Two weekends ago Bob and I took off for Chicago and for a taping of the NPR radio show, “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me”. We listen to it every Saturday and play along with the news quizzes and I was excited to be able to get tickets. Since we were half way to Milwaukee, [...]
Nov
13
Artful Weekend(s)
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Oct
31
Crops: I was gone last weekend… all 3 days. Gone up north to a crop… and to the non-scrapbookers, a crop is an event where a bunch of people get together to scrapbook. A friend and I went together and had a blast! I got 20 pages completed.. I think a record for me, but [...]
Mar
1
Sock it to Me!
Category: Knitting | 3 Comments
After several years of being intimidated by those things between my feet and shoes, I finally knitted my first pair of socks. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long, I knew the stitches, I knew how to use those double pointed needles, I could read the pattern, but somehow the fear of the [...]
Dec
30
I found this wonderful site for knitters to share patterns, techniques, ideas, struggles and anything else a knitter needs to talk about. Ravelry.com is the new message board in my life. Not only are general topics shared, but there are groups broken down into interests…. like Knitters who wear Birkenstocks, knitters who have poodles, knitters [...]
