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On This Day:

On this day in 1940, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon was released.

(from: www.tomandjerryonline.com/ )

You can read more about Tom and Jerry here.

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On This Day:

On this day in 1942, the American singer/songwriter Carole King was born.

(from: www.historyorb.com)

You can read a biography from her website here, and you can listen to her performing ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ here.

Style/Home Section Debut

Today we would like to introduce a new series of posts here at Labyrinthus XXI, our Style/Home section. Every other Saturday, we will be featuring content that has to do with all things stylish for your home. We will be covering subjects such as ways to make the most of the space that you live in or ways to spruce things up around your house.

These days , especially since the recession, many of us have had to hold back on making huge changes around our homes, so we have been challenged with reimagining our surroundings. Many of us may not be able to move to a new place right now, so we are adding little accents here and there in order to make our homes seem a bit fresher.

Therefore a lot of our new Style/Home section will feature ways to change things around the home inexpensively, but there will also be times when we will feature things that are not quite so economical. Sometimes we will feature some pricier things and then think of ways to adapt the style in a cheaper way perhaps. And then sometimes we will just feature beautiful things that are more of a fantasy, but they will hopefully fire the imagination and just be there for fun.

That is the motive behind this new section....having fun and tapping into our creativity! We hope you'll come along on the journey with us!

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On This Day:

On this day in 1952, Princess Elizabeth formally proclaimed herself as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second at St James’s Palace in London.

You can watch a short BBC film about her return from the Commonwealth tour cut short by King George’s sudden death here.

Challenge: Learning to Knit #3

This is my third challenge post and I must admit that my progress has been slow. As I mentioned last time, I've finally found a series of Youtube videos that I can learn from so that's half the battle. I haven't been practicing my technique as much as I should due to lack of time, but I'm recommitting myself to putting in more time.

I think that I've got the casting on part learned quite well and now I'm slowly moving on to the knit stitch. Getting to this step in my learning has made learning to knit seem more real to me now. I know that I have a long way to go, but it's a start and I still believe that I can do it.

As I said earlier, I haven't had loads of practice this time around, but I'm making progress. I hope to have a lot more progress to report next time. I'm enjoying learning to knit but it's also teaching me a bit more patience which is always good :-)

If any of you out there are seasoned knitters I'd love to hear any advice that you have, so please leave a comment if you'd like.

Until next time...

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On This Day:

On this day in 2005, Ellen MacArthur sailed into the record books by completing her solo circumnavigation of the globe in record time.

(from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday )

You can read a biography here.

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On This Day:

On this day in 1958, seven Manchester United football players (‘Busby Babes’) died in an air crash in Munich that claimed the lives of 21 people.

You can read about it here.