Author Archives: Lisa

Oh. My. God.

Not for the faint of heart or if you are particularly offended by bad words and pictures of body parts – definitely not suggested for children.  But oh so funny…
When Etsy goes bad.
Thanks Jenna for the link!
edited to add: Annual death by cuteness now online

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I want to knit EVERYTHING

It’s here…and its good.
Edited to add: Damnit!  I just don’t have the time (or the yarn, or the yarn budget) to fall this deeply in love.

Posted in Lust, knitting | 3 Comments

Definitely not a year in pictures

How about a few summer photos?  Just to show that the kids have grown like weeds…and, gasp, some actual real pictures of me.  This is a blog first for me…
 
We spent Alex’s 10th birthday in July at Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls and had a great time with WannaBaa – her kids and mine.  It [...]

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Breathless

(tap tap tap…is this thing on?)
So…apparently I have a web site – the best kind of unexpected and wonderful surprise! I feel entirely invigorated to post but also completely tongue-tied and fairly certain no one  is going to be reading it!  Well, I know two people who will read it.
Wait, three.
So suddenly I have so much to do…pictures [...]

Posted in dyeing, etsy, life, random | 7 Comments

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Lisa! I set this up just for you and I can help you get everything imported over. Enjoy!

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I’m sorry…just had to pop in and say…

Um…Vogue?
NO!

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Devil in a blue dress

Not an actual post (coming soon I swear!) but had to share this awesome picture of WannaBaa’s little miss Ava in her Miss Muffett. Pattern was on Magknits and now available on Ravelry…

The yarn is Cascade 220 superwash that I kettle dyed to get a colour I liked…

Quick update on me:

French language training [...]

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Raw fleece…Thanksgiving dinner wild kingdom…and, ooh…shiny!

Massive picture-heavy post!
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians today – I hope your day is full of turkey and family (for some) and sleep and rest (for the others). I personally spent last night sleeping at the hospital wired up to within an inch of my life for a sleep study to see if I’ve [...]

Posted in cats, dyeing, kids, knitting, life, random, swaps | 5 Comments

Craig – this one’s for you…

I have been told that there is too much boring knitting content on my blog and that to spice things up I need more hockey jerseys.

Seeing as how I believe its important to satisfy the needs of my readers I give you (please substitute name of your favourite hockey team as appropriate):

A kindergarten teacher tells [...]

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For discussion…

I have no pictures, no knitting, no nothing for you as I only seem to be able to sit on my couch and stare off into space these days. Oh and the 10 bloody pages on the passé composé I did last night – trust the french to turn something as simple as [...]

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