Theodore Roosevelt said, Comparison is the Thief of Joy. I know what he meant when he said that. It's so easy to look at other people's seemingly awesome lives, and be suddenly unhappy with our own awesome life. It's especially hard with the carefully curated images on social media that seem to scream, "Hey look at all the fun I'm having that you're not." So, obviously it's a total buzz kill to compare yourself against others in order to judge how much/how more
The wonderful people at Skacel, distributors of Addi needles, Zauberball sock yarns, and several other lines are on a mission. They want to create 10,000 new knitters in one day, and they've partnered with yarn stores across the country more
We've had several classes on the Cocoknits Method, and everyone has been very happy with their sweaters. It's a great method, and a fun class with some new techniques to learn, as well as innovative applications of a lot of the skills you already have. It's not hard, but it is new, and this full-day class will take you more
As my son Colton was finishing up his physics homework at the kitchen counter Sunday morning, he said, "You know Mom, there are kids in my physics class who look at these problems - and well, the problems do look hard and complicated -- and it's overwhelming, and they just say screw it and don't do them. " He added, "When you start doing the problems, they're not really more
It's October -- welcome sweater weather, pumpkin spice, and Socktoberfest! Yes, Socktoberfest, a fabulous month-long event to introduce you to the work of some very talented hand-dye artists and their beautiful yarns, some of which you may only have seen at more
