My latest podcast discovery is #amwriting and I love it. Jess and KJ host this podcast to share all aspects of writing, the most important of which is part of the tag line, “…and keep your butt in the chair.” KJ and Jess inspire me to do just that. I even won NaNoWriMo in November… Read More Podcast Crushing On #amwriting
For November I choose writing. It took some thinking and justifying and waffling from “of course,” to “do I really have time?”. What pushed me towards signing up for NaNoWriMo was a new writing group that I joined last night, The Knight Writers. It was a group of 10 women who are in very different… Read More NaNoWriMo vs. Knitting
First of all, I am having a crochet binge. It started by cleaning out a closet and finding some cotton yarn. Then I realized I needed more dish cloths, and then I had to admit that crocheting is faster than knitting. And so it began. I’m not sure how I created the “butterfly effect” with… Read More September Ramblings
As the fog is coming in, so is fall, I am feeling the need to load up my needles with some yummy yarn. And here is where I am getting some new ideas. I found the Filati magazine with the help of the WEBS Ready Set Knit podcast from September 1st. At the time of this… Read More Delightful Knitting Magazine
When the Minnesota Knitting Guild put out a call for volunteers to teach knitting, I heard the call! If someone wants to learn to knit, they should be taught. I immediately clicked on the link. And soon after that click, I was connected with Maria, Dorree, and Sydney at the Ronald McDonald Family Room at… Read More I Met An Unmasked Superhero While Knitting, Actually 2
I just received this email in my box this morning. Follow this link if you truly want to Get Registered! And this message reminded me that entering Flora the elephant in pieces is probably not going to earn a ribbon. Here is Flora on Friday morning. Along with the breakfast my sweet husband made for… Read More Last Chance For The Minnesota State Fair Creative Arts 2018
It’s time to get organized for summer! Nope, it is not too late! First, I did finish my course about The Young Jane Austen. I passed all the quizzes! The certificate will take a few weeks to arrive. In the mean time I finished the knitting of Hetty’s Sunday Cuffs. You can find the pattern… Read More June Ramblings
As school is winding down for most people, I am feeling the need for a bit of an academic challenge. More than just reading a new book. So, I enrolled in a free class through Hillsdale College. The Course I selected was “The Young Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey“, taught by Dr. Lorraine Murphy. The… Read More Jane Austen and Knitting
I have finished my first elephant! When I started looking for a pattern for this yarn, I found Little Cotton Rabbits. The website was started by a woman who knits and shares her story of being a mom with an autistic son. Because this 14 page pattern looked a bit daunting I did not want to… Read More Flora’s Prototype Has Arrived
Happy Easter!! Perhaps the 7″ of snow we received today put me back into a knitting mood. I have been so distracted by things that are not yarn. I hid in my house with the shades pulled, even though it was still light out. I was pretending it was not looking like a snow globe… Read More An Elephant Is Emerging
I have used many different types of knitting needles. Some of my favorites include bamboo, steel, square, double pointed, and circular. Using needles made of gold had never occurred to me, until yesterday. With family visiting from out of town we decided to tour the James J Hill house. It is a 36,000 square foot mansion… Read More Gold Knitting Needles
Meet Guinness, my sister’s dog, the dog who “only chews on his pink sparkly kitty.” Yes, that is what I was told. I was told that leaving my knitting on the couch was OK. I should have known better. We still laugh when kid #5 retells the story of how Guinness ate an entire apple… Read More The Dog Ate My Mitten!
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