan Callifolio Bonne Esperance (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Troublemaker Sea Glass (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- PenBBS #502 Sakura Flower Green (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Lennon Toolbar Atmospheric Inks (Night Sky, Blue Sky, and Sunset Glow): A Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Fun With Chromatography (via Left Hook Pens)
- The Proof is in the Water (via The Pen Addict)
- Pineider Blue Ink Review (via Pen Chalet)
- Krishna Dilli Ink Review(via Pen Chalet)
- PenBBS #337 Macau (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
Pencils:
- Vintage Colored Pencils: Wallace Invader (a Second Look) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Review: Apsara Matte Magic 2.0 Pencil (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- Caran d’Ache Block Erasers (via pencil talk)
- All pencil and Kaweco (via Bleistift)
- Pencil Obituaries. (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)
- Vikings! And this time…in graphite. (via Nero’s Notes)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Paper Review: Pont Neuf Notebooks (via The Pencilcase Blog)
- Vintage Writing Paper and the Consumption of Pen Stuff (via The Poor Penman)
- Hierarchies of Fountain Pen Friendly Paper (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Leuchtturm1917 x MONOCLE Stationery Collaboration (via Tools and Toys)
- Traveler’s Notebook Starter Kit – What I Purchased Instead (via Planner Fun)
Art & Creativity:
- OneWeek100People 2021: Day 2 (via Writing at Large)
- What Design Can Do asks creatives to solve our waste problem (via It’s Nice That)
- Still Life with Scissors (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
Other Interesting Things:
- Video: “A Tale of Two Slings: Peak Design and Amazon Basics” (via NOTCOT.ORG)
- My diary of a plague year (week one) (via Austin Kleon)
- Now You Can WFH on the Go With Airstream’s Flying Cloud Camper (via My Modern Met)
- Movie Lover Reveals How Filmmakers Use Color To Set the Mood (via My Modern Met)
- The NFT Market Feeds Our Obsession With Ownership (via Hyperallergic)
- As NFT Sells for $69M, Artists Question Environmental Impact of Blockchain (via Hyperallergic)
- Netflix to Air Documentary About the Last Blockbuster Video Store (via Kottke.org)
- Japan’s KAI Industries Has Developed the World’s First Disposable Paper Razor (via Spoon & Tamago)
- Organizing A Pen Collection: Pulling It All Together (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Book Review: The Revenge of Analog by David Sax (via Pens and Junk)
- May the 4th Be With You (via USPS Newsroom)
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