One of the tasks of late winter is finishing up projects. That means finding all those bags with yarn, needles, half finished garments and often patterns as well…some are under the bed. Some are at the store, under counters and tables. In any case, all of us have several of these projects just waiting to [...]
Archive for February, 2008
20 Feb
As promised…
Here is a photo of the yarn of the month, which is called Atacama, is made by Arauconia, is 100% alpaca, comes in 50 gram balls, 110 yds, recommended size 7 needed, in 11 color ways. 20% off of usual price of $8, means it’s on sale for $6.40 a skein. In the [...]
20 Feb
The Adventure continues…
Yesterday, I got to Hodge Podge early, and a few minutes later Rooterman showed up. (The local rotorooter). It seems the tree in front of the store every couple of years, blocks the sewer pipe by sending roots into it, and these guys are supposed to fix the thing once and for all, through inserting [...]
17 Feb
Always an adventure!
You never know who you’ll run into at Hodge Podge! Last week it was Winter Carnival in Newport. There was a parade…and after the parade, Shari brought her friend, Neah, into the store to meet people.
Soon it will be lambing season. Quite often there will be a little lamb or two running around [...]
