Yarn Dreams

A few weeks ago, my Mom came up to spend the day with me while my Dad was at a Harley-Davidson motorcycle repair/maintenance/care/something(?) class in Milwaukee.
We drove out to The Fold – an amazing yarn shop in Marengo, IL. This is the shop I bought my spinning wheel from in January of last [...]

During the last few weeks I have had an irresistible urge to spin some yarn. I haven’t done any spinning in a while, since last year, since I have been working on other projects and didn’t want to “drag” my wheel out into the middle of them. (Incidentally, this is also [...]

Last Sunday was one of those days where I had nothing to do, but the weather was nice and I felt like I should be out enjoying it. It was one of the few non-rainy days last week, and I was afraid it was going to be one of the last nice days [...]

My Mom is retiring from teaching this June after 35(ish? more?) years. I can’t image doing the same job for 35 years at this point in my life. Also? I’m a little jealous at the idea of retirement.
Anyway, she is cleaning out and giving away a lot of things she’s purchased for [...]

I was originally planning a post showing off the goodies I bought on a yarn shopping trip with my Mom, but then some other things happened.
So I decided to write about how the universe is against me, how 2009 is not my year, and how I really just need a break already.
But then I came [...]