The question posted to the Crochet Partners list was how do Designers feel about the requests for free patterns that often appear on-line in the “discussion” groups To have this discussion, we need to first set aside as much as possible the complexities of intellectual property and related copyright issues. We also need to keep [...]

Well today I am going to be walking around with that 1960′s tune Plastic Jesus playing in my head. Somehow its lyrics seem the appropriate background to Mike’s news tidbit in todays Creative Leisure News about the USA today Report of Wal-Marts plan to offer “faith-based” toys in 425 stores – stores that have strong [...]

Thanks to Brenda’s leads on the “other name” lots more info is emerging I am completely enjoying all the “memories” people are sharing and will be adding them to the comments as permission is received.

I am always interested in seemingly esoteric needle arts tools. Naturally, when a reference to Grant’s One Needle Looper came up in a Yahoo group; of course I had to go google. Nothing except an old eBay Auction. Okay, on to the usual second source for “IT”, aka/ eBAY and nothing except some closed auctions [...]