Enchanted Lace Sweater I’ve finally decided to knit My Enchanted Lace sweater. I bought the pattern at Stitches West probably 5 years ago and bought the yarn a couple of years ago but haven’t found the time to sit down and decipher the pattern. Last week on my trip to Dallas, I did and knitted…
OK – some of us have done more knitting lately than others. Some of us only knit when we get together; others have been bit by the knitting bug and attended Stitches West last week in Santa Clara! We had a stitch & bitch at my house a couple of weeks ago where I went…
This is a quote from a speech John Gardner gave when he was 88: “The luckiest people are those who learn early … that it’s essential to take charge of your own life. That doesn’t mean you don’t accept help, friendship, love, and leadership–if it’s a good leadership–from others. But it does mean recognizing that…
Well, I just dropped my 5th grader off this morning at school for a week in Yosemite with his class of 56 5th and 6th graders. We spent the last few days packing and shopping and then packing and shopping again — all the while seeing other families in a similar predicament at REI or…