Fat Cats Corner

  Knitting.  So much yarn, so little time.   I have a significant S.A.B.L.E...Stash Available Beyond Life Expectancy.  It's a real struggle to divide my time between my hobbies: Reading, Knitting, Beading, Painting.  Then there are the mundane chores like cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes. Sigh.  I'm not a compulsive 'starter'.  I only have one major project and one TV/Social Knitting project (wash cloth, garter stitch blanket/scarf etc.) on the needles at any given time.  A great deal of my SABLE was purchased with no project in mind at all.  But sometimes I buy for a specific purpose. I took a Fiber Road Trip in April 2019 to attend a spinning class given by Kate Larson at  The Fiber Event  at the Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN.  Kate was so informative and patient with the small class.  We weren't overwhelmed with statistics or extraneous details.  I learned a lot.   While I was there I saw a sample of the Downhome shawl by Alicia Plummer  (Ravelry l

 In 2020 restaurants and retail stores were closed, office workers, where possible, were sent to work from home.  Businesses closed, many, many people lost jobs. Supply chains dried up and people hoarded toilet paper.  Here we are 21 months later and some businesses have never re-opened, many people are still out of work, ships sit outside our ports waiting to unload the things we think we need.  And many, many people have died. I think people in general were naïve about the effects of COVID-19 and how long those effects would last.  My husband and I are both under the age of 65 and in good health.  We have been very fortunate to not have become sick and do not know of anyone in our family or among our friends who have.  We are fully vaccinated and plan to get our booster shots as soon as we are able.  We continue to wear masks in stores and whenever we are in close quarters with the public.  It's the safe thing to do.  It's the RIGHT thing to do. With some travel restrictions