Learn to Crochet Cuteness

Amigurumi, if you are not familiar with the term, are cute little crocheted animals.  I am teaching a class over at the Naked Sheep Knitshop in North Portland. Tuesdays ( March 10, 17, and 24) 6:30-8:30pm
During this three session class you will learn how to make an amigurumi critter from start to finish. The course [...]

Holy Sock Holes, Batman!!!!!… It’s the Sock Summit 2009

I about peed my pants when I saw the speaker/guest list for  the 2009 Sock Summit. I feel so fortunate to live here in Portland, proud in fact that we’re hosting this event. Last night at knit night we were discussing how many yarn stores there were in PDX: Twenty four-last count. Eileen mentioned that [...]

Meet my sentimental frog

I’ve been having issues with my camera fuzzing up. User error obviously. I actually was able to whip up “Frog” in about an evening. I took some time the next day during lunch to construct him, and I added the scarf later. He’s got sort of a soulful and sentimental air about him. As he [...]

See I told you Knitting was good for you!

Now if I can only get it to help me remember where my keys are….
Though I scrolled to the bottom and read:
“However, more research, where people are followed up over time, is needed to understand whether these sorts of activities can reduce the risk of dementia.”
All I have to say in response to this is: [...]

Save me from the Trader Joe’s Parking Lot

I would gladly pay for delivery service from Trader Joes just to avoid venturing into the gladiator ring that is their parking lot.  I HATE IT THERE! Despite their success, Trader Joes continues to build it stores in places where the parking sucks.  I think the only exceptions are where they open stores in abandoned [...]