tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11593202969824806142024-03-05T01:13:44.991-05:00Wine, Wool and WhoppersThe stories and adventures of Creativehands.Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-65889624741170327792013-03-15T10:36:00.002-04:002013-03-15T10:36:58.442-04:00So This is Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last "official" day of March Break 2013. I too, like the <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/">Harlot</a>, was able to spend the ENTIRE WEEK ALONE (with the dog and the cats) as I chose not to go West and freeze (some more) because Spring will surely come to Ontario in March. Here's the thing...while I did see a Robin, while there were some fairly decent above zero temperatures (when it wasn't bitterly cold) and there was a bit of sunshine...the day my family left to go skiing? It snowed here. They are scheduled to arrive home later today and...it's snowing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I missed the wonder that was Spring LAST March Break and it was my hope and plan that I would not let that happen this year; yet here I sit...watching the snow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another kick start to remember to live in the moment and not try to recapture that which was in the past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now, I wasn't able to get out on my bike, nor did I have the desire to really venture outside much at all (I am soooo done with Winter by the time March comes along) other than to meet up with my friends, but I was presented with an unexpected option to "Spin First" this March Break and as you've been reading, I wholeheartedly joined in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here is that funky bright fibre hanging out in the Laundry room. I think I liked it in fibre form better than spun form...it's kind of muddy now; I'll see how it goes when it's knit up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, I finished spinning the Mohair and Merino Batt that I found so intimidating and L-O-V-E it!! It spun a lot easier than I ever expected and the end result has a lovely highlighted quality to it; I'm very excited to work on the scarf that it was destined to become.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Next after spinning the muddy and the grey, (while looking at muddy with some white and a lot of grey that is our yard) I decided next...next I will spin GREEN! Something that is cheery and portrays hope and life. I went through the fibre stash and found a couple of options, but when I found this <a href="http://shop.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/products/panda">Sweet Georgia Panda</a>...well, I said out loud, "Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!" And what a winner it was! A joy to spin, a pleasure to ply and a wonder to behold! I cannot WAIT to create something heavenly with this puppy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So after Green I want to go with another cheerful colour....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is my Finished Friday Photo! (Ohhh, I'm gettin' me some ideas with that title!) Six skeins of Hand spun (by me) in one week of alone, spin first, time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a shot capturing the contrast between hope and reality. For one thing I hoped that the picture would turn out better and that you could actually see the yarn and then there's the Tulips...think Spring, Pink and Green...versus the ever continuing reality that March in Ontario means Snow. (Heck, APRIL in Ontario means snow!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why, yes, yes there is. Part 1 of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/catkin">Catkin</a> is complete and I am now ready to tackle the charts of Part 2! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also FINALLY put together an apron for myself that I have had cut out and waiting for YEARS!! Thanks to The Castoffs for encouraging me to get this done. As with many of the crafty ones among us, I've made quite a few of these...for other people...and never for myself, well that ended yesterday as I put the final touches on the apron featuring some of the things I love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A recap of the "Finished Friday Photo"....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">How long do I have 'til their back?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I SAW A ROBIN!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">First Robin of the season....lalalalala</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Would not have seen that Robin if I was say...on a ski hill in British Columbia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Just sayin'</span>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-83371482149498779082013-03-10T19:36:00.001-04:002013-03-10T19:36:30.767-04:00So this is how it goes...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Here is my first days worth of spinning hanging and drying after its post ply bath. I'm quite happy with the colour progression; it's not perfect...but who is?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While there was no denying the beauty of natural fibres and the comfort in their organic colourways...it was pretty grey outside and I needed a little visual pick me up. May I introduce "Summer Days" a Corriedale Stripey Sliver that I picked up at the <a href="http://www.geminifibres.com/">Gemini Fibre</a> booth at the <a href="http://downtownknitcollective.ca/wp/?page_id=14">Knitter's Frolic</a> last year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, its that bright! It was especially nice spinning this one as the sun peaked it in and gave a different 'flavour' and 'intensity' to the colour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to admit, I consciously chose the bright fibres not only because of the weather, but because I also knew that I was heading into a more solid and sedate colour choice and needed to break it up a bit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Santa was kind enough to drop this off (by way of our annual Knitter's Christmas party) a couple of years ago and quite honestly I've been quite intimidated to attempt spinning it because it was not in a form that I was used to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I took a leap of faith and just jumped in! It was difficult to pull into strips and after much tugging and pulling....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm just taking junks of fibre and spinning those. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far so good; more to follow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">KAL #5 is started (I'm actually the last one to start and one of the ladies is already finished!). <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/catkin">Catkin</a> using Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light. Yeah, it's a pattern that you really need to pay attention to right from the start! