It finally happened. Sputnik, my almost nine month old puppy, got into my one knitting storage chest and got at a skein of Lopi Einband yarn that I needed to use on my Faroese shawl that I work from time to time. Bad dog. I can understand why Sputnik went after it: it’s wool! It […]
Read More Bad DogThe government entity I work for is having a “Knitting Over Lunch” group once a week. A lady from another department runs and teaches it. I’ve gone twice now. It’s awesome to see different people from different departments and how diverse our knitting group is, and not just in skill level. Beginners are certainly welcome […]
Read More Knitting Over Lunch at WorkStitch Mountain: 30 Warm Knits for Conquering the Cold by by Laura Zander is a cool book. I got it in one of the fun bookstores in the Outer Banks, NC, USA a few years ago. I saw the Snowflake Turtleneck pattern in there and knit it, and TOTALLY messed it up. I think I […]
Read More Snowflake Turtleneck: Take 2My friend Mary is an art teacher, and is currently working with students at the Quarryville Public Library in Quarryville, PA, USA by having them create ATC’s, which is sort for artist trading cards. Artists and members of community are being encouraged to create ATC’s themselves, and to send the cards to the library, and, […]
Read More Art and Interacting with KidsI had a Visa gift card for $50.00 that I received as a Christmas gift. I was poking around on Amazon, and it’s unusual that I can’t find anything on there that that I want, so I decided to look around my bookmarks on my web browser to check out other merchants. I saw one […]
Read More Darn Good Yarn: A ReviewOriginally posted on The Wrap Up Project:
Happy New Year from the Wrap Up! Project! To start the new year off, we want to share some awesome statistics with you to show you how the project has grow, well, exploded, over the past three years. We couldn’t have done it without your participation and support!…
My husband and I took off Sputnik’s cone, ZenTube, and bandages off yesterday. He was nekked for little bit, but we did put his regular collar back on him, of course. Cone-free doggie, at last! Since the cone has come off, he’s once again curious about yarn, but there’s improvement. I inadvertently used natural fibers […]
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