"When the chimes end, pick up your needles. Go ahead and out knit me Colonel. Just try." ~ Movie quote from For A Few Skeins More. Thursday, I was galloping solo as I rounded up a few more skeins. I managed to make it to three more shops. The trail led me to All Wound Up, Mad…Read more For A Few Skeins More
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A Fist Full of Yarn
When a person with a straight needle meets a person with a circular needle, the person with the straight needle is already lost. The person with the circular needle can run rings around them. ~ A Fist Full of Yarn (movie quote) On Wednesday, the Puget Sound LYS Tour started. Five days and 26 stores. I…Read more A Fist Full of Yarn
Route 66
To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping. ~ Chinese Proverb Earlier this week, I had my 66th follower sign up for my blog. In many ways, we're on this journey together. Naturally, this lead me to think of some of the…Read more Route 66
Return to Snuggles
"What greater gift than the love of a cat?” Charles Dickens in Great Expectations It's May 17. That marks exactly two weeks since we've brought Ernie home from his radioactive getaway. Which means we're done with our radioactive homework! Ernie can now be picked up. And carried. And snuggled. And generally loved until his hearts content. That's one…Read more Return to Snuggles
The Predator
"I ain't got time to bleed..." Predator I understand from the British Hubby, who knows of such things, a new teaser trailer for The Predators 2018 was released this week. No doubt we will watch this when it comes out. Maybe in this movie the Predators will wear hand knitted items? I wonder if it'll…Read more The Predator
The First Friday of May
Make a Friday a day to celebrate work well done that you can be proud of knowing that you just didn't put in time to the next pay check. ~ Byron Pulsifer This has been a long emotional week. The Spring is traditionally a very busy time at my day job (I'm going to be putting…Read more The First Friday of May
All Tunnels Lead to the Weekend!
We think there is endless time to live but we never know which moment is last. This week, I picked up a new toy for the kitties. Straight out of the packaging, it wasn't a hit. It was missing that familiar scent of our herd. Once it aired out, I sprayed some catnip on it…Read more All Tunnels Lead to the Weekend!
Conspiracy: The Rapture has Started. Or has it?
It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice — there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. ~ Frank Zappa On Monday, the rapture was supposed to begin. According to several stories circulating online, NASA has been hiding the discovery of planet Nibiru and that it…Read more Conspiracy: The Rapture has Started. Or has it?
Surviving the Work Week
Something beautiful is on the horizon. Normally, on Friday nights the British Hubby and I celebrate the end of the work week. This week it felt more like I survived the work week. Late Wednesday night, I started to get flu like symptoms. The British Hubby suspects I ate something I shouldn't from the fridge.…Read more Surviving the Work Week
Fluoride Conspiracy: Harmful or Helpful?
"You know what they put in the water don't ya, fluoride on the pretext that it strengthens your teeth. That's ridiculous. You know what this stuff does to you? It actually weakens your will, takes away your capacity for creative thought and makes you a slave to the State. " Jerry Fletcher Conspiracy Theory As…Read more Fluoride Conspiracy: Harmful or Helpful?