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Just needed to post this addendum to my last post to let my dear friends see that I know how to celebrate just like my sheepy friends there.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alright then, moving on...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dear <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2013/03/06/spinning_first.html">Stephanie,</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This is what I saw outside my window as I considered your post of yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I happen to find myself with quite a bit of time to myself this March Break and so to your request I say, I'M IN!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I chose my first project very carefully; as in, a small amount to get started and that might go with the Bison that I've already spun; that I've been wanting to use with something, because I didn't get a lot of yardage from it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spun my singles in less than 2 hours and took sensible breaks so that I could still walk afterward. Makes me sound old and decrepit, but all the "professional" spinners tell you to take breaks; so I did!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I marveled at how gathering my equipment and choosing my fibre was like a scrapbooking adventure. I relived choosing the fibre and the specific colourway over the other colourways available. I took a moment to notice how the fibre picks up the pink in the apron that I use to cover my lap when I spin. The apron was a gift for my mother that I made several (many) years ago; I like to use it for spinning because I have a Lady Bug and a Bee wheel and the fabric has lady bugs and bees! And it brings me close to mom again, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The idea of spinning everyday for a week gave me an opportunity to pay attention to one of my Christmas presents. You place a coin in the yarn basket and as the lovely lady spins the coin drops down...so you have money to buy more fibre. ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So as I spun, watching the snow swirl before me, I also thought about the week that lay before me...a quiet, lightly scheduled with appointments that only I choose to engage in, restful week and wondered how I should incorporate this spinalong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did I mention "treasures"?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">This is some fibre I picked up at Rhinebeck a couple of years ago and it is soooooooo soft. Mmmmmm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And after drafting...I have a beautiful Yak and Merino Rose. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Yes, I am desperate for spring! Please?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">So Stephanie, I accept your invitation and have my wheel at the ready! I am gaining confidence and speed, but hope for some advise along the way. I have a batt of Mohair that I need to spin to be able to complete a scarf project (to go with a skirt that I no longer own---always the way) and am unsure of how to start/proceed. </span><br />
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Surprise!! Two posts in one day! I'm setting up on a new, big screened desk top PC; so here we go...!<br />
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MY FAVOURITE PICTURE OF MY KIDS OF ALL TIME!!!</div>
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And lastly, imagine that you attend Vogue Knitting Live in New York City, spend time with the people---even though they're strangers---who understand you better than most. They know that the colour and the vibrancy of the yarn that you see and touch only speaks to you of the potential for beauty and creativity in your life.<br />
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It took me a while, but I did manage to find the right button to click on to be able to write these few words for you to read. I did <em><u>not,</u></em> however find any pictures that I wanted to include and I'm not up to finding the camera and getting some new material.<br />
Summer has flown by and for a family that had little to no plans, it has been another busy one!<br />
We have a new car...no more Mini.<br />
We went on a Cruise...Caribbean in August = <u>HOT, HOT, HOT!! </u>(insert musical notes here ;-))<br />
There has been knitting.<br />
There has been baby making. (again, NOT ME!! I just like to share the joy with others. hehe)<br />
After I pay some bills and try to find clear spaces to work...I'll work on getting some pictures and new insights out here to share. <br />
Enjoy your long weekend and...<br />
BACK TO SCHOOL!!! WOOHOO!!!<br />
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I wanted to check in and tell you about the fun we had here after dinner last night, but because it was so much fun I forgot to take pictures and have inserted some yarn eye candy instead.<br />
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I found <a href="http://www.knitonebeadtoo.ca/Site/Welcome.html">Knit One Bead Too</a> and had a peak. I came home with this HABU Silk and Silk Stainless and of course some pretty matching beads.<br />
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So my daughter and I are heading to another Dance Competition this weekend and yesterday I was busy making some stuff to take with us and to leave for the guys. Last competition (o.k. this is going to be a longer story than I thought!) we visited the Hershey's store while in Niagara Falls...<br />
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(Hey! I actually have a photo---wait here, I'm going to try to insert it) IT WORKED AND IN THE APPROPRIATE SPOT!! COOL!! Anyway, we went to the store and I bought a little something for everybody...I got baking cocoa. Woot, woot. <br />
There's a recipe on the container for brownies and as you may recall I do enjoy brownies (see birthday post); I made them, my daughter loved them and so I thought I would make them for the trip. Now, when I was growing up one of my mom's tips was to make the recipes on the packages of things. She said, "They're usually pretty good and they want you to think that it's their ingredient that makes it, but you can substitute and use whatever you have." I was passing this info along to my daughter and to prove it I thought, well why don't I bake two batches of brownies, one with the Hershey's and one with Fry's? And then, I don't know what happened here---chocolate fumes mixed with the ever present yarn fumes perhaps, but I thought if we're going to have a taste test we should include the recipe that I've been making my whole adult life to prove that<em> it indeed is</em> the superior brownie recipe!<br />
