So, we decided to go to WA this weekend, first to B’Ham, then to Tulalip to the new outlet mall. I ask, "On our way down can we stop at Hellen’s Needlework Shop in Mount Vernon and pick up a bottle of wool to finish my throw?" Hmmm. From the feedback I’ve received, this post…

OK, no one in my family has to fear being seen in public with me wearing my leftover wrap. I’ve decided to turn it in to a luxurious throw. The deciding factor? Chuck asked in which form would it get more use. Honestly, I would wrap up in that throw regularly during our damp cold…

Max, a knitting blogger, from When Usually It’s Nothing fame, has died. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer a short while ago and died on Sunday in his mother’s arms. He was 40. Max’s partner requests that you share your love with your family and that you have a drink in his memory. This is…

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with our houseful of people. We ate as much as we knit, both to excess. So, I was working on my leftover shawl, which is going really well. I’ve thought about continuing and making it into a throw. This, of course, defeats the purpose of knitting a low cost…

Supposedly 85% of those drawn to careers in social services have landed there due to their own "issues."  I’m sure my workplaces are not that different than those in the real world, but I’ve had different co-workers who ignore all the rules and sleep with clients; embezzle; leave a spouse as directed by God in…

Along with eighteen pairs of Addi’s, we brought back fifteen kilos of chocolate when we came back from Germany. Chuck thought for sure customs officials wouldn’t believe with an inventory like that we weren’t going to set up a chocolate and knitting shop. Throw in a wine bar and I might get interested. Anyway would…

You know how a good recipe can be even better the second time around? Take a look at this platter, knitters. Doesn’t it get the saliva runnung? How can I keep a mix like that stuffed in a plastic drawer? So, here’s the plan: a old shole-ish, feather and fan-ny, Ab-fab type stole knit lengthwise.…

This is the cause: This is the effect after pushing the innards of a 25 lb fish down the garbage disposal: Now for the math lesson: 25lbs of salmon = $10 of Drano + $26 pizza dinner on paper plates + $160(!) Roto Rooter bill. Aggravation level = priceless. Moving on to English class, today’s…

My new favourite expression is "Put on your big girl panties and deal with it." I need to do just that and get on with finishing the two sweaters that are almost finished except for the finishing. You know what I mean, the sewing, the buttonholes, the buttons… I once knit a sweater, one of…

Have you ever had a once in a lifetime experience? I guess when they happen you don’t know it’s a once in a lifetime. Maybe it’s the first in your lifetime. Last weekend, on the ferry between Vancouver Island and Vancouver I lost count after seeing 21 Orca whales. There were many more, but it…