I enviously read about other blogger’s positive mailbox experiences. It’s my own fault as I have chosen to refrain from secret pal activities. Call me a killjoy, but I’d rather use the money to buy exactly what I want and I can get the satisfaction of surprising others through the RAOK group. But this week,…

I apologize for not being as good a blogger as I have been. You see, there is a dead mouse somewhere in the wall next to our computer, and I have to post with the window open wide, letting in the cold wet air, lest I become asphyxiated with rotten mouse. Chuck kindly lit the…

We had a few of them this past weekend. First, look at these: Hellen’s had 20% off all yarn this past weekend. Coming from Vancouver, where I’ve never experienced a yarn sale at my LYS, it was enough to put me over the edge. I can understand the angora purchase, yet another once in a…

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.…