So, 3 batches of brownies later, I had a taste testing planned for dessert! Each brownie was marked with a different coloured toothpick and I tucked the master list away; so that I didn't even know which was which (except for the old standby) when it came time to rate them. I put together score cards and asked everybody to give their honest opinion. I did have to remind them that just because one was bigger than the rest it didn't mean that that one was better.<br />
Well, knock me over and call me Susan, (that's funnier when a man says it) my son was the only one who liked the old standby best. Even I had been won over by the new guy in town! But, it was not a landslide, by any means! My daughter liked the new recipe using Hershey's Cocoa; my husband and I? We liked the new recipe, but with Fry's! <br />
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I ordered a Grande Green Tea Latte...with <strong>half of one pump of syrup.</strong> I also ordered a slice of <strong>Lemon Raspberry Loaf. </strong>I paid and was given...some kind of scone...it took me 3 times to explain and finally pointed to what I wanted, but I did eventually get the Lemon Raspberry Loaf. (should've stuck with the Lemon Poppyseed)</div>
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This project has been a long time in the making and I have posted on Ravelry about it. I'm very pleased with the results and the intended recipient is my dear Mother-in-law, Jelena. I'm hopeful that it will get to her soon.</div>
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Here is the fruits of my Frolic labour. Not too much at all and I'm quite pleased with all my purchases. The <a href="http://www.tanisfiberarts.com/">Tanis</a> was earmarked for our next KAL (#5 for all of you who are keeping score), but having seen the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/catkin">project</a>, I may change to some yarn that I already own, ie. knit from stash. Crazy! I know.</div>
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We completed KAL 3 and 4. This is one of the photos for #4. I don't think I showed you 3 yet, so tune in again folks! I completed mine in record time over the March Break for no other reason than I was in Whistler and in need of a hat, and when knitters need hats; knitters knit hats.</div>
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So that covers a lot of what's been going on Knit-wise here at Creativehands Central, but as you know there's always something new to try. My daughter is a dancer and this year was offered a solo; she is Amazing Mayzie from Seussical the Musical. I made the costume (again, tune in again folks) and some props, because well....I'm a glutten for punishment. </div>
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Made from plywood, I used a skill saw to create some interest in the shape, I've added a few feathers to give it a touch of realism (?), giant googly eyes for some pop, sketched, painted and shaded (with a little help from my friend) and am <strong><em>REALLY</em></strong> pleased with the results. Transportation and set up is a bit challenging, but after 2 competitions all seems well. Two more to go! </div>
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Today, I took the time to sit down with a cup of tea using my Cast Off Christmas gift and blogged. Hopefully others will get a chance to do something fun like that too; while I haven't been blogging...I sure have been following and miss my blog friends when they get too busy to blog too.</div>
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My hope its that we can take care of that next Tuesday.<br /><br />In the mean time Transit Knitter has selected our next project.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715315648096264962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMjh10dSZLBn2xnz2Bhf6_TwcsCUF2Bxrlec_civKwEEVNN9FAof4J9cx5FmaTT2Xfo6P4BtGaQ6XGYez4QgXw7LcsVGN7WrJWDPwMX5XQItKTlPBvhvmAD4galoVxOWGhuOMaq4zQgg/s400/KAL+%25234+002.JPG" />Let the beading begin!</p><br /><p>I'm not usually a fan of pre-stringing and prefer to add beads as I knit, but this time there was no other way. 693 beads from <a href="http://www.thatbeadlady.com/">That Bead Lady </a>in Newmarket was purchased to add a little drama to the MANOS del URUGUAY colour 115, <em>that I had in my stash...Yes! Knitting from stash; it can be done!!</em></p><br /><p><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715315636120241810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7ozrm7PxtYk7lXk8DbpLxspQ29m2NmNQ7gJc8G49KhJjnvRmk9ioqy0ZuiXPV9yRuvJRwiBqW3ji5felEIKrTesWpjdgYoc7AWlkmOENxOyVunu7Nk3fHyltOJEQjhz0evXGWxI-B5c/s400/KAL+%25234+004.JPG" /></em></p><br /><p>Here's a pro-tip for those just starting out adding their beads...693 beads is a lot to count in one shot; I strung 100, left a break in the yarn to indicate the 100 and repeated that 6 more times and then counted off the final 93. I also considered measuring 100 beads so that I could just string until I was at 13 1/2" of beads to speed up the process, but not all of the beads are the same width so any measurement would not be accurate and knitting is all about accuracy.</p><br /><p>HA!! Got ya there didn't I? :-)</p>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-32592085302531148882012-02-27T09:25:00.006-05:002012-02-27T09:56:09.503-05:00TIME!?!Where does it go and why isn't there ever enough of it?<br />I want to get a post in here, but I have list upon list to complete today! So here goes and let's hope it all goes smoothly.<br /><br />First of all, Yup, I had a birthday this weekend.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 303px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713822959208033826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhMBNWp_E1VCdmSX3vfKnMBe9Rn3W2dA-nIYKyvQWaJP77cT8LbfJFyGMhnIG_Sk_KpgHhJ74OS_F-7xomjAiFzgRYgGKM2sscdsBctmQ_7Pq7zkX4nRp4RdHnH_WTFWVbpI6TbdROkM/s400/50+and+Funny.jpg" />Yup, I fully intend to live by the above rule. <br /><p>Yup, although I was assured that it was only going to be The Red Hot Mama's at our monthly dinner on Saturday night, there was a Surprise Party with many of my nearest and dearest in attendance. I was a little shakey out of the gate, but with such wonderful people in the room it was soon easy to settle into an evening filled with fun, love and laughter.</p><br /><p>Because I still haven't grown up (see above) I was excited about presents!<br /><br /></p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713822956583311154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvtowdqdycE_EPtXao4noOq6zmKNXfT9qoj2p1eUz3NfEZcby605H5uAfznA2BPNnjiXALJN45O-vyDm5OAAtkIngUlicvuJDSxwBGhuEnki5GvRVaNntBnVsWWls7ikRq57u40Uf8F2c/s400/Fifty+068.JPG" /><br />There was yarn and pampering gifts<strong><em>. Lots of pampering gifts</em></strong>!!