My husband and I had been extremely stressed. There was so much going on, too much in fact. We have two sons (9 and 4), a menagerie of pets, two temperamental cars and a very messy house with a mortgage. My husband has a stressful job and I had just returned to work, part time. And my oldest son has autism. A few months ago, he started to have problems at school, which caused us great concern. We know, with autism, new challenges at home or at school routinely pop up. This time it had been at school. The catalyst for my son’s unhappiness could not be easily figured out. There are always the “usual suspects” such as change of staff, change in programs, allergy season, weather, and so on. Sometimes we cannot to figure it out, which makes the situation all the more disconcerting. All we knew was that he was no longer happy going to school (a marked change). So my husband and I started once again the process to vet out and fix the problem. Appointments with doctors. Meetings with...
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March is a wonderful time of the year. Winter is making way for spring. Buds are getting ready to burst. And, of course, March is National Craft Month and National Crochet Month! As a lover of both crafts and crochet, I like to honor these worthy pursuits by doing projects that satisfy both. So today, I hunkered down and got crafty for the purpose of restocking my yarn stash for future crochet projects. It was a yarn dyeing day! If you love to crochet, what natural progression but to “create” your own yarns. And the easiest place to start is dye your own. Some people shy away from hand dyeing yarn because they find it intimidating, especially when trying to make sense of supplies and techniques. (Where do I get dye kits? What’s a mordant? What yarn do I use? And so on.) In fact, basic hand dyeing yarn is easy, as long as you stick to simple rules. For a beginner, I recommend that you use wool (it easily absorbs dyes; cottons and synthetic require different dyes and mordant), a simple dye, and a...
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