This is totally off-topic for the blog, but I couldn’t resist! Our eldest daughter had the opportunity to attend a speech given by Barack Obama in El Dorado, Kansas. This is a historic event, particularly since Kansas has been routinely ignored in Presidential primaries. She filed in with the rest of the attendees, after waiting a loooong time in the… Continue Reading The only time I will ever write about politics
Continue reading →Apes have opposable thumbs (in fact, they are ahead of us – they have four and we only have two). And lots of other species use tools. Storytelling is what really sets us humans apart. Get any two people together, and provided they have the rudiments of a shared language, they start in with the stories. Where they… Continue Reading It’s not thumbs, it’s stories
Continue reading →Do you have a great idea for a sweater, but don’t know how to make sure it’s going to fit the way you envision it? Well, there is help for you! I like and use my copy of Ann Budd’s book, The Knitter’s Handy Book of Sweater Patterns, but there are other sources for standard sweater sizing, too. And, depending… Continue Reading Standard size measurements
Continue reading →When you know a grandson is on the way, you just naturally think about knitting for him! The yarn was the inspiration for this project – I bought it at the Gove City Yarns shop on the way to a conference in Denver the first week in October. When I saw this soft machine washable yarn in shades of blue,… Continue Reading His First Sweater!
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