hobbies

January is national hobby month and the perfect time to try out something new! I enjoy plenty of hobbies, but I was feeling the itch to try some drawing, and a quick search through the library catalog revealed a number of options for a variety of skill levels. "Drawing Class - Animals" was one of the titles I grabbed and it seemed approachable. A step-by-step guide to drawing cartoon animals, the concept of using simple shapes to build up to a finished product was quite appealing, so I tested a few designs on a scrap of paper. 

Drawing a sheep, wild boar, and bison gave me a sense of the

Being a knitter, the title Sweater Quest My Year of Knitting Dangerously called to me.  Then when I got into the book I found it very entertaining.  It was a factual story about a woman who said  she had a bumper sticker that says " I knit so I don't kill people".  I want one of those. Knitting is a relaxing repetitive hobby that allows you to create at the same time

In the book Sweater Quest My year of knitting dangerously Adrienne tells us about having post partem depression that was only stopped by knitting.

The sweater she is questing after is one that the pattern is no longer in print