Hey all,

Let's try to get some conversation going here again!

What's everyone been up to lately?  Discovered any new tips?  My friend Sharyl (shah-rl) has started using plastic bread tabs as knitting bobbins for short lengths for Fair Isle projects - I'm going to adapt this trick to try with lengths of embroiery thread.

We're hoping to find a small extra freezer this fall the expand our ability to take advantage of food sales and preserving.   When we get into a house, we plan to buy a big chest freezer, but for now, even a small freezer (that doesn't cost a bomb to run) would double our freezer space, or close!

What about you?

~Sara

Hi, don't forget about Freecycle and Craig's list for that freezer you need, we often have small and large feezers offered here in Victoria, Cheers, Roz

Absolutely!  They don't seem common here, though - I belong to several freecycle lists - 3 groups in Toronto, as well as some for the outlying areas.  I check the local ones daily and the outlying ones when we're making a trip in that direction anyway.

In freecycle and Craigslist I've only seen one freezer offered, and the posters were very upfront about saying it didn't work as a freezer - but it made a great electric beer cooler for parties!  Neither DH nor I know enough about repairing/diagnosing freezers (yet, LOL) to deal with something like that yet.

Come on, all - let's create some life here again! ~

~Sara

  Not to much is new and exciting on this end. We are getting settled into the house we just bought.

   I have been cooking once but making double batches so that I can freeze 1/2 for another meal at a later date.

    I am debating on crocheting a rug for my dd but I need yarn for that so unless the price is right it won't be happening for a little bit anyhow.

    I will be starting to put aside money for our emergency fund and get that back up and running so I am pretty excited about that.

I'm a newbie. My latest project is knitting socks for my family. I am also going to be working on a rug for our circle time (reading)

Freecycle is a terrific resource.  In Edmonton it's been renamed Earthcycle for copyright reasons, but works much the same way.  I have picked up a number of useful items that way, and have disposed of things I didn't need.

There is a wide variety of items offered up - everything from plastic bags to vehicles in working order.