Archive for the 'Knitting' Category



Bribery is the only thing that works with me

Published on August 18, 2008

I’m a book freak.  I always have been!  As an 8-year-old, I had to have 2 baskets on my bicycle, one on either side of the back tire, for transporting books back and forth to the library.  Even then, I read almost as much non-fiction as fiction.  When I found a novel that I liked, […]


Digging in the book stash

Published on August 17, 2008

I was looking for a recipe yesterday, and was digging through all my cookbooks, trying to remember which one the recipe was in.  I was drawing a blank, just sitting on the floor in front of the bookcase, trying to jog my old memory.  Nothing was coming.   I pulled a stack of small books down […]


The Forest has a Canopy

Published on August 14, 2008

I’ve got the Forest Canopy Shawl blocked, but I sure had some nervous moments.  I put the shawl into a bowl of warm water for a bit of a wash and a soak.  And I thought to hold it down in the water, so it would be saturated, by placing a dinner plate over it.  […]