<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713822933313257778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyWt5lDtOliOtrQaTUKoH-1_e0ZEUA4z6cKx6oA7c3Qb_y-0mczqn8HdgCGSqPb8sUT4spt-slBu8WIWes1waozpTeVx-v0Qn3Of_gkSlO8eWjYV_N1x8Lo2_FpunFUH-eURiItGgaug/s400/Fifty+069.JPG" />A little light reading...with some wonderful editing done by <a href="http://www.irememberpasta.blogspot.com/">EK.</a></p><br /><p>The Red Hot Mama's have started a tradition that for the Milestone Birthdays (although 40 is the only other milestone anybody has celebrated) we put together a basket filled with the birthday girl's favourite things. The presentation was lovely, the contents beyond thoughtful and so of course...</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713822931122645378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMigBAVxdmdZhYaorZc9SRRp_P_20eYaQmeE3AtzcwrY5CElwe3Xo1Fldd4ojkT88fjImpkH5QK9FREV9OI6wo7jV0aSV4PS6HvyPg7QDTWPssGnpv_73CWuOxj9QcM-Al1DUny0AIDw/s400/Fifty+070.JPG" /><br />....there was chocolate and coffee. (Sorry, I forgot to flip the photo...it's all about <strong>time</strong>!)<br /><br /><div><br /><div>So that was Saturday. Photos of people were few and far between...we had phones, but no cameras...<strong>because it was Ladies' Night!!</strong><br /></div><br /><div>In the week leading up to my birthday my daughter had asked me what I wanted for my birthday?</div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">ANGRY BIRDS T-SHIRT!</span></div><br /><div>That she could make and that didn't cost money?</div><br /><div>....I like Brownies.....</div><br /><div>So there were some Brownie baking practice runs; a Saturday full of, "DON'T COME IN THE KITCHEN!!!"</div><br /><div>And last night, after dinner, I made a wish and blew out a candle on my birthday present from my daughter.</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713822923267986274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rXoXJ9zCkQmY1wgEP-6KjC7RV23itpAbXkpDR0R-TdJSgJafJtynV0Bchkb-xDFDhwfEWSbkXO_HTzec9qPiiZXl7-QJK7zwNE300D2tI2WtkNVneqgxdsyFPlxvSmw8PBhJUkxqcNE/s400/Fifty+046.JPG" />Isn't that great?!?!?</div><br /><div>I'm so lucky to have her in my life. </div><br /><div>{Will somebody please remind me of this the next time I'm ready to sell her to a bunch of Gypsy's to make soap?}<br /></div><br /><div></div>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-3100226162741001882012-02-22T19:40:00.003-05:002012-02-22T20:01:44.690-05:00Everybody's doing it!Everybody's doing what, you ask?<br /><br />You'll have to read on for the answer, but to distract you on the way here is a picture of a cat belly. An all out, catchin' a sunbeam, laying flat, no interest in rolling over, cat belly. <br />Thank-you Thursday.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712126337995896162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFmKobzaXJ8kk3g6UXk6DXzY9jRAKhEkmgFZ4ficweajKGDZ4YNXYQMLu8AzEXF2aZQdQKaLSQxy8lR_BZIoLe_JE0EQLu8mPw-uiMuTsTiIp3af558A_Llhb01h_3fAG8fL9Oq-uYW8/s400/334.JPG" /><br /><br /><p>NO TOUCHING!!!</p><br /><p>The end of KAL#3 is fast approaching so I thought I would show you a shot of how we started way back in OCTOBER! Yeah, the last KAL to start before Christmas is going to suffer from Knitting Interuptus---everytime!</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712126339650188146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhFMVdeKbISMhlIzkKB_hH_LO2Wzi37PbC38nhmNMmwnA7Vb9Yl9DyUNIC_ERRqbkRlbtvSuuBCqyC6aNNl0ZvgfIhub9Ep512FujsDA2Z09bMisLQWQx0oksKazgqCt-0xt9XSbLTxQ/s400/356.JPG" /> <br />So, that was some fine blog content; a cute cat and some socks, but I need to get to sewing and I wanted to post about the latest rage around here...<br />BIRTHDAYS!! <br />I have two friends' with birthdays this week, my son's girlfriend's mom and me. So, apparently it's the week for birthdays.<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">***HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNIE!!!***</span></strong>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-2336834299602821752012-02-20T10:04:00.003-05:002012-02-20T10:16:23.641-05:00Happy Family Day!Today is "Family Day".<br />I still think it's a silly "holiday". It's taken quite a few years for us to get the hang it and usually it just sneaks up on us as, "What?! There's no school on Monday?!" <br /><br />Well this year the weather has finally co-operated with my ski-lovin' family and they've headed off to the ski hill for the day leaving my pets and I to enjoy lounging in the favourite sunbeam of choice and to work UNDISTURBED on a dance costume or two. :-)<br /><br />And now, because blogs are more interesting with photos, here is a shot of our final night on our summer holiday (see post before last---HA!). We had enjoyed a <em>really </em>lovely meal at <a href="http://rhubarbonthelake.com/">Rhubarb</a> (and there's my link to keep things interesting) in Haliburton; I totally recommend it to anybody passing by.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711234296592642690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_NDbNFIPWovYH_-K9vhPcDycXe6m1Gk78rUmyYpkYOmyGHICxjclgwCKU54rkDcDmX695QRJh6Ic0JvP27CGG4XGF14egMFTXbDwtYYW4CZq2LoNnw4tYY5VsQkPMYZ-3ZLP4hz91Bw/s400/Drag+Lake+2011+231.JPG" /><br /><br /><p>Now, that's what a tan looks like! Not this wishy-washy Mexico one.</p>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-15451346015550273032012-02-17T13:38:00.003-05:002012-02-17T14:47:41.479-05:00WHEW!That was a close one!<br /><br />Yes, I know, it's been awhile. That was then; this is now.<br /><br />I wanted to send a little note to my dear friends with regard to some comments that were made last night at Knit Night and thought, 'Hey! I could blog that!' My husband just left for the weekend and I'm feeling kind of free spirited about the whole thing and if I don't want to do laundry right now, then I won't and if I want to blog right now, then I will!<br /><br />I got an iPad for Christmas and have been using that most of the time, but haven't figured out how to blog from it (yet), so I grabbed my camera and came down to my computer to load some photos and catch everybody up on what's been going on. I put the card in the computer and said yes when the computer asked to load the 1446 photos that was on it. (During my absence there was a computer re-furb and photos are kind of scattered throughout the innerds of this thing.) I also thought that since that was close to a years worth of photos and I KNOW that most of the pictures are already in there I also gave the o.k. to 'erase after download is complete'. <br />At some point during that transaction the screen went wild! There was some kind of error and bits of windows flashing in and out and it was in the middle of erasing and I wanted to back up the photos before the thing crashed if the card was wiped like it was supposed to....and you know, this whole blogging thing wasn't very relaxing at all; laundry was starting to look good!