Archive for the 'Crafts' Category



Small strokes of genius come one at a time

Published on January 2, 2008

I bought two beautiful skeins of Claudia Hand Painted sock yarn. After I petted and fondled it and admired it’s colorway for a few days, I got out the ball winder to get the yarn ready to use. And I had this brilliant idea. Take the ball band off the yarn, fold it, hold it […]


Happy New Year!

Published on December 31, 2007

No, I haven’t fallen off the planet.   No, I haven’t gotten much done. Pop is home from the hospital; he managed to get in the door just a few minutes ahead of Santa, or so it seemed.  Little got done at home while he was in the hospital as I was running back and forth, around and around like […]


Staggering, falling down on my holiday chores

Published on December 20, 2007

As noted before, I am letting the Christmas tasks drive me nuts. As noted, I am getting further behind in all the things that need to be done.  What precious little time I had, I was wasting in the check-out lines of stores, standing, waiting, fidgeting.  I mixed dough for many batches of cookies, and […]