When Your Mom Is...
by debra roby

What do children give a mother for her birthday when "she never works on her birthday" and she's known the world over as the author/blogger/knitter Yarn Harlot?

You tell the world what it's like to have her as your Mom. Like Amanda (17):

If your mum is the Yarn Harlot, you always have something to do when your hands are bored. Mum thinks the answer to everything is knitting. If you can't sleep, if you have a headache, if your boyfriend bugs you, if your feet hurt, if you're tired, anything or everything, Mum will suggest that you knit to make it better.

And Sam (12):

Today is my Mum's Birthday, my Mum is the Yarn Harlot. If your Mum is the Yarn Harlot, then you learn to knit before you even learn your numbers, and you learn to spin, sew and cross-stitch for your ninth birthday.

So, what do you imagine your family or friends to say if asked to guest blog for your birthday?


Debra Roby blogs her art at A Stitch in Time; her life at Deb's Daily Distractions and hosts the month creative challenge at Simple Still Life.