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Small blue Totoro, 4.25" tall, with tiny white Totoro, 1.75" tall.
I made a blue and a white Totoro a few years ago, and put the patterns on my Livejournal. Now I've improved those patterns and come up with ones for a grey Totoro and smaller blue and white ones to go with him.
The free patterns are available on Craftster: www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=405679.0
And Ravelry:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/blue-totoro-amigurumi---...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/white-and-small-blue-tot...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/grey-totoro-amigurumi
www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tiny-white-totoro-amigurumi
Drain tiling is the placement of polyethylene (a type of plastic) tubing below the surface of the ground for the purpose of draining excess water from the surface or subsurface of an agricultural field (in this instance).
For the agricultural producer, some of the intended benefits are: more area to crop (less water-covered), earlier into the field to plant (dries out quicker), don't have to drive around potholes when running equipment (more economical, saves fuel and overlap), better yields with less crops "drowning out", and tiling can be a tool to minimize crop losses due to increased salinity (high amount of "salts" in the soils due to other farming practices and high water tables). These benefits are not always guaranteed.
What about the unintended consequences that are (in many times) passed on to neighbors, other parts of the country, or won't take place until the future?
Some of these effects are: Loss of some nutrient and chemical filtration (these waters trickle through only a little soil before they are in the pipe and drained into a large lake or river), loss of wildlife habitat, loss of groundwater recharge for aquifers and those that get their water from wells, and potential contribution to increased flooding and pollution of neighbor's lands and/or rivers during spring flood season or after large rain events.
Normally, these waters would slowly seep down into the ground to recharge aquifers or would evaporate into the air. When drained, these waters reach streams or rivers in a matter of hours or days, increasing the flow of the river. Because these waters also have less filtration through the soil, they are direct routes for extra soil nutrients such as nitrates to get into rivers and lakes that serve as water supplies for towns and cities downstream.
"The traditional way to get rich is to transfer your costs to someone else." --whether to your neighbor, the taxpayer, or the generations that follow your own.
-from the article "Plowed Under"
prospect.org/article/plowed-under
Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS
ZF 6HP600 automatic gearbox shift/select pattern as fitted to Scammell Constructor tow-wagon E587 BNE
Shopping with daughter for glass paint at the craft store. Realized I didn't have a pic for today. You would think there would be all these wonderful abstract possibilities - but guess not after the holiday season and getting ready for inventory and transition. Most of the displays did not provide a good eye shot. These are science fair boards that were stacked.
Assignment: PCA 43 "Pattern"
Deadline: October 19th, 2008
Image Tag: pca43
From: Judy Knesel
Mission:
Pattern and repetition is used in many of the arts, like poetry and music for example. We are attracted to visual patterns because they are oddly comforting. Our emotional response is aroused when a single design element is multiplied into a repeated pattern.
Pattern is in so many things around us that sometimes we just don't notice it any more. Your mission is to stretch your imagination and post a wall-worthy photo of pattern that is either created by you or found in life around you. But no buildings.
Here is a good article on pattern and some ideas for inspiration.
www.ephotozine.com/article/Patterns-and-textures
WIT
Well I have to dust sometime... and whilst I did that I lifted this fan and thought pattern!
This is a b&w conversion of the original colour (unexciting) version. I gave it a warm tint. Then I tweaked the levels to accentuate the lines and give that sunburst feeling. Slight contrast and sharpening and that was that. I tried it in colour - I tried it with a colour layer behind, I tried it in front of the TV - nice colours, but I lopped off too much of the fan (drat!). So this is the one I settled for.
K8
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Soon I'll be offering this pattern for sale! It's really for a baby - not for a cat. I just lack the cute baby for the photo shoot!
Pattern is one of my favorites but now out of print. fabric is a nice, soft shirting from the 2.95 pile at G Street Fabrics.
Walking back from the Acropolis area in Athens, Greece, I spotted this pattern from the fence on a random building. I couldn't help but capture it, as I'm rather attracted to patterns.
Lovely patterned post this morning - goodies ordered from Summersville on Etsy.
Blogged: bugsandfishes.blogspot.com/2010/07/sale-shopping.html
For a wild idea, paint zebra stripes on a board to create a cool piece of artwork. Basic black zebra stripes are fun paired with a bright background color. Or go extreme and create colored stripes like gray and yellow. Here’s how you do it.
You’ll Need: ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape, Paint, Paint brushes, Putty knife or 5-in-1 tool, Utility or Precision Knife and a wood board.
Step-by-Step Guide:
1.Paint & Tape
Decide what color zebra stripes you’d like and purchase your desired colors. Keeping in mind that your base color will be the color of the stripe, not the background color, paint your board with the base color and let dry.
Then lay down your tape in diagonal stripes, pressing the tape down as you go, and leaving space in between the stripes. Try laying it down in a different direction in one of the corners for a more realistic look.
2.Cut
Once your tape is laid down, cut off the edges of the tape in a random, wavy pattern using a utility or a precision knife. Remove the cut edges so the remaining tape has a curvy edge.
3.Paint
Paint over the entire board, including the tape, with your base color to seal the edges and let dry.
After it has had ample time to dry, paint the entire board with your accent color. This will be the background color.
Once dry, pull the tape at a 45 degree and go wild!