Well it’s Friday the 13th, one of 3 this year there will be one in April and one in July. There is bad luck associated with this day. Although no one ever told me why. So I did some research.
Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina and folklore historian found that fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient, separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and the day Friday. The two unlucky entities ultimately combined to make one super unlucky day.
Dossey traces the fear of 13 to a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow.
Balder died and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day,” said Dossey. From that moment on, the number 13 has been considered ominous and foreboding.
I guess if I was Norse I might consider it unlucky then.
However this Friday the 13th, I have cool knitterly and fibery things to share with you.
How about some thick and thin yarn wrapped with sewing thread. Or maybe my first try at corespinning.
Remember how I said I was on a headband /neckwarmer bender(the lower yarn is already one as of right now).
The neckwarmers and headbands above are a small portion of the ones I’ve been making. Most of them I gave away.
Here is some great new yarn that will be going into the shop. This is the fiber from the natural dyes I did a few months ago. You can check out that post here.
This a new pattern that will be available soon.
Maude looks lovely doesn’t she?
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