Category: Knitting

» Sign Language


One of the things I’ve thought about doing in my newly acquired free time is learning ASL — American Sign Language. I have a friend who is deaf.  Juliette came to see me one of the last days I was at Yarn Expressions. She’s remarkably adept at reading lips, and between that talent and a [...]
Posted on: October 03, 2010 by | | 1 comment

» What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?


I don't even know if this thing works anymore. Certainly the interface is different than the last time I was here. Most likely there's no one to read it but me. And maybe Liz. But I have time to write now.
Posted on: October 02, 2010 by | Tags: , | 3 comments

» We Lead a Charmed Life (or, How We Dodged That Bullet)


On Tuesday I told you how much we were enjoying traveling through the Southwest.  We had arrived in Las Cruces, NM and were headed to Roswell, NM to visit old high school friends.  We had a great time in Roswell, catching up on 20+ years of news with people we wish we saw more often. [...]
Posted on: March 28, 2009 by | Tags: , | 1 comment

» On the Road Again


tap, tap (sound of someone blowing into a mic) Hello? Hello? Does this thing work? It’s been so long since I’ve posted on this poor blog, that it took some doing to get back in. I’m traveling again, so it’s time for show and tell. Here we go again! BJ Bass and I are on [...]
Posted on: March 25, 2009 by | Tags: , , | 1 comment

» The flu, Franklin Habit, and dyeing yarn


Good lord, a lot has happened since I last wrote, though I guess that’s to be expected, since it’s been a couple weeks. I do apologize for not writing sooner, though I suppose I have a good enough excuse, as this last week I’ve been completely bed-ridden with the flu. Let me tell you—the flu [...]
Posted on: March 07, 2009 by | Tags: , , , , , , , | no comments

» That’s a Lot of Sock Yarn!


I sit out on my porch a lot, especially when the weather is nice (and many times even when it’s not—one of the down-sides of being a smoker, though thankfully my porch is covered, so at least I don’t get wet when it rains). My co-worker, AK, knows this and gave me one of the [...]
Posted on: February 15, 2009 by | Tags: , , , , , | 1 comment