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.
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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