Cricket, Croquet, & Crochet

As a PE teacher, I tried to teach my students how to play Cricket.  Being the classical teacher that I am I explained that cricket was first developed in the 12th century.  Although similar to baseball it only has two bases called wickets and balls.  The field is oval and called a pitch.  The Pitcher then is called a bowler.  Instead of batters a pair come to the wicket, one at each wicket.  They are called the striker and non-striker.  After drawing a picture and demonstrating I thought it was fairly easy that when the striker hits the ball s/he and his/her partner switch places.  If one is at one wicket and the other is at his/her wicket after the ball is hit they just switch places.  It doesn't seem that hard to me.  But for a bunch of American kids it was.  We will try again this week and see how it goes. 

A second game is croquet.  I actually did a speech on it in college.  If you have ever watch a European movie with croquet you may see the older people watching the women play.  It actually happens just like that.  Whenever I play with relatives the older people sit in their chairs.  It's a little cold for croquet.

It's not too cold for crocheting.  I was able to crochet two scarves this winter.  I used a half double stitch for each of the scarves I made.  The first one I did 10 rows at a yard long.  The second was shorter so that it doesn't double.  Both are connect to make infinity scarves.  The third scarf I got at...you guessed it an Antique Market; one of my favorites in St. Charles.  It was actually just a long scarf, and I stitched it together to be an infinity scarf. 

First Scarf:  Made at Urbana in St. Louis



Second Scarf:  Started While Having Girl-Time. Continued at Winter Retreat.
Finally Finished While Watching the Super Bowl.  
 


The Last Scarf: Not Handmade, But Rather Vintage.  Sewn end to end to create an Infinity Scarf.   





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