In honor of Independence day (for my American readers), all of the patterns in my Ravelry shop are 25% off through July 5th at 11:59 central time. You can order through this page or one-at-a-time right here.  No Ravelry membership is required, and the discount will show up in your cart.

Since both Paul and I are work-on-weekends type of people, we aren’t really doing anything to celebrate unless you count pushing our noses to the grindstone. But I was inspired to dig up this photo of me and my sisters, Mary Ann and Anne Marie (as we called them then)  on our way to the 4th of July parade in 1988. We always had fun decorating our bikes with crepe paper, balloons, and the  like for the event.  That seems like such a long, long time ago! My dad was always good about taking photographs, and for that I am thankful.  Have a happy 4th, however you celebrate it!