The May “Try a craft” was macramé and I found it more fun than baking bread or stamping, but less fun than crochet or knitting (which are different ways of…
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My third installment of “Macra-May” … I have not started my plant hanger, because an entire spool of rope apparently is not enough for the project pattern. So I can…
In week two of learning about macrame, I figured out I need more string/rope than I think I need, because the ins, outs and arounds of knotting take a lot…
May is finally here! The craft of the month is macramé (my daughter pronounced it “mah-crahmi” but it’s macra may!) I am good at knitting and managed to learn the…
Rubber stamps were much more popular about 10 years ago. Now, there is still a little section in the craft store, but there are so many other ways to get…
In April I am trying out stamping and printing. So this craft can be as simple as buying a stamp and a stamp pad, to painstakingly carving large panels of…
March was bread month for my “try a craft” journey. I learned that I don’t have the patience or interest needed to be a bread baker (or really any other…
My husband and I did a bit of time traveling and went to Virginia in the 18th century. I thought I would be able to witness bread being made, and…
This was my favorite place of the whole trip. We stayed overnight in a weird cheap motel in Philadelphia. because it was not far to drive to the Philadelphia Zoo.…
I’ve read a pile of books about bread now. I don’t think “intimidated” or “humbled” are the right words. After reading how fussy bread making can be, I got exasperated,…
