I bought (with the help of MOM!) a Singer 291U from Atlantic Sewing last week. Yesterday, we picked her up!!! I set her up and tested her and fell in love with her! I’ve now named her Harriet and the Consew 225 – Ozzie! They make such a cute couple! Here’s Harriet’s table, motor pic. [...]

Since summer, I’ve debated splitting my software out onto an old laptop and letting the kids use my desktop system solely. Last month, Mom was saying how she wanted to save for a new computer, I offered her this laptop, instead of spending money on a computer she would use only for internet and mail [...]

I was just perusing the Digital History archive in search of primary source documents written by children, when I ran into this quote: ANNA GREEN WINSLOW Heroines may not distinguish themselves at the head of an Army, but freedom [will] be won by a fighting army of amazons…armed with spinning wheels. I read this right [...]

I got the baby’s scarf done! Yippee! The yarn is wool and wool/nylon mix from Ella, purchased at Ewe Knit. I love Ewe Knit – the name, the store, the owner, and all that gorgeous yarn! The pattern is basketweave from Creative Kniiting’s fall edition. I’ll be making the hat soon. After which, doc is [...]

Now that canning is over, I’ve picked up knitting again. Here’s a scarf and hat for my apple cheeked little boy! I was in the middle of knitting the scarf when my December issue of Creative Knitting came in the mail. The scarf is just straight knitting with Wool Ease and some leftover blue wool. [...]