Update: the pattern is now free to download from Ravelry! We’re talking selling here, not buying! I have just posted my first pattern for sale on Ravelry, after having it declined – in the kindest way imaginable – by the folks at Knitty. You know, I wasn’t really disappointed when it didn’t make the cut. I had already decided to… Continue Reading Retail therapy
Continue reading →Things have been pretty exciting around our family lately! Our newest grandson arrived in a hurry, without any complications, and went home with mom the next day. Fortunately, she had just packed for the hospital the day before, even though she expected to have to wait a week or more. Of course, babies are notorious for not paying attention to… Continue Reading Sock and Stocking
Continue reading →My latest little find – celluloid (probably) needlework (probably) tools: Okay, the top two are easy. Crochet hooks. The next one could be a ‘needle’ – it’s flat, but could be used to thread elastic through a casing, or something of that sort. The turned pointy one below that… hmmm… could be used to make holes, like the one second… Continue Reading Some old tools to ring in the new year
Continue reading →You know that apparently worldwide phenomenon about clothes dryers ‘eating’ single socks? Well, I think it’s contagious – and it mutates. We bought our first new vehicle in thirty years last summer… it’s a beautiful Ford F150: So everything was going along just fine for several months. Then one day, as I headed the few miles into town to the… Continue Reading Our truck eats socks
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