The Blackboard

January Fourth:
First monday of the new year
is brutally cold.
 

 
I want to thank everyone for the holiday wishes. A few noticed I took a break from blogging: Yep! It’s difficult to keep track of all the arguments during the holidays. In addition to the normal round of festivities, I got a bad cold. So, I [...]

Bleg: Can anyone point me to a reference explaining how to write applications for the Itouch? The reason I ask is a knitter contacted me and asked:

Subject: Your Cool Calculations
Have your (or are they available) thought about getting them set up as app download (for fee) for Apple Itouch like the great knitting gauge [...]

Sixty one degrees!
That’s warm for February;
I’ll make a doily.
 

 
As some of you know, I previously complained about the cold and snow which motivated me to crochet some 6 ft or 7 ft long afghans.
The weather turned warm on Wednesday and all the snow has now melted. My lawn is a beautiful green. [...]

 
 
 
A fresh coat of paint
lovely new hardwood flooring
Soon its own afghan.
 
 
 
Cuddly green afghan
draped on the leather sofa.
Pyewacket loves it.

Non-Climate Sunday Post
As some of you know, Jim has been remodeling on weekends. He’s been doing the entire upstairs working on weekends only. This is his new office, which is almost complete. While [...]

Remember I previously showed slippers crocheted during football games?
Well, football continues. In self defense, I bought 6 skeins of Coats and Clarks Red Heart, armed my self with a crochet hook and started an afghan. I got a bit of a head start yesterday, and then continued working on the afghan today. [...]