Soap Box Derby

Soap Box Derby

What a fun crazy weekend we had celebrating Log Jam Days here in Stillwater.   We built a car.  We built a soap box derby car.  Well, actually Toby built the car, we just decorated it!     We went to the car show a few days before the race to promote...
Rowan Big Wool Sale

Rowan Big Wool Sale

Rowan Big Wool on sale now!  50% off.  Normal price $15.95.   We are moving out our Big Wool to make room for new colors!    Click here for our online store link. Get a jump on your Holiday knitting and crocheting.  You’ll thank us in December:)  ...
Log Jam Time

Log Jam Time

Well, we’ve been talking about it for a year now.  Actually, not quite a year.  Stillwater Log Jam is upon us.   It’s this weekend, July 18th, 19th & 20th.   It was back in October that I posted this blog and asked locals to be vocal.   The...
It’s a Mystery

It’s a Mystery

    I’ve never done a mystery knit along before.   I know…lots and lots of people have and they love them.  But me?  I don’t like surprises really.  I don’t like suspense either.  I like to know whats going to happen and when. ...
WWKIP Day

WWKIP Day

We are so excited for Friday, June 20th! We’ll be knitting in public!   Truth be told, we knit in public a lot, but this time we hope you’ll join us.   We’ll be crafting on the patio in front of the shop in celebration of World Wide Knit in...
Summer Vacation Begins Again

Summer Vacation Begins Again

Like many of you, my kiddos are basking in the glow of summer break.  We are 4 days in.   Boredom doesn’t come quite as fast as it did when they were 6.   They can read now, and play with the neighborhood gang without my constant attention. and of course...
Take a Note

Take a Note

I needed to jot something down today so I opened up the notes app in my IPhone.   I jotted down my note and then thumbed down and glanced at the other notes I’ve taken.  Have you done this recently?     What?  The only one of these that even looks...
Thanks for the memories…

Thanks for the memories…

My kids, Maggie and Max, took home their yearbooks today from Somerset Elementary School here in Somerset, WI.  They are in 4th and 3rd grades.   I told them how much fun it was to get signatures in our yearbooks every year. How we used to write things like...
Oh Hay’ll No!

Oh Hay’ll No!

  Our old historic bridge is only so tall.   Yesterday, a truck hauling hay across from MN to WI misjudged the height of his load and off went a good dozen bales.  Stopping traffic both directions…right around rush hour time.     Jen thought...
Purple What?

Purple What?

  I “coach” my kids in a lego league.  It’s been fun, the inaugural season of JFLL in Somerset, WI.  I volunteered to be a “coach” this year.   My friends who are reading this are laughing, because lego league is really all I...