For my seventh birthday, my mom gave me a pair of light blue knitting needles and a ball of white yarn. She didn’t know how to knit, but sent me across the backyard to our neighbor’s house, where the retired librarian Marion Milligan took me under her wing. Marion taught me to knit and purl. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'knitting'
Homemade Knitting Needles, Knitting Evangelism, and a Pretty Scarf Pattern
December 20th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: Uncategorized, craft, knitting, simple gifts
Hats Indoors, Nightcaps, and a Simple Gift Project–My Favorite Easy Knitted Hat
November 16th, 2009 · 7 Comments
My dad always said, “Leaper, if your toes are cold, put your hat on.” And all of us have heard that we lose 50% of our body heat through our heads. This last was recently debunked, sort of, by the scientific community. Evidently the heat loss “myth” is based on murky science from the 1950s [...]
Tags: craft, energy use, knitting, seasons
