Just Enough and Nothing More

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An excerpt about math from At Knit’s End: Meditations for Women who Knit Too Much by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
“Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.” -Albert Einstein
I failed 10th grade math four times. I hate mathematics so much that the very thought of a return to it in any form is enough to make me want to run away to Belize, screaming all the way. It is a deeply bitter truth that knitting has math in it. Division to place increases, addition …

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As my oldest is approaching his teens years, I’m starting to think more and more about leadership skills and how to teach them.