It was in December, the 8th or 12th, and I was in 8th Grade. I was anxious to get the Christmas lights up. We lived in a colonial style house and each year my parents would put an electric candle in each window in the front of the house. My father told me I was…

I like to shop from my seat and not on my feet. I stole that from my sister’s Pampered Chef website. Yarn, by mail order, is always full of surprises. Colour and texture are a gamble and you have to add in the cost of shipping, both in ordering and returning. You do save on…

It’s not bad enough that I am a yarn addict, but I am an enabler. The LYS’s in our areas are few and far between, so when you have the time to go, you make sure you get orders from surrounding knitters. At my office we have a new knitter, and two knitters just getting…

Friday again. I went to my follow up cardiology appointment. It struck me as strange to be listening to his Muzak and hearing the "Stand Up" song you associate with ClubMed – "Give me your heart, give me give me your heart…" All is good. I can stay on my Rhythmol which will now treat…

I crack up sometimes when I read what people are searching for when they end up here. This week some readers arrived after googling: band saw massacre, little nipples, Pacific Northwest spiders, I am an acne pimple, the life cycle of a frog, and I love food. Here are my two favourites: someone arrived at…

I don’t know about Touch Me. I am in the process of felting it a second time as many of the worms disappeared, but not all. Another important note: this scarf was knitted lengthwise and after felting, the width of the scarf decreased far more than the length. So, I have a long skinny snake-like…

So, I’m knitting with Touch Me. Enter male family members. After a good feel, Chuck and Bryant want underwear knitted from it. We are a weird family. But seriously, Touch Me is soft as a puppy’s tummy, a lamb’s ear or a tulip petal. The colour is deep as the midnight sky. See, Sister Marion?…

Everyone should knit with Touch Me once in their lifetime. The manufacturer describes it as sensual and it is. It is buttery, velvety smooth and the colours are deep and delicious. My tendencies toward texture go to the slubby styles. The creamy smoothness of Touch Me is like eating Ben and Jerry’s as compared to…

MSN Canada conducted a poll. They found that 14% of British Columbian online shoppers make their purchases in the nude. Excuse me? Fourteen out of one hundred people are freezing their buns in this damp and rainy climate while nakedly surfing the net? I have a hard time believing that 14% of those buying yarn…

We did more than shop this past weekend in Bellingham. There was a fair bit of knitting going on. First in the hour and forty minute border line up, then by the fireplace while watching LA Story and on lazy mornings after breakfast. Here is my Fleece Artist scarf. It was a slow knit, working…