Category Archives: Crochet

Back when Lucas first asked me to crochet an aphgan, queen-size to fit over all 6 feet of him, cotton to please Milly and her quest for natural softness, well, I knew I should be willing to try. I had … Continue reading →

About the pattern sheet for son’s aphgan (see Pammie’s comment #5 of previous post) I took the first cone of yarn with me to my Yarn Group and tried 6 crochet hooks of different sizes and handles looking at how … Continue reading →

Okay, folks, I have begun a new crochet project, and I am so busy having fun hooking the squares that I don’t want to take time away from it to tell you that it will be an aphgan for son … Continue reading →

Last Sunday, I went to an event at the hospital which introduced the current Art in the Atrium project. I had read a tiny notice on the community calendar in the newspaper, and the speaker was Dave Proeber, one of … Continue reading →

A former co-worker and I have kept in touch these last few years.  We both still have jobs in education, albeit very different than the place where we met. A couple years ago, I was Thrilled when she sent the … Continue reading →

Spring Break for the school district is happening this week, yet this morning, I automatically checked the SubFinder to see if a job is available.  A creature of habit is me. Sunday was luncheon of major importance at church, the … Continue reading →

Before bed last night, I checked SubFinder to see the No Jobs Available message This morning, only one job up, at a junior high, which if absolutely necessary, the kid could get along without an aide, which is the goal … Continue reading →

This week in Boise, Idaho, the Winter events of the Special Olympics are happening. Blue and White scarves are the fashion The original goal was 5,000 scarves. 67,000 scarves arrived from all over the world. Willing hands, good times.

Here’s hoping you don’t mind reading more about the knitted hats I’ve made, cuz stories have come back to me. Tale One:  The first hat I worked on the Toddler loom was pastels color of Lion Brand JIFFY, which is … Continue reading →

Aside from apartment floods and toothaches, I believe I should write something a little more positive that happened recently. At the holiday season, our public library usually puts up an artificial tree in the lobby, which uses donations of warm … Continue reading →