{"id":639,"date":"2006-12-09T23:35:36","date_gmt":"2006-12-10T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/gretchens_hamme"},"modified":"2006-12-09T23:35:36","modified_gmt":"2006-12-10T04:35:36","slug":"gretchens_hamme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen&#8217;s Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=507,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/gretchens_hammer_closeup_1252006_84818_p.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"325\" height=\"329\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/gretchens_hammer_closeup_1252006_84818_p.jpg\" title=\"Gretchens_hammer_closeup_1252006_84818_p\" alt=\"Gretchens_hammer_closeup_1252006_84818_p\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I have such a thing about hard, shiny tools that Gretchen has to drag me away from the tool displays in places like Lowes and Home Depot. When I saw this hammer at the recent Winterfest Arts and Crafts event at the Jacksonville Center, I was instantly hooked.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=463,height=358,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/gretchens_hammer_2_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"154\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/gretchens_hammer_2_2.jpg\" title=\"Gretchens_hammer_2_2\" alt=\"Gretchens_hammer_2_2\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGretchen wasn&#8217;t with me and the combination of a well-made hammer and the marlinspike knotwork was too much to resist. I just had to have this one-of-a-kind tool, so I purchased the hammer from Tom Barnhart and he gave me a jute bag to take it home in.<\/p>\n<p>When I showed Gretchen the hammer and saw her eyes light up, I suddenly realized that she would make better use of it than I would and the hammer would be kept and cherished as an &quot;inside the house&quot; tool. I presented it to her with only&nbsp; the slightest quiver of regret and she has been happily using it ever since.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/hammer_maker_1.jpg\" title=\"Hammer_maker_1\" alt=\"Hammer_maker_1\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" \/><br \/>\nTom Barnhart of River House Designs in Christiansburg is a practitioner of nautical knotting which has a long and colorful history. He learned this skill while in the US Navy back when knot work was a required skill. His display at Winterfest had many examples of beautiful knotwork. Here is his card for those of you who would like to see more of his work.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have such a thing about hard, shiny tools that Gretchen has to drag me away from the tool displays in places like Lowes and Home Depot. When I saw this hammer at the recent Winterfest Arts and Crafts event &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=639\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1810],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-aj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}