Aug 24 2006
Happy Birthday Grandma!
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Today my grandma celebrates 92 fabulous years!Â
Growing up, our house was always stocked with “Grandma’s Favorite” dishcloths made by her. In 1997 I visited her in California for a long weekend so she could teach me to knit using that dishcloth pattern as my starter project. Even as I learn new knit skills, […]
Aug 20 2006
After last weekends’ fun at Stitches Midwest, this weekend has turned into another one filled with yarn fun - this time it was more focused on turning yarn into stitches.
On Friday morning I was on the 6:28 AM flight from Chattanooga back to Chicago. Since I couldn’t bring coffee on board to keep me awake, […]
Aug 14 2006
Indeed…this is another post recounting a Stitches Midwest experience…
When I first got my Stitches brochure earlier this spring I circled several classes that I was interested in taking & thought it would be fun to take a day off from work to knit/learn. I never got around to registering…then I was assigned to this project […]
Aug 09 2006
We interrupt this blog to celebrate some folks near & dear to me…August 9th has always been a celebration day for me…
It started when my little sister was born 29 years ago!
Happy Birthday REBEC!
(This picture was taken when she was in kindergarten…now she is a high school teacher who just started her 8th year of […]
Aug 07 2006
One of the things that I have always liked about the “Grandma’s favorite” dishcloth pattern is the simplicity of it. You don’t have to think - your hands can just knit & your brain doesn’t even have to be “on” in order to make progress. Even with the larger baby blanket size of the pattern it […]
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