<br />I finally was able to shut it down, walked away to get a little lunch (everything is better after a bit of Toblerone Chocolate--that was dessert). While I was waiting for the pages to come back I put the card back in the camera and.....Voila! Photos intact! They were also loaded here!<br /><br />So now, I shall blog away. I have chosen to only deal with knitting related subjects today.<br /><br />KAL #2 complete. (we have a no face policy)<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710177762907776066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnxlk_3kt5onyhemHq-5kDjbtDszsXhfxJSiakockfe5S3KGMYmnXSS0AsR5suwSAx8SqOOIY6N9HrDD3DDY0qUjV2fK0lmJwnoW-QeDV8g476p8ErM8l2jJS5kEuX4hF3YS2b_oVTxY/s400/1378.JPG" />For Christmas I was gifted some lovely Noro Sock yarn and the pattern Bermuda. I. Love. it!<br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710177731783313634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xOba4WZsh5wrvNDmmhxpEJY6saMjCiVu_xF1jYNvXMlPQwJLOQVNgNgCiwQd2JXOPhskrkQRyJmThjx2-cJd5Kwrfmv18AfvFKB4tFxyv99aBdlzMp_zeQ2pG8h0wrcsJVI6CPFq4u8/s400/1402.JPG" />One of the Red Hot Mama's turned 40 and in what appears to be becoming a tradition of sorts there was a basket of goodies put together and I included some mittens. <br />Yarn Harlot's <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cloisonee">Cloisonee</a> and they too, were a lot of fun to knit. I've made more (and will continue to make more) for the new yarn shop in town that I am also teaching at! Yay! I'm working at a yarn shop that also is a <a href="http://www.thequiltstore.ca/">quilt shop</a>! I'm not sure how much money will actually make it home with me. ;-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710177722325359602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOhgghkHpIsBV5XFlhQ5janKaAakiTfIDOiSayWbYW2Go5pfcHbKRqSvQ3HXk0I3g1Dnsup8l-2iYOQnFGFdBnTlMYbam6bWiFfo-1BnN6APrOxhAd08QIOLUfqnXpQgZN_EqAKXtWaG8/s400/1410.JPG" />I didn't get to see the recipient of these mitts open her gift as my husband and I were in Mexico during the celebration. And as with any of my holidays, knitting was a big part of it; a good thing too, because it rained everyday and was mostly cloudy the rest of the time. </p><br /><p>I worked almost exclusively on our KAL #3 (my pick) Jewelled Steps by <a href="http://catbordhi.com/">Cat Bordhi </a>with an added one of a kind detail of my own design. It was not all smooth sailing down there in the not-so-sunny south. There was Yarn Barf. And when one is faced with Yarn Barf in Mexico at an all inclusive resort the only thing to do is....</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710177706624837874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQbF0eJ1ngZN_Sbj2kDBFNMpxRbYlCComMpjA61HXoiRui-bAK4o9BhLhZLHJDB2_mqrEUIs9jQxN1uEya-ygXT-jXYUWIu3J-_zdEFnIfr2c2yJXH5-msrgqyyDBIN_fEtiVPmcZyZk/s400/1436.JPG" />Grab a couple of glasses of Champagne and deal with it.<br />The socks are now complete and when our last KALer completes her pair (no pressure) there will be another photo shoot and there are a couple of neat plans for that...wait for it...<br />UNDERFOOT!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!<br /><br />Now for the purpose of this whole blood pressure raising endeavour.<br />As I sat knitting quietly to myself (because I was <em>really</em> tired) last night, the question was asked not once, but several times if I was knitting from my stash? (I'm sure there's a picture of my stash in some post of mine; believe me when I say it has grown) I replied clearly and succinctly that, 'No, it was not from my stash.' and that, 'I had purchased one ball of yarn to start the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/biker-jacket-2">Biker's Jacket </a>from the lasted Knitter's issue.' It sounds a lot more polite here than when I yelled it across the room last night. (I was <em>really </em>tired). There's a flower as an embellishment on the back, but it totally calls for a basket of yarn or a big ball of yarn with needles sticking out of it or <em>CASTOFFS </em>written in funky yarn---anything other than a stupid flower! I wasn't using the yarn called for and I wanted to see if it would work so I only bought the one ball because one ball is always o.k. Ask my sock yarn stash. <br />So a couple of days ago, I cast on for the sleeve---it's like a swatch---and found that I did indeed need to go down a needle size to get gauge. Yay me! I did some pro-knitting there. Anyway, I kept knitting and this morning was examining the fabric and thought it's quite dense so it will be warm and substantial; I might line it with some funky fabric. I'm going to look way cool and other knitters will be envious of my whole Biker Knitter Logo....<br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710177694224007362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9wKfljcf1RDb3_ivuEWXoaEx0bTpkp6a9N3DFgtVO5fPeMrruvCDwmjUKp6jFzPgeqXji2AbqLM_RMKGIJPzIqciaj4fosFj_Pwd5-rL0i4tlvjK0MZFt3_Ziyl-TETfTBrAZTULvuo/s400/1446.JPG" />But I'm not liking working it. It's hard on my hands. It's black. I don't think I really love it, but I <em>did </em>like the idea of the logo. </p><br /><p>(There's other stuff in my stash; <em>other stuff that I've already started </em>that I <em>know</em> I will love!)</p><br /><p>It's off the needles, going to be undone and all it cost me was one ball of yarn that may or may not find it's way into my stash, but it's not a whole sweater's worth and that's something that I feel really good about!<br /><br /></p>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-13321969231157798422011-09-04T09:41:00.002-04:002011-09-04T10:20:30.400-04:00Try Something New!<div>There's this thing called <em>"Blogging"? </em></div><div>I thought I'd give it a try...</div><div> </div><div>Hi. Me again. My computer has been, shall we say, '<em>fussy'?</em> So, I've cleaned my discs, defragged and done a complete back up; so now, I'll try posting something.</div><div>So far, so good. My photos got loaded. Yay!</div><div> </div><div>When last we spoke, I was heading to the cottage with the family.</div><div>Here is a shot following the first exodus of people where the children and I enjoyed a quiet 36 hours. This quiet time included driving an hour to go see the last Harry Potter movie and a drop in from some cottage friends, which lead to a dinner invitation. I said 'quiet' right?<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE3jLPSsmBvNP0O7Ct5euSyh12_T6fv67I6hU_P8vMko6gISwms2lZtxizh21j03NApmc8u3408gON6CfMW9xpumfEotxYKcjfE9Vp_pi6kKugtSguk1mnijxji9mIy9rI-0z74wmKig/s1600/Drag+Lake+2011+091.