Found these little pins that I made for co workers a few years ago.

This one is a painted pecan.

And I love these little felt pumpkins. A really quick stitch.

They just have a little safety pin hot glued on the back.

CindyP said:

I've used it…….it reminds me of a project we did in gradeschool, there was a round board with the middle cut out with nails pounded in a circle.

You don't used knitting needles at all.  You cast on, circle the pegs with yarn, and use a hook to bring the bottom yarn up over the top, knitting!  Mom made EVERYONE hats last year for Christmas, didn't take but a couple days to do them all!  I think it depends on how you put the yarn on to get a pearl or knit stitch….

I was in the 5th grade when a classmate of mine brought in this knitting thing.  It was made out of a large wooden thread spool with nails pounded into the top of the spool.  (Boy, that dates me — when is the last time you saw thread on a big wooden spool!)  Anyway, you would wind the yarn around the nail heads, then take a crochet hook and slip the yarn over the nail head making a stitch.  Once around the spool and you've made a row.  You would thread the tail of the yarn down the hole in the middle of the spool, and as you add another row, round and round, the yarn would form a long tube of yarn.  You could make the tube of yarn any length, then wind the tube and shape it any way you chose.  You would sew the tube together – sort of like making a braided rug.  Is that clear as mud?

The thing I remember most? I was addicted immediately!  I would finish my class work as fast as possible, then try to hide my knitting under the desktop, hoping the teacher wouldn't see.  She did, of course, and confiscated my spool until the end of the day.  I was a really good kid, and it hurt terribly to get into trouble with the teacher.

Thursday night I cut paper for a Christmas mini album I want to make.  Then yesterday, on my way to the football game, I stopped at my favorite scrap store for some more of the paper.  I think I'll do another Christmas Mini in the same paper, but different for my store here at CiR. 

I have 10 recipe cards to make for a recipe swap I'm in, and perhaps some Halloween dominoes……….

Got this from one of my weekly newsletters…How To Preserve A Spider's Web…

Instead of a food recipe, I wanted to share how to preserve an actual spider's web. (reference link)

You need: A piece of black construction paper, glue or hair spray, scissors, spray can of varnish and spray can of gold or white paint.

1. Make sure the spider has finished with the web and is not on the web.
2. Spread a thin layer of glue on the black paper or spray it with a light coat of hair spray.
3. Lightly spray the web with the paint.
4. Bring the tacky side of the construction paper carefully up behind the web. Avoid any sideways movement. Try to get all parts of the web to stick to the card at once.
5. Cut the supporting threads at the edges of the web.
6. Spray the web with varnish to form a protective layer. Hang up your preserved web.

NOTE: It takes practice to get spider's webs to stick onto the card without distortion. Don't be disappointed if your first efforts are rather folded or tangled up.