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 [...]
Hey all – long time no write! Summer sucked me in and spit me back out again – I can’t believe September is already here – packing lunches and homework again. Neither of these two activities rates high on my list of favourties due to the amount of knitting time lost during a [...]
I am…well…ridiculously wrecked. See the date? That is the day I uploaded the photos to blogger…as opposed to TODAY which is the 18th of August.
The new job is kicking me in the rear. I can’t explain why. It isn’t far off what I was doing before…just…more.
Anyway – here is the loveliest [...]
I was SO good for 3 whole months!!! Seriously good. Didn’t even look at other yarn good. But then..I couldn’t help myself. It was no big deal really. One lousy skein. The trollop screamed at me from afar (after I routed through the basket for a colour I liked and then stepped back to admire [...]
Beret out of vintage (1980’s) alpaca…done!
Pattern? Basic Tam from One Skein Wonders
Needles? 4.5 mm Options DPNs
Yarn? Mousarde (I keep calling it “moutarde” which is French for mustard)
It was minus (insert ridiculously cold sounding number here) degrees this morning and this hat was a godsend. I look really dumb in most hats – anyone remember [...]
Anyone else have a bad case of “January”?
If you aren’t sure, the symptoms associated with “January” are:
1. Regret at having foregone making resolutions because it’s now the end of January and you haven’t even failed at anything yet.2. Sore toes from kicking the humungous block of ice stuck to the bumper behind the [...]
I have been busy, but very dizzy these last few weeks. In no particular order I…
Dyed Wool!On the 4th, the loveliest of hostesses J at After Asia invited the Ottawa knitters to her place in the country for a day of dying on her lawn. In addition to J, there was Leanne of the fabu [...]
I should be getting ready for work…really. But. Well. I just don’t wanna go.
Warning – the following paragraph may contain whining.
I hate my job right now and the petition to remove the Board at my condo has been received and Deposal Day is August 27th. I’m not sure if I am looking forward to it [...]
I went to Canada’s Wonderland with the dear son and proved that 37 isn’t too old to go on a ride that made me think I was going to die. Actually – this is more accurate. Except that in addition to the screaming I heard Alex say, “THIS IS AWESOME!!!!” That’s when I knew I [...]
So I’ve been a bad blogger! I’ll leave you to fill in the blanks with all the usual excuses and get to the fun stuff!
Photo-free travel with stash enhancement
Two weeks ago I trekked to Toronto and then Montreal for some focus groups. I was in Toronto on Wednesday morning and decided that rather than sit [...]