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648502370091963026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LOA8YrKpkFE-4q435qq8Bz0SQvU8krhHfooToepiXtmUolreW9qDUOl5BPL15Z2b1YFLtL168L5EStlgWCveER4C05JqXlivYlN0M-SZQ9uYz278yxpe-6HGtleZc4O-0nHbJ7r0EHs/s400/Drag+Lake+2011+004.JPG" /></a>My kids and the dog went to sit at the end of the dock and have quickly adapted to the cottage etiquette of waving to the boats going by. We were in a very quiet (no really, we were the loud ones) bay; so there wasn't a lot of waving.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648502363514356178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE3jLPSsmBvNP0O7Ct5euSyh12_T6fv67I6hU_P8vMko6gISwms2lZtxizh21j03NApmc8u3408gON6CfMW9xpumfEotxYKcjfE9Vp_pi6kKugtSguk1mnijxji9mIy9rI-0z74wmKig/s400/Drag+Lake+2011+091.JPG" />I did manage to knit a little when the crowd dispersed.</div><div> </div><div>And then we were home again.<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648502357629346450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMJnPPGgU6HwAHzZSMdgaKPBZzjxqotsGKVrCdbOC3ewU3J3xLGvBLZrjGoyC7DZY-wTfYIfInfkKaDB-RQXqFv2PPVO8r6UXuw7hm7Bdg9NNwgxJz6isx0IqBcgPUehHpNlGDl8R_UE/s400/012.JPG" />Some dear friends presented me with a tree a couple of years ago after my mom passed away. My gardening skills are 'poor' at best these days, but this lovely gift is thriving and I wanted to show it off a bit. I smile and think of the lovely women who have been, and who are in my life whenever I see this tree.<br /><div>These same friends and I went on a bit of a 'Yarn Crawl' upon my return from the cottage where we celebrated the start to one of their Vacations!</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648502351967452930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCkIdCREezgGjQwnw4QXtcVHkpKiYVaEtN_JD9I_mpqv7JJP63EAYZvhjdrUllrDigeks3rNwRXni4R_oPJu0jxx5wB7C6IdDmNYTDQODxkUc1ltrCyrtLNQ9fTZU1r90-DajAfRoL4E/s400/009.JPG" /></div><div>I call this, "Yarn on a Mini."</div><div> </div><div>So, there you go. A fly-by post. I hope all is well with all my friends and family who read this and---fingers crossed---the computer keeps going; so that I can post again.</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648502346444095650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YgKOzrTV7YAn2NFrVhoZjVei-mfZK_U2j11sMqTadeIP5SIjY_aj7fxwp6E_rq5yt6TSgdhe95z4Tq0x5VFaVmVa_UnjTqc3BynzN36sIWrpz3xo4dNXmNlR4ieJrDT7KxRKTT23pRY/s400/026.JPG" /></div><div>I finished KAL#2. Fiddlehead Mittens. I won this kit in a draw at our Cast-Off Annual Christmas Party. The kit was generously donated by Connie at Pick Up Sticks. (unfortunately, 'fussy', seems to include an unwillingness to create a link)</div><div>Thank-you, Connie; a pleasure, as always.</div><div> </div><div>My turn to choose the next KAL project. I'm embracing the 'learning new skills' mandate of our little group and including some 'never seen before' elements.</div><div><em>I KNOW!!! The fun just never stops!</em></div></div></div></div>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-34980965057820820522011-07-20T10:31:00.007-04:002012-02-19T09:48:21.884-05:00NEWSFLASH!!<div>WE'RE HAVIN' A HEATWAVE!!!</div><div> </div><div>So, of course I'm going to show you knitting stuff...</div><div> </div><div>KAL Project #1 completed by four knitting friends:<br /></div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631442985218243954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBskzECphIHniWm5_LFhuckDBsblo3VF7txZiQ-ErOd19MImrP7DV4gAvjAaWj9mkW391P7SkJAcL6B-xyaM-6Vj7q3ul9Im_KGPL-O8S1ragJsP_AsDXiHCMrYrNSBsPqUakwqWu90vA/s400/024.JPG" />Same project (Koigu Linen Stitch Scarf**sorry, computer won't let me link!**); different yarns...aren't they wonderful? </div><div> </div><div>KAL Project #2 started by the same four knitting friends:<br /><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631442968914654914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4YTYi5TsNZEh04pxbr2xHBU0QFlztmpGbz0t0IOVsTKbGCrfK4UfVBt_UN4YX5xY9i4gomhrIVk9ZaRFqcAWHpAzBRZirWMenxd9-DEoFnfyXqZ9XSHeeFmQGS0JGraGMXqgSzzlpfKU/s400/046.JPG" />(Fiddlehead Mittens**still no link!**) in 40 C weather! We're nuts!! </div><div>I don't have this one lined yet, but some of the others in the group are working these mittens two at a time; either on the same needles or a little bit of one and then a little bit of the other. </div><div>We plan on a photo shoot at the completion of this KAL too.</div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>I haven't been a very consistent blogger over the past few months...I had great intentions at the beginning of the year...be advised, however, that I will likely <em>not </em>be posting over the next couple of weeks as the family holiday will begin in approximately 48 hours.</div><div>I've done little to nothing in preparation for this holiday and thought that today, I better get things moving!</div><div>First?</div><div> </div><div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631442965172533762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz56CktJhC9wkbaC_DpapaMMGJ1AX-6a90czHDvo6BkC73dQvxlCDKIDU0eJb3Ga4YHSP320o41bbv2iDWUNANPKtwdXnK4eMmHimQKy9WXdXiwcEkGUA94Ho6g2IBWfU3GX0vR7Hp0iY/s400/043.JPG" />Wind the yarn that I'm planning to use.</div><div>Cascade 220 for Christmas presents.</div><div>Did I mention 40 C? 48 C, with the humidex forecast for tomorrow!</div><div>Yeah, gimme some o' that Cascade 220!!<br /></div><div> </div></div>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-44040097515797642212011-07-11T11:59:00.004-04:002011-07-11T12:13:44.210-04:00That's Knitter With a Capital "K"!I took knitting on my weekend away and actually did quite a bit of sweater that I had tucked away in the stash. I really would like to make a full size sweater that I'll wear when I'm cold, will look nice and show that I <em>really</em> am a <strong>Knitter</strong>. Yes, that's Knitter with a capital "K"!<br /><br />After all my knitting, however, I don't have one stitch to be able to show you. Aww, yes, the negative knitting curse struck again. Here is how it goes...<br /><br />Pick out pattern, yarn and needles and pack it along with your other weekend treats.<br /><br />Take new set of interchangeable needles...just because.<br /><br />Find a comfy, quiet place to knit when away with friends where there is "no judgement."<br /><br />Cast on specified number of stitches for the back, using the specified needle and knit away.<br /><br />Reread pattern several times while doing this and answer, "What are you knitting?" many times as well.<br /><br />After a dozen rows or so, decide that you should go down a needle size.<br /><br />Rip out back of sweater.<br /><br />Cast on using one of the interchangeable needles. <br /><br />Knit a few rows and decide that the cable is too long and change cable mid-row.<br /><br />Knit another dozen rows or so and determine yet, again that you should probably go down a size again.<br /><br />Compare gauge called for in pattern to gauge listed on ball band.