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A KNITTING SEMINAR FOR ADULTS!

I have been hired to teach an eight week knitting seminar for ACTUAL adults!  I know, the reality of conversation may kill me. Anyway, last week I went through my pattern hoard and weeded out the kitty hats and pencil cases and cutie backpacks in mini-sizes.  I added some prayer shawls and coffee cup cozies and a couple of shawls.  I should be good. First class is on the dishrag.  They all want to do the dishrag.  We talked about how you can extrapolate the dishrag to a shawl (actually a hap) by knitting it looser, and bigger and stopping in the middle.  I used the word  extrapolate!  Actually, I used the word extrapolate with my kids, then I explained the word "extrapolate".  Never pass up an opportunity to increase vocabulary!  I'm taking a sample of a poncho using the dishrag (which we found while cleaning "Herself's" Room this weekend) to class tonight.  We shall see what they make of that! Kind of nervous!  Working with adults is a different set o

Adventures in Linear Thinking

Adventures in Linear Thinking Don’t get me wrong.   I love my phone.   My phone connects me to the world, my friends, my business.   It provides me with the name, address, hours of operation and directions to the nearest Vietnamese/Ethiopian/Barbecue restaurant no matter where I roam.   My Smartphone and I have a wonderful relationship. However, like all relationships, it has its problems.   One of these is my ToDo list.   I am a list maker.   I have friends who swear I have a list for everything, and somewhere (they are sure) is a list of lists.   Here is where my smartphone and I have relationship problems. I have downloaded probably fifteen “ToDo” apps.   None of them are quite right.   I finally found a British one which works okay, but is less than ideal.   At least it understands when I spell things funny.   I have a memo app, a sticky-note app and a “reminder” app that dings incessantly for 15 minutes prior to any appointment (it’s like having an electronic mom