She made me do it, I just had to post something on my blog today!

A while back Denise had a shout out for suggestions on things to write about on her very cool, and always educational How-To's Tuesday. I had some things I was interested in learning more about so I gave her a suggestion or two, such as How To Pick a Good Substitution Yarn. This is a great one if you have an allergy to the yarn used in the pattern or you have a gorgeous yarn in your stash and you would love to use it. She offered up a link to a website with a database of yarns that make a no-brainer of picking out a suitable yarn substitute for your project.

I have to say though, the How-To's Day post I learned the most from and have put to use the most lately is How to Measure Your Mystery Yarn and her post How to Figure out the Weight of Your Mystery Yarn. Since I've become obsessed with spinning, I have a lot of yarn I need measuring! I of course don't have the benefit of a label, I have to do all the work myself in order to figure out how much of each skein I have. To me, this How To's Day post is priceless!

Now, to make her How-To's day even better, she dreamed up a sweet contest! Go ahead and hop on over there and look through her previous Ho-To's, leave her a comment about your favorite one in her contest post and you just might win yourself a $25 gift card to JoAnn Fabric! How cool is that?

Want to be promoted with a feature interview and one month of free advertising?

I just found out about this and wanted to alert mom bloggers to the following contest going on over at www.5minutesformom.com. They really want everyone to know about this great product that is a wonderful way to introduce young riders or children and adults with special needs to the joys of riding a bike! On May 5th a winner will be chosen to receive a free Caboose Trailer Bike. If you blog about it, a winner will also be radomly selected to receive a feature interview on 5 Minutes for Mom and one month of free advertising for your blog or website! How cool is that??? It is so easy to write up a quick little blog post and link back to the contest and you'll be spreading the word about such a unique and wonderful product that will bring joy to a child unable to ride on their own, or for an adult with special needs. Go check it out!