<br /><br />Wonder if close is close enough?<br /><br />Allow the fact that you are still choosing not to knit a gauge swatch enter your reality.<br /><br />Note at this time, that the interchangeable have an alternate numbering system and the 4mm you think you need will actually be substituted with a 4.25mm.<br /><br />Cast on for the sleeve.<br /><br />Knit more than 30 rows of the sleeve to get a true 'swatch-like' measurement and determine that the previous needle size: ie. 4.5mm would likely give a more correct measurement after all.<br /><br />Rip out sleeve.<br /><br />Pack up knitting, pattern, interchangeable needles and will to live.<br /><br />Pour your first (but not last) Margarita of the day.<br /><br />Wonder if you'll really be able to rip the pattern up and discard the yarn if you don't get gauge using 4.5mm on the sleeve?<br /><br />Aaahhh, Margarita.Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-85354842573437557012011-06-12T17:45:00.003-04:002011-06-12T20:04:04.221-04:00There Are Few Things Sadder Than...<div>A blogger who doesn't get to blog about all the wonderful things that have been going on over the past couple of weeks/months.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A couple of weeks ago I went to watch my daughter in the Area Track and Field Meet.</div><br /><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617460954471363394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRTSk39lbSyTyVmyRMhYGgB18qUzza4t3I_bibCc02osoBCoJjprvaqZKKsZLNuW4VyOiOHFHw78S_-_Fp0utFRMnnIAKlHI-ciGOMWQJJxJ4AAkqCfZgwGMH9QZ0Ow_vdNIkcyiegpY/s400/Weddings%252C+jumps+and+relays+101.JPG" />She got FIRST!! So this week I'm going to go watch her at the Regional Track and Field Meet.<br /><br />Last Friday night, the family and I attended a little event called Relay For Life. My son's school hosted the event for the first time. The kids organized the whole thing. They set up tents so that those who weren't walking all night would have a place to sleep. <br />I got a yellow T-shirt. I gave a little speech. I did a lap around the track.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617460944778224178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPED5ww2k52_FQw4VQekD5oTksuvjM_1mOe1-L2Xj4EcHUMi5yyTuosghfYc4ZflOF72Mk7EkpMC16SfvHkl4ZW5BUS2z7x7-G0-0W-xt_3GsSDKc2gx1P4YOjbfBbMPFnYsUCjirHlSs/s400/Weddings%252C+jumps+and+relays+134.JPG" /> <br /><div>We let the balloons we were carrying go in celebration of being a Survivor. My kids helped.</div><br /><div>It really was a special night.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Over the past month or so. I've been participating in a KAL with some of my knitting friends. We chose to do a Linen Stitch Scarf. I've made this before and in the post in my head, you would see pictures of the first one I did. I was happy to do it again as I remember it being very much a 'Zen' kind of knit; not 'mindless' but 'mindful'. There are four of us participating and we each chose vastly different colourways---always a fun part of different people working on the same project; seeing how the different colours affect the outcome---here is a photo of my completed scarf. AKA Christmas Present #1.</div><br /><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617460935836215250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZZ_MzQnxyjLCMZYUn-7ki_LfvOsH5k2z0wuSfAdet1J-qmDXITpTf6hZ5aFp65Rc1jqvVEQAVEtxRH7_GG-WuwsjoI4_i5l_aOpYEezkFGw4FcvywYiHURx3RYz2WzEju9QzAG-3l-c/s400/KAL+etc+006.JPG" />This photo isn't fabulous in terms of colour representation, it's more black than brown, but look closely...<br />Cast On? Cast Off? Can you tell which is which? Pretty close match don't you think?<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617460940017129554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM4D_WnkSYuf3mITS0XfZsxqJ7snHgjzhu-QsXxaIijf6lD4kLqvAvBjRTOAClSOMUA8CU9xAmPvmdTbwp_qk4qhtJ3FBkoi7Oyv4zxKl19Kc5UaQb4yR5WZC48CNcvPdydVKw-xjbyA/s400/KAL+etc+009.JPG" />As some of us approached the end of the scarf, so began our discussion as to how to cast off this particular stitch. Some research had been done prior to even beginning the project for tips from others that had gone before us. Every time anybody started stressing about it, or any stitch that wasn't quite perfect, I was the first to lean in to the concerned knitter and clearly and firmly state, "It's a <em>scarf."</em> My intent was to remind them that it didn't have to be perfect; that a blind man would be glad to see it and that if it was something that couldn't be noticed as you wore it riding by on a horse, then it didn't matter. </p><br /><p>Then it was my turn to cast off. First I decided I needed another row after the pattern said to stop to balance my colour progression from the cast on. The other's concurred. Then I tried casting off knitwise, purlwise, knit two together cast off, knit one - slip one - pass stitch over cast off and then repeated each of those a number of times. I dug out several of my knitting books. My friend sent me a link from Ravelry. Everything I tried did not give me the look that I wanted, because apparently, it <em>did </em>matter what the cast off looked like. </p><br /><p>This really should not have come as any surprise since when doing this scarf the first time around, I chose to work two scarves for half the rows and do a three needle bind off to keep the edges identical. So finally, in complete desperation, I found a crochet hook to attempt a slip stitch cast off. As far as mirroring the long tail cast on edge it wasn't too bad, but something still wasn't right and so back to the beginning for one more try. I worked another linen stitch row using the same colour as previously used, went back to the beginning of that row, worked a slip stitch cast off and....TAA DAA!!! I DID IT!!! I am just tickled with the result and more tickled that my friend at one of my favourite LYS couldn't tell the difference either. HEEEE HEEEEE!!!</p><br /><p>Speaking of LYS...</p><br /><p>There are few things sadder than a knitter making a last minute decision to go to a yarn shop that is having an awesome sale (that her friends got to go to before she could!) only to find that it is closed for the day.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLM-0z_Qwpcpqto1_ZBHywtvHE35prm7FflNxGeiweE3RQ4SKPsRITiy-vsyYj2RjuQXTzMNhVbR1yPrHvuGKo_WgcpAZNzSFWgu8FSQqLSnI4qDXAsWayFa7GwxTd6PNKnUepswI-io/s1600/KAL+etc+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617460926398676706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLM-0z_Qwpcpqto1_ZBHywtvHE35prm7FflNxGeiweE3RQ4SKPsRITiy-vsyYj2RjuQXTzMNhVbR1yPrHvuGKo_WgcpAZNzSFWgu8FSQqLSnI4qDXAsWayFa7GwxTd6PNKnUepswI-io/s400/KAL+etc+001.JPG" /></a> It all worked out though. It was open the next day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-78446278677974875412011-05-27T14:23:00.003-04:002011-05-27T15:28:50.112-04:00It's Good To Know I'm Not Alone.This is going to be a wordy one my friends; once again reminding you to be careful what you wish for.