Da Bears!!!

Bear Down, Chicago Bears!

Our Bears made it to the SB!! Not normally a football fan, I can sure appreciate our winning team making it all the way! Today at the law firm we're having a Bears Super Bowl party with a prize to the biggest Bear fan.

Remember SNL's Bear Superfans? Watch them talk to another of Chicago's greats.

If anyone's planning a trip to the Windy City on Sunday, you'll have no problem getting around town. The streets will be deserted as everyone sits backs with crossed fingers as they watch our boys in Blue and Orange hit the turf vying for that big gold ring and THE title in football.

GO BEARS!!!

Knitting History 101

Today my SNB daily calendar pointed to a bit of interesting knitting history that I thought I'd share:

"Wartime knitting initiatives witnessed huge spikes in production after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when it was reported that more knitting projects were begun in the two days following the attack than in the preceding three months. The knitting center of a college for women in New Jersey ran out of wool within 48 hours."

Hmm, I wonder how they gathered the data for that statistic. And - colleges used to have knitting centers!! What fun!

I Feel Gypped!

My Pattern-A-Day Calendar disappoints once again...

From the self-explanatory title, one would assume you would get just that - 1 pattern for each day of the year. Today I sat at my desk in anticipation, ready to flip to January 30, and what do I find? A chart for the mittens that were featured for yesterday's pattern! Ugh! This calendar is definitely not living up to my expectations. Oh well... few things do.

Calendar Girl

Christmases come and go, and usually no one in my family acknowledges my favorite hobby and my request for all things knit-related. However, this Christmas was a little different. I was gifted with two page-a-day calendars.

The Stitch 'N Bitch Calendar was practically a gift to myself since I was with my mom when she bought it and I had to tell her "that's what I want!" The Pattern-A-Day Calendar was a gift from M's cousin, or my cousin-in-law. (She also bought me a cool knitting pattern book, but the name escapes me right now.)

I really look forward to getting to work in the morning to see what each day brings. I love the SNB calendar - every Monday it reviews a new yarn, Tuesday it has a helpful tip, Wednesday it gives you a knitting website, Thursday it gives you a tidbit of knitting history and each Friday - NEW PATTERN!

As for the PAD calendar, I'm a little less than enthusiastic. It's a great concept, really; a fabulous concept, in fact. Unfortunately, this concept is only appealing when the patterns are of things you want to knit. For the past 19 days, I've revealed the pattern, sighed in disgust, and then spent time throughout my day contemplating on who would knit such hideous things. To be fair, this is only the 19th of the first month of the year, so good things may be coming. Let's hope.