I wantsss it Precioussss!

How in the world could I have been so out of the loop as to not know that Clover (makers of my favorite crochet hooks) makes these?!
The day after tomorrow is my Farmer’s Market debut. Some time between now and then I’ll show off the merchandice.
Lately I’ve been studying up on wind power and [...]

Why does Stockinette Stitch Roll?

As I’ve mentioned before, one of the cool things about WordPress is that I can see what people entered into a search to find their way to me. And one such thing entered within the past 24 hours was the very title of this post.
This is a problem I experienced first-hand, so I went [...]

I’m Not Dead!

(I feel happeeeee!)
I’ve been a bit remiss in posting here lately and I apologize for that. Between Game Day on Sundays, looking for a new place, the new blog, rounding up donations for the Con in Iraq, and making up stuff for my Farmers’ Market debut on 5/2, I’ve been pretty swamped. But [...]

Hey Crocheters! Can you help?

OK, first, read this post. I’ll wait.
Back now?
Good.
What I want to try and do is to make and send a bunch of these dice to the con in question!
I’m also working on a d8 and d20; I can post the patterns if you don’t mind working without photos yet.
Please also see my NEW! gaming [...]

My Happy Little Seedlings

A week ago Sunday I started my seeds. I’ve got green beans, snap peas, roma tomatoes, dwarf sunflowers, cucumbers, and (if it will sprout…) spinach.

Roll Damage!

You may or may not know this, but I am a D&D geek. And for the first time in my life, I’m DMing a campaign. A handful of friends comes over every Sunday afternoon and we have many great imaginary adventures.
Not long ago, I saw a set of stuffed plushie dice available for [...]

And again I say, EEE!

Oh wow, I just blew right past N00b Monday this week, didn’t I?
Ah, well.
N00b Mondays are going to be intermittent. I can try and make them weekly, but I can promise nothing.
But OMG cool news! There’s a place here in Portland (Maine) that is offering $10/table/day for selling handcrafted items. So I [...]