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A collection of 8 issues

Sewing lessons learned

I am learning my sewing machine by making lots of dinner napkins from fat quarters of quilting cotton, and making more zipper bags. My machine is a Baby Lock Presto II and I have already learned several important lessons: Ironing is a thing. Lots and lots of ironing. Despite what

Dusting off the old blog

A Now page is a dated update about what I'm currently focused on. And it has been over two years since I wrote one. It feels like a good time to bring the blog out of mothballs and poke at it. Today is Tuesday 8th November, 2022. Thinking

What I have learned from carving wooden spoons

Hubby and I took a spoon-carving class at Perennial St Louis last December. I've been carving on my own and using the Perennial woodshop as a member when I need the big power tools. This is what I've learned from ten months of spoon carving: You

Now, 24th May 2020

A Now page is a dated update about what I'm currently focused on. Thinking about I am one of the lucky ones. My employer mandated everyone who can work remotely should do so, as of March 16th. I've done ten weeks working from the table in

Summing up 2019

Did a lot of reading in 2019, 61 books in total, 48 were new to me, 13 re-reads, 5 on Audible, and 11 books left unfinished. 23 were nonfiction, 39 were fiction. I've noticed an uptick in the number of books I read per year, going to keep

Taos Wool Festival, 2017

I went to New Mexico, for the Taos Wool Festival with Laura, we took a weaving class with Liz Gipson. It was my first time in New Mexico and the scenery was stunning. Mountains, just hanging out like it's perfectly normal to wake up and see the sun

Recycled Firefighter Inspector review, v1 and v2

Recycled Firefighter makes wallets and notebook covers from fire hose that’s been taken out of service. It’s run by Jake, a firefighter in Kentucky, and he sews a lot of fire hose. Some products come with a back story, a note explaining which fire hose was used and

On Muggles

In the Harry Potter universe, muggles are the non-wizarding humans, the majority of humanity. To knitters and crafters, they are the non-crafting humans, also a majority who have little understanding of a crafting brain. For instance, non-crafters may think that because a person is knitting, they can't pay

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