Category Archives: Current Events

K is for Koigu KPPPM

Koigu Beaded Bags
I’ve knit four of these Koigu beaded bags and still love to make them. They take only one skein of Koigu KPPPM and 660 beads (900 beads for the one on the top left). I can make one in a couple of days and have twice given them as gifts. [...]

One degree of separation from an American Idol

So yesterday I attended my godson’s graduation from Murray High School. My son and I sat halfway up the oval at the far end in what was basically a gymnasium made over for a graduation of 400 or so high school seniors. Good thing I had my knitting; it was destined to be [...]

Fluke

Hello, friends. I have another FREE new pattern available for you to try if you like.
It’s called “Fluke”—doesn’t the lace look like a whale’s fluke? I love it for that very reason. That’s why I chose the dark gray, as well. I’ve seen a whale fluking just once off the Oregon [...]

I’m proud of SLC today

From the Deseret News–
It was a quiet morning at the Salt Lake City Recorder’s Office. There were no celebrations or crowds waiting for the doors to open at 8 a.m.
But at 8:20, two women entered the office saying they wanted to sign the city’s new Mutual Commitment Registry.
When acting recorder Chris Meeker told Brandie Balken [...]