2008-12-10 13:34
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2008-12-10 13:34
My Rona Lace shawl is done at last. Remember, I finished it twice coz I wasn't happy with it's size the first time.I added a couple of patterns...and should have added more but I was impatie… Read More
2007-12-03 19:15
The pattern book from Michigan was sitting in the mailbox when I got home Thursday. Friday when I went for a doctor's appointment I started a Father Christmas stocking while sitting in the… Read More
2007-11-29 14:58
I'm still waiting for my pattern book to get here from a catalog store in Michigan. I ordered it on Nov. 18th and, aw, come on, it should be here by now! So-o-o, I called the company this… Read More
2007-11-28 18:35
I've been trying to do about a zillion things at once lately. I finally got all the deck furniture put away and the flower beds around the deck covered for the winter. And I did it before it… Read More
2007-09-28 16:47
We closed camp for the season Sept. 8th. It was easy this year because I finally wised up and hired a plumber to turn off the water. (I figured it'll be cheaper that hiring him to fix the pi… Read More
2007-09-07 15:22
While I was at camp over Labor Day some friends and I went to the quilt store in Inlet. Now the drive around the mountains from Speculator to Inlet is long and uneventful. I worked on a baby… Read More
2007-08-28 18:12
I can't believe summer is just about over. This is Labor Day Weekend!! I'm still knitting those baseball hats but I've done several baby sets, too. I decided to do a craft show in Ilion on O… Read More
2007-08-07 13:46
The weather in Speculator had been great last weekend and I was able to combine 2 of my favorite past times...knitting and boating. We spent a couple of hours cruising the lake on Saturday a… Read More
2007-08-01 17:03
Well, this was the big weekend in Cooperstown as the Baseball Hall of Fame held induction ceremonies. There were over 70,000 people in town, few free parking places and a lot of famous peopl… Read More
2007-07-25 19:57
This week is a really difficult one for me. I'm scheduled to work 2 days. My mom had a couple of doctor appointments and I have to work at the shop in Cooperstown on Friday, so my time at… Read More
2007-07-13 16:58
I just reread my last entry and it sounded like all I did on my vacation was knit. That's not true. We spent a morning shopping in Northville where there's an old-fashion five and ten cent… Read More
2007-07-05 14:17
I'm in Speculator NY at the laundromat (!!) using a public access computer. It's been raining up here for a day and a half but today looks a little better. At least the sun is shining! I… Read More
2007-06-25 16:54
Sometimes we all go thru life looking at the little things that happen to us as major obstacles. A pattern that just won't work, a broken needle. Then something happens that puts it all in… Read More
2007-06-25 15:53
I worked in the shop in Cooperstown on Saturday. It was a nice day and quite a lot of people came into the store...many bought things, too. My first sale of the day, in fact, was one of my a… Read More
2007-06-19 19:17
We went to Speculator to our camp this past weekend and went to a pizza buffet at a local diner with a group of our friends. (Most of the other patrons there were locals so you know the foo… Read More
2007-06-11 14:15
I finished putting together those komono-type cotton sweaters my mother had made, and they ended up looking pretty cute. I had trouble with the edging, couldn't make sense of the crochet di… Read More
2007-06-08 12:43
Last night I went to a class on tole painting held here at the Library. It was fun and I almost mastered 1-stroke leaves. Everyone went home with a wooden plaque that they painted and a sm… Read More
2007-06-07 12:42
I guess it's really summer and the tourists are in Cooperstown. All sorts of things have been selling, things that were experiments and things that I liked and (I thought) no one else did… Read More
2007-06-01 17:41
I can't believe the way things sold in the shop this week! I was disappointed about my sales over the holiday weekend and never expected sales would pick up on Tues & Wed! A smaller Ro… Read More
2007-05-21 15:39
I put aside my knitting needles and went to camp in Speculator on Saturday to turn on the water...and count the leaks. I had l water pipe with a small split, called the plumber and taped it… Read More
2007-05-17 14:19
Yesterday was the Women's Club Fashion Show at the Otsega Hotel in Cooperstown. The food was fantastic (as usual) and my pi shawl was warmly received. Elena, an 18-month-old model in my vi… Read More
2007-05-15 16:34
My Rona Lace shawl from Knitpicks is almost done. I thought I had finished it and blocked it only to find out that it was 10" short! So I ripped out the edge (ruining the yarn) and picked… Read More
2007-05-10 12:53
I finally finished by shawl for the fashion show next week at the Otsega Hotel in Cooperstown. It's a pi shawl (that, for not shawl-knitters means you start with an odd number and double t… Read More
2007-05-04 17:42
I am doing a round, vintage lace shawl for a fashion show at the Otsega Hotel in Coopestown and keep forgetting to do the YO's! I know I'm rushing to get it done, but I feel so slow and dum… Read More
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