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Okay first the promised post of the finished toddler blankies: Between fighting a kidney infection and relentless yard sale weekends I’ve found plenty of time for spinning (there is absolutely nothing better to do during a yard sale than spin-spin-spin while waiting for people.) The weather has been lovely so the I have my version [...]

I am still debating as to whether or not I like this book: The Knitter’s Handy Book of Sweater Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes & Gauges I certainly don’t need a pattern to knit sweaters, yet it does make the task of figuring out yardages required a bit easier. I’ll put a tentative recommendation [...]

Mid-point through a project I’ll get these visions. Most of the time reason and sanity win out and the visions fade quickly. Other times I run out of bright pink yarn four rows from the end of a project and need to return to the craft store to buy another whole skein of bright pink [...]

Sometimes my husband cracks me up. He complains about the way that something (in this case the computer) doesn’t work properly or how it is just a piece of junk or we need a bigger better faster more what-ever-it-is. So I ask the relevent questions: Have you run spy-ware remover? Have you deleted old files? [...]

Wow. My little weaving passion has exploded into a whole household project. Since we have a tiny little house, a full sized floor loom would have been a monster. Ah, but my weaving addition grows– it consumes. And since my husband is the fabulously handy (and slightly obsessive) wonderful husband that he is, my little [...]

If you haven’t met Greta before, you’d think that she’s very big and intimidating. She is very big, but unless you’re highly allergic to dog drool then there’s very little reason to be intimidated. You know how little dogs are totally unaware of their size and will bark incessantly at larger animals? Well Greta is [...]

I so needed another hobby like a hair cut needs a handle. I now realize how foolish it was of me to get this little loom in the first place. I should have found something totally unpleasant to try and stuck with it until I was completely convinced that my current hobbies were the best [...]

“Entitled” what does that mean? From the Heritage Dictionary: 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: The coupon entitles the bearer to a 25 percent savings. Every citizen is entitled to equal protection under the law. [Middle English entitlen, from Old French entiteler, from [...]

Edna Mary Boos, May 1923- September 2005 We’ll all miss you.