A Finished Project--Farmhouse Rug (wall hanging)

This was NOT easy, but I'm happy with the results. I did a lot of over the 2 weeks that Mom was in the hospital two falls back, having an emergency surgery.





Each color required two bobbins of yarn. I cut my "bobbins" from cardboard, because you have to have plenty of yarn on them. The small plastic manufactured ones wouldn't be sufficient. At one point, I think I was carrying 22 bobbins across the rows. It was around the area of the various fields + the small outbuilding.





I'll never forget sitting there in Mom's room with Dad, and glancing up when I heard him snickering. "You spend more time untangling the bobbins than you do knitting," he said. That was a very true statement. So if you decide to do this project, beware! Oh, and it's from the book, Knitter's Stash. It's the farmhouse rug, made with Cascade 220, 100% wool. Since I once hooked a rug where I hand cut all the 1/4" wide strips of wool, only to have my cat pee on it, this "rug" will always be on a wall.

What Should I Do With My Life?

I'm reading a book called "What Should I Do With My Life?" by Po Bronson and I'm getting a lot out of it. I'm not trying to answer that question. This book won't answer that. It's not a "What Color is Your Parachute." It's more of a series of 50 two-page vignettes about people who either found their calling, or didn't find it, or are still seeking it. Ooh, and there are photos of many of them, so you can "see' them, too.

This book is really cool cuz it makes you think about yourself and where you are in life, what you're contributing, if you really *do* love what you're doing, how you found your niche, etc,... Like, I enjoy knowing that there are people out there who believed with all their hearts that they were doctors, only to practice medicine for years before suddenly realizing it wasn't what they were meant to do. I'm very hard on myself, so knowing people are allowed to make big mistakes, or to go down the wrong path for a while, makes me feel better. I guess it's because I have yet to feel that big sense of accomplishment. Fulfillment is something I'm still seeking, and there are those people in this book who are definitely still on that path with me.

I suppose you could call it a Weight Watchers type mentality that makes me like this book. When I want to really work on losing weight, I go to WW. Why? Because of who is also there: the leader and the weigh-in helpers, who have all earned their jobs by losing their weight and keeping it off are , other WWers who have been around longer than me and call tell me all their weight-loss tips, the joiners who start on the path with me and sort of become my teammates, and the ones who come in after. It's the community effect that spurs me on in other areas of my life, and I think it's why I liked this book. "You're not in this alone" is so inspiring for people.

This is THE coolest!!

I saw this and thought it was the coolest thing I've seen in a while. I hope I don't get in trouble for copying it, but it's so neat, I wanted to share:

What a great example of how books can make us feel. Especially romances.