Debra Dorrell, owner of “A Good Yarn” in Prescott wants help spreading this news: A Good Yarn, located in The Old Firehouse Plaza at 220 W Goodwin in Prescott, is proud to announce a book signing with Debbie Macomber on Saturday June 7th, at 1:00 P.M. The bestselling author of A Good Yarn, The Shop [...]

My friend Sandi (who happens also to be a champion biathlete AND my massage therapist) is one of the most disciplined athletes I have ever met. She asked me to create some fingerless gloves that she could layer over liners for her early a.m. cycling outings in the forest. Brrr. We looked around and found [...]

Finishing up a few projects means I get to buy more yarn! Yay!! Here are a few that I’ve wrapped up in recent months. 1. Cascade Pearls Shawl. 55.7% cotton, 44.3% viscose. Knit on size 6 circular bamboo needles purchased at a great little shop in Tucson, Kiwi Knitting Shop. Color 8176 (a very creamy, [...]

A few random musings on baseball matters that do not reference steroids or the Mitchell Report: I’m looking for best uses for old baseballs. Kind of like Hints from Heloise, but maybe with more of a Hank Aaron twist? We have a buckets of these old baseballs sitting around our place and now that our [...]

Niche bloggers display pinpoint control when it comes to staying on-topic. Some of the rest of us need a little more latitude. My belief is that revealing yourself through discussion of a few personal interests makes it easier to get acquainted across the blogosphere. So, what you might construe as off-topic, I find illuminating. Take [...]

February, March and April are prime knitting months here. When the pollen count is high, I stay inside and knit whenever I’m not working. Recently OFF the needles is this little baby sweater, made from Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca Grande (color=1310), my favorite yarn of late. Thick, soft, cozy, perfect. I started two bluesy pieces [...]

Time for a knitting post. With all the leftover yarn from his sweater, the little guy (grandson numero uno) needed a matching sweater. Here’s the result. Photo is taken with my Treo 650, so not that resolute as it could be (I think that’s the wrong use of that word, but you know what I [...]

The things I’m currently trying to (re)organize are my circular knitting needles and my yarn. Every time I come up with the next best method, I can’t find the items when I need them since they have been moved to their new storage and/or display place! For you it might not be about organization of [...]

Here’s what I am hoping my life will look like over the next three to five years, and no, none of this is in my biz plan (yet). Work really hard for most of the year, then take a well-publicized long vacation, say 1 – 3 months. Last winter I took a month off (as [...]

Last winter I made two of these little hats, for our granddaughter and our grandson-to-be. Here is Tessa wearing hers. These are quick to make from Farfalla and Chunky. I got the pattern from a yarn shop which is no longer in business and would be happy to share it. These little hats are very [...]