Ohhhh Shinny!

My Connecting Threads order arrived     Charm packs of: Little Stars, Classic dots, Solid Soft Rainbow, and Smooth Sailing And I have already cut and pieced most of the quilt top for the Baby Dino quilt I’m making for my new nephew. Here is the fabric for the Dino quilt, I’ve decided not to use the [...]

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Snikt

W is for Wolverine, really what else could it be?!  (Sorry Wonder Woman, you didn’t stand a chance.) W is for Wolverine 3 of 26 Work really cuts down on my sewing time, so while I did get 5 characters cut and prepared, I only got the one sewn up.  Wolvie is about 15 x [...]

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The hits just keep coming

or what you can accomplish during Star Trek marathons… FO: Mom’s Christmas Mittens Pattern: not really a particular pattern, used a combination of sources on mittens in general and thrummed mittens Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Yardage: about 1.5 skeins (well, 2 with nearly half a skein total weight left over…) Thrums: Briggs & Little Country [...]

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Under the Weather

or rather under the influence of the weather, I have begun the annual ritual of preparing for Christmas, more specifically preparing my knitting plans for Christmas. Naturally, this involves trips to yarn stores and online yarn orders. Notice I said “trips” to the yarn-store… Earlier this week I made my first foray out for Christmas [...]

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Shoes and Stash

Yesterday I had to go shopping, you know for the necessities that arise with the purchase of any new dress. Gold (and white) shoes for the wedding, which are both cute and comfortable And since I was in town I decided to check out the yarn store, I mean I have already been living here [...]

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Worse Than Yarn Stores

I found something worse than yarn stores, a place were wool fumes are stronger, a place credit cards mention only in a fearful hush, while looking over their shoulders. This place is Dye-Version‘s showroom. I think being so close to the source of amazing hand-dyed and hand-painted yarns should come with a warning.  (I think [...]

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Birthday S(tash) E(enhancing) (e)X(perience)

So yes, one year older…which means… what else, more yarn! Saturday I went on one last Toronto Yarn Crawl with M and G, and we introduced my god-mother to the wonders of the modern yarn store. We started with Indian Buffet on Queen and then headed out to Romni (because, it has to be seen [...]

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Instant Gratification

Baby hats- ’nuff said. Specs: Sophie’s Beret Pattern: Child’s Play Beret Designer: Laura Brown Yarn: Knit Picks bare worsted(?) Needles: 3.75mm circ (I think…) Cast On: Dec. 5.08 Bound Off: Dec. 5.08 Dyed: Dec. 6.08 Colour: mix of Sapphire Blue, Jet Black, and Sky Blue over a previous Turquoise dye job. Notes: I added the [...]

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Sock Yarn Doesn’t Count… right?

Because if it doesn’t, I only added one skein of lace weight to my stash yesterday… otherwise…. Saturday night was a Halloween party with friends down Niagara way. I was a pirate and discovered that there are advantages to costume parties with re-enactors, my well used polyester pirate costume was accessorized with C.’s tricorn and [...]

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Socks ate my brain…

Yesterday I woke up with an idea for a pair of socks, I spent most of the rest of the day… writing a sock pattern, swatching (*gasp* yes I swatched and even washed and blocked the swatch), and working on test knitting. The plan is to publish it in some format, either try submitting it [...]

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