It absolutely amazes me just how restorative a trip to my local yarn shop can be.  After a very trying day of substitute teaching (’read  teacher’s day in hell’ ) I found myself looking for a way to calm my nerves before returning home, lest I take out my frustrations on my innocent family.  Remembering [...]

Two things have conspired  to force me to get a headstart on my Christmas knitting this year.  The first is my self imposed ‘yarn diet’.  As of August 2009, I’m not allowing myself to buy any new yarn before January 2010.  The idea being, of course, that I get creative and use up the varied [...]