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Hi Everyone,

I'm Jan, from Illinois. I've been writing for many years; poems, short stories, articles! My mom had a natural gift for writing beautiful poetry, and I hope I got some of my writing ability from her.

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Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts Crochet: How to do the slip stitch: 4 of 4
The slip stitch is one of the easiest stitches to do in crochet. It's half the size in height of a single crochet stitch. The slip stitch can be worked on any number of stitches. This means that it doesn't matter if the stitches you initially chain for your foundation row are an odd number or an even number of stitches. With... More..
Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts Crochet: How to do the popcorn stitch: 4 of 4
The popcorn stitch in Crocheting is a fairly simple one to master. It adds texture and dimension to your crocheted items. You can just do an occasional popcorn stitch or it can be placed in such a way, that the popcorns themselves form a design. One of my older crochet pattern books, (see source below) gives patterns for pop... More..
Sports & Recreation > Sports & Recreation (Other) Types of bets one can make at the horse track: 3 of 3
So you're about to spend a day at your local Horse Racing Track. You can certainly enjoy watching horse racing without ever having to place a bet. The strength of the horses, the determination of their jockeys, the beautiful landscaped scenery, are all well worth the price of admission alone. My first exposure to animal raci... More..
Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts How to read a knitting pattern: 2 of 2
When you first look at a pattern for a hand knitted item, it might seem that what you're looking at is a jumble of confusing letters and partially written words. There are standard abbreviations that are used for knitting terminology. What each of those abbreviations means can usually be found somewhere within the pattern, o... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Internet marketing: 2 of 2
I've started on a new journey of learning what's needed to do Internet Affiliate Marketing. I thought with my typing abilities, my need and love of writing, why couldn't I write short promotional articles about products that other people might want and need and earn money at the same time? Well now, I'm learning how to do th... More..