Parks and Rec Class

There were only two people for my Knitting class but they are very enthusiastic so it was a lot of fun. When we realized the next class was a month away, we decided to meet at one of the student's home next week. Hopefully the third person will be able to attend as she signed up too.

The extension service gave me several pamphlets on knitting. Their diagrams are excellent and should very helpful.

The Franchise Affair

I am reading an older book that I picked up at the used book store called "The Franchise Affair" by Josephine Tey. I read that she was an excellent writer, so when I saw this book I decided to give it a try. Published in the late 1940s the style is achaic and it took several trys before I could really get into it. However now I am not sorry that I stuck with it as it is really a good mystery and very cleverly written.

My Parks and Recreation class will start tonight, it is only a couple of weeks late. The director decided to combine Sheryl and my classes. I am going to go out to the extension service today and pick up some knitting brochures. I would like to use the information on Lion's Brand website but am not sure about the copyright laws and don't want to end up in jail over a pattern.

New camera

I bought a new digital camera with my economy stimulus check so, hopefully, will have some pictures of knitting to share soon. I have been working on several projects and they are in all stages of completion.

My Parks and Recreation knitting class has been delayed, only three people signed up for the class so we are waiting a couple of weeks to see if more enroll.

I have been having a problem with alarm clocks recently. I had a Baby Ben that ran for years, it had a good alarm and was totally reliable. Somehow it fell off the nightstand and the back broke. It still ran so I used it for a couple of more years before it finally died. I bought another Baby Ben but the manufacturer had redesigned the back and every time I wound it I broke a fingernail. I then bought a regular Baby Ben clock which kept good time but the back of it had also been redesigned (when will people learn if it's not broke don't fix it?) and the only way I could wind it was to hold it in my right hand and wind it left handed. Still needing an alarm, I bought a battery-operated clock hoping to solve the winding problem. This clock was so cute I knew I would keep it forever but after a couple of weeks the alarm quit. I can't bear to part with it so I have it in the bathroom where it keeps me on time in the mornings. I recently bought another windup alarm which I am now using. However the alarm on this clock is on some mysterious cycle that works only one out of every three mornings and every Saturday. Oh well, someday I will retire and no longer need an alarm!