In my Yahoo! Loom Class group there was a message about illusion knitting. I'd never heard of this before and set out to discover more about it. I found many very cool patterns for needle knitting, but none specifically for the Knifty Knitters or other knitting looms. Aha! A puzzle! I began to use bits and pieces of information from various needle patterns and loom knitting websites to develop my own pattern. After two slightly off attempts I had the concept down. This purse is made on the yellow 38 peg Knifty Knitter long loom.

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Very late last night I realized that it's my friend Paula's birthday. I began to write her a birthday email and a poem just fell out of my head and onto the screen. It was nothing great, just a goofy little rhyme, but it surprised me. I hadn't composed a poem since it was assigned in school and I told her so in the email.

Here's my beaut...

Think of you often but rarely write,
Hope your day's wonderful,
Morning 'til night!

She responded with a poem she'd written a while ago called "Snow Friends". Thanks, Paula!

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I've been contemplating what exactly I'd like to accomplish with this website. I don't intend to be just another site with a bunch of projects that might (or might not) get added to your list of things to do. Everyone's so busy that it's sometimes hard to find time to do anything that's not strictly necessary in our day-to-day lives. My goal is to share ideas and encourage creative thinking, which makes the day-to-day so much better.

I'm no philosopher or great writer, but today I feel like writing about "wonder". This type of essay topic would have made my stomach churn in school, but for some reason I'm feeling compelled to do it anyway, so here goes...

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Making ice luminaries is easy and fun. Try a few and make use of the cold weather while it lasts! It might even inspire you to have friends over for a backyard bonfire before winter's over. They look best in groupings, so make a variety using whatever empty containers you have on hand. You can add flowers, fruit, rocks, shells, glitter, sticks... let your creative juices flow!

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This scarf knit up very quickly on the small long Knifty Knitter once I got the wrapping pattern started. I came up with this very simple deviation from the normal double-knit and it gives the scarf a stitch that's both open and interesting. It reminds me of a backbone for some reason, but I'm calling it the "ladder" pattern, since that's a little more attractive.

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