One of the things I love about spending time with children is the way they look at the world. This idea was echoed in a book I recently listened to: “If life ever seems too complicated,if you think no one can help,sometimes the right person to turn to is an eight-year-old.” – The Bullet That …
I’ve been teaching an afterschool crochet program and was reminded of the power of shared knowledge. “Who knows the story of Goldilocks?” I asked my class on the first day. There were lots of hands raised and “I do!” or “Me!” called out. One girl threw her head back, “Ugh, I hate that story!” Undeterred, …
“I know they are supposed to make it faster, but I just want to say, ‘Can’t you just spell it all out for me?’” Sitting in this private crochet lesson, I had to smile and think back to my own experiences – with yarn craft and beyond. One of the first projects I did as …
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love that it is a holiday that is {at least less} consumer focused and instead gives us a chance to eat delicious food with people we love and acts as a reminder to count our many blessings. Most years for the past decade or so I have …
What does it mean to be “knitworthy”? Generally I hear this term used when someone is deciding if someone they know ‘deserves’ a hand knit item. This is a fair consideration (I mean, there is even a reddit subthread looking to gain consensus on how to determine if someone is knitworthy!) – it takes a …
It depends. Not your favorite answer? Well, I can understand that. I saw a post over a year ago asking if people could knit or crochet without looking. “Of course knitting!” I thought, then scrolled through the comments. It was 50/50 on which one people said they could do without looking (and …