I discovered while I was in MN that many folks assume I’m a native NJ girl. It can’t be the accent (do I have one?), perhaps it’s the attitude? It’s time to work on wrapping my knee-jerk frankness in a blanket of niceness so I’m not such an easy tell in MN. I’m home in…
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If It's Monday, It Must Be Minneapolis
THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WASTNNA is a blur. A hazy, gin-and-tonic induced flashback of hugging lots of folks, caressing yarn, teaching young’uns to knit and something called a saki bomber. Hi Ken. Hi Drew. THURSDAYArriving Thurs night just in time for my class at The Grove (Hi Ann!), I was greeted by 16 enthusiastic…
The Mom Look
This evening one of Max’s spelling words was “Stern” Max – What does Stern mean? Dad – Severe. Max – Like Mom? (I was giving him a very stern look – he giggled…) THE CHART THING When you use a chart, remember to place your post-it note (you have one, right?) so that it hides…
Save The Cheerleader…
We love Heroes here at Chez Landy – we watch it every Monday, it’s the one show (aside from the Simpsons and Nova) that we all agree on. So the kids were thrilled when I showed them my Hero needles, I am golden in their eyes. Speaking of eyes, last Spring a friend in Ohio…
First the needles, then the concealer, now my RATS??
No matter how many times I write notes to myself, when I’m flying I forget that I’m not supposed to have liquids in my carry on luggage. In some cases my idiocy is absolutely head-smacking Like the time when, on the way to the Newark Airport, I shoved a FULL container of my FAVORITE hand…
Old Friends & Yarn
Here’s a link to a pdf file – a chullo hat pattern that I designed last year for the crochet calendar. I keep forgetting that I have these patterns lying around, and someone just wrote and asked for this, so I figured why not add it to the list on the blog and alert the…
A Tale of Three Cities
Minneapolis/ St PaulTwin Cities Score High for Emergency CommunicationMinnesota Retains Spot as Healthiest State in the NationA 61-Year Low for Traffic Deaths Minnesota No. 1 Again With 20-Game Unbeaten Streak NYCSubway HeroFire Escape Heros In a convergence of the threads of my life, the Minneapolis Star Tribune mentions crocuses coming up in New Jersey. I…
Do-Over
I can’t show the images right now because the sweater in question hasn’t yet been published, but suffice to say that when I’d finished my recent sweater for VK I was not thrilled. Or amused. It just looked – dowdy – and not how I’d envisioned it. So I chopped off the bottom and reworked…
Increasing
It’s been a while since I’ve put up a video. But I’m having a heck of a time loading onto Youtube, so until it shows up there, here’s a link to some video on m own server. I’ll add more if I can afford the bandwidth! The holidays were great. I’m still recovering, still basking…
Both Ends
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Candles, originally uploaded by modeknit. When both of the ends of the candle are lit, it’s hard to write entries in the blog. It’s been QUITE a week – lots of work, lots of…