Crackers in Bed

Reflections of a Middle-aged Hooker

Crochet vs. Knit

Within the first few seconds of viewing the following video I was outraged and indignant but it soon became apparent that the joke was on me. This is funny stuff and very well done. We do take ourselves at bit too seriously sometimes, don’t we? Enjoy!

The Announcer’s Test

For some strange reason, the following “tongue teaser” has been on my mind lately. It has been attributed to Jerry Lewis, but, in reality, dates from the 1940’s and was once used as an elocution test for auditioning radio announcers. It sounds much more amusing than it reads, but I hope it serves you [...]

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Is it too much to ask

for some standard, common-sense and logical approach among yarn companies when assigning weight classification to yarns? In what confused mind are both Elsbeth Lavold Cotton Patine (WPI=17)and Red Heart Super Saver (WPI=11) classified as worsted weight? Folks, it just doesn’t make any sense. It’s difficult enough when publishers dictate which (expensive) yarn(s)  designers must use [...]

Rant Alert

When I returned home last evening from my concert performance, I discovered that, at long last, my copy of Crochet! Magazine had finally arrived in the mail. Now, I knew, both from word of mouth and from the magazine’s web site, that my Continental Cable Scarf pattern was indeed published in this issue. My [...]

New World Waking

Last night I had the most remarkable experience in singing the world premiere of New World Waking by Steve Schalchlin. I cannot fully express my feelings right now. I am far too spent physically and emotionally to adequately describe the event. Here is a video montage of the concert:

More later



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