This year I was lucky enough to get into The Loopy Ewe‘s Spring Fling! The Loopy Ewe is a great online yarn store that is housed in St. Louis. Once a year it hosts “Spring Fling” which is a knitting event for 125 knitters featuring classes taught by knitting authors and designers and yarn dyers. [...]
Lost and found.
Lost. Last night, at knit night, the local yarn store owner announced that she is closing the shop at the end of April. For most of us this was both unsurprising, and a shock, all at the same time. It is bittersweet news for the owner, who is closing the shop so that she can [...]
The wild wild West.
Happy Holidays all! We just returned from my very favorite family holiday, the Stashbuckler Family Thanksgiving. There was beautiful weather, lots and lots of food, visits with friends, and catching up with family and it was much appreciated! Wes and I took off a week ago Saturday to drive out to Los Angeles. With no [...]
C’mon summer.
It’s starting to warm up for summer and I keep wanting to get out of town. This weekend I did just that! This past weekend I went to North Carolina to visit Light, her hubby and her adorable little girl! Light and I have known each other since high school. Even though we see each [...]
Letters to the Editor
Dear California: Thank you for the lovely weather during the Thanksgiving holiday. Although some folks like their Thanksgivings to be nippy, I loved our long walk through 70 degree sunshine on Thursday afternoon. I also have to thank you for your lack of traffic during the holiday weekend. Other than getting in and out of [...]
Halloween Mayhem
There was toxic green punch, there was inappropriate conversation, there were LOTS and LOTS of laughs, and there was knitting. Thanks to Grasshopper for hosting a fun shindig at her house and to my wonderful friends PlazaJen and Miss Carmen for a great evening. P.S. Miss PlazaJen is a Yip Yip. If you don’t know [...]
A wonderful Saturday.
Yesterday was an absolutely fabulous day. It started early. We got up around 8:30 to get ready for a day at the Renaissance Faire. With a few errands and a bit of breakfast we arrived a little after 10:30am to the huge Faire grounds in Bonner Springs. We’d bought our tickets the night before so [...]
A tribute to my own personal hero.
Since moving to Kansas City, I have met some wonderful people. One of the first to welcome me here was my dear friend PlazaJen. Now Miss Jen has many redeeming qualities – we enjoy a rollicking good time together with knitting, liquor and tasty desserts frequently! But one of her most endearing traits (at least [...]
WWKIP
I bet you didn’t know this, but today was World Wide Knit in Public Day. Now if you’re like me, you never let anything get in the way of knitting in public. (Yes I have been known to actually knit in movie theaters, while waiting on lines, on my lunch hour, and basically anywhere else [...]
Update Part II: Going Home Again
This was a great trip to LA but I do think I’ve learned that you can’t go home again. I few home last Sunday to spend some time finishing up wedding planning, hanging with friends, and hanging out with family. I arrived on Sunday night and had lunch with Sean at our favorite Brazilian place. [...]
