Saturday, May 4, 2013

ravel or unravel?

i like words...it comes from having read voraciously since kindergarten.  and i find it amusing that some unlikely (and seemingly opposite) words should in fact mean the same thing.  for example, "flammable" and "inflammable" both mean essentially the same -- even though one has the "in-" prefix.

in the same fashion, both "ravel" and "unravel" mean to disentangle, to unweave, or to cause to come apart.  granted, merriam-webster does list an obsolete definition for ravel as "to become entangled or confused," but still.  words are funny like that.

greetings to all the fiber artists from ravelry.com currently reading my blog.  i hope you find something you might like to try!

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