A big source of satisfaction in needlework comes from personalizing our creations. Not only do we stitch projects with our own hands, but we often adapt patterns to our individual tastes and […]

There is a form vs function issue with bookmarks that I’d like to discuss. The primary purpose of a bookmark is to mark one’s place in a book. A bookmark without that […]

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet day. I sat there with Sally. We sat there, we […]

Meet Dena from Kreinik Mfg. Co., Inc., makers of great glittery metallic fibers that come on the coolest spools in the industry. Honestly, my Kreinik fibers are the only ones that stay […]

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. –George Eliot Read in order to live. –Gustave […]

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. –Richard McKenna Books are the carriers […]