<br /><br />I haven't posted anything in well over a month and in reviewing my last post I mentioned that it was going to be a busy week. Well, I guess I meant month.<br /><br />Yesterday and today I have been purging my basement. ie. Attempting to purge to the best of my Pisces ability, or perhaps to the best of my 'Sentimental/Relaxed Messy' ability. I apologize to my knitting friends who inherited some of my yarn. (They did seem pretty happy about it though.)<br /><br />My purging however went beyond yarn, in fact yarn is playing a very small part in this round of 'tidy up the basement'. What has prompted me to post today is something that I wrote...just for the sake of writing (long hand) on August 24, 2001. After reading <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2011/05/26/may_socks.html">this</a> and then <a href="http://passingdowncrazy.wordpress.com/">this</a> and then coming across my ramblings, I felt that, once again, I was being sent a message that was not to be ignored.<br /><br />So here goes; I will copy it unedited as it was written that August afternoon so long ago...<br /><br /><em>I am a Mother.</em><br /><em>Who should I submit article to?</em><br /><em>Today I was <strong>really</strong></em> <em>trying to be the mother that I thought I would be and the one that so infrequently is seen by my children.</em><br /><em>So I made my 4 year old the "Triple -Decker-Super-Duper-Peanut-Butter-and-Jam-Sandwich" that he requested. I said, "Yes, you can finish your sister's Kraft Dinner."</em><br /><em>And then I said, "Here's the bag of candy from the Birthday Party---have the piece of gum last."</em><br /><em>I had smiled and thought, 'he must be growing a couple of inches today' as he ate the sandwich. </em><br /><em>I let go of the "Enforcer" part of me and let him have the candy at will, because, 'surely, nobody else is this regimented'...I still have Halloween, Christmas and Easter leftovers, because there's so much and it seems I allow so little...and I got a Tootsie-pop out of the deal---he shares well.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>I am a Knitter.</em><br /><em>I have been knitting for 18 years. (</em>like I said, unedited)<br /><em>My grandmother tried teaching me a couple of times when she came to visit, but I didn't keep it up after she left.</em><br /><em>One of my life disappointments is that she didn't live long enough to see me and my knitting---although I do believe she does see.</em><br /><em>My mother sat down and showed me again how to knit...but I say to anyone contemplating teaching...yes, everyone who's going to learn must start with knitting, but don't let them go away without <strong>PURLING! </strong></em><br /><em>Nothing can turn off a potential knitter more than working at GARTER STITCH...it has it's place, but showing someone the beauty of stocking stitch sets a whole world of colour and warmth before them! </em><br /><em>My inspiration to take up the craft came from a high school friend's mother...is is now MY dear friend. She was constantly knitting, I mean it...always sitting in the same chair with a HUGE wicker basket...the kind a snake would be charmed from...full of sweaters and/or yarn at some stage of production</em><br /><em>She had sweater sales and I modeled some of her creations for the 'sweater shoots'. She has moved from that house where I was inspired and lost virtually all her material possessions...including and amazing "STASH" of yarn (it smoldered for 2 days after the fire) and a beloved family cat.</em><br /><em>She still continues to have sweater sales, at 70 years young and continues to enter sweaters in fall fairs. She has been 'suggesting' that I enter some of my creations, for years and finally in 2001, I agree. [Why would I pick now?! I have 2 children, aged 2 and 4, my husband has his own business that we run out of our home.]</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>I am a Nurse.</em><br /><em>Then he comes to me chewing his precious Trident Bubblegum and says, "I want to play outside now", turns and chokes on his own spit. We've all done it. It goes down the wrong way and we cough. I asked him if he was O.K? He turned to me shaking his head no. He was coughing and breathing, so I really wasn't too worried.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>So there I sat, while my 2 year old napped, doing some finishing work on a sweater for my brother that I planned to enter in the fair.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Now, this is where my priorities get a little fuzzy I think.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Sean came up to me coughing and gagging. (He was born with a gag reflex about 2" away from his lips! Only those who actually saw this child gag and vomit can fully appreciate the minimal amount of warning before Mt. Vesuvius erupted!) And as the first wave overcame him my hand went up to catch the gum and whatever else came with it, and the words out of my mouth were...</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>"Not on the sweater!"</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>O.K., so who should I submit this article to? Mother of the year or Knitters Anonymous?</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>But wait...There's more!</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>He's fine. He apologizes for throwing up..."and it's a good thing I didn't throw up on the sweater!"</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>So, I had to put down the sweater during this precious nap time, to clean up puke! And as I get to return to my knitting the phone rings because somebody can't find a quote that we 'think' my husband left there, but I can't check with him because he's out of town for the night working on a cottage and his phone doesn't work up there! (This is where my sentence structure falls apart, but let's face it...Life IS a run-on sentence!) And with that phone call---my daughter wakes up---early. But you know, advice to young mothers: She was fine in her crib; so I finished the darn Duplicate Stitch! But, didn't get to block.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>But you know, that was only lunch and the next 2 hours. There was the morning too; which looking back wasn't that bad...</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>My daughter who is days away from turning 2 decided to remove her dirty diaper, carry it upstairs to the bathroom to throw the poop in the toilet (her baby sitter does this) and flush, 'Bye-Bye poop!' Cute, nice, no major disaster there...I was in the shower. Sean came running up a few minutes later to tell me the whole story; I told him it was fine..."But, mom there's one poop still there!" He went to his room and wouldn't come out till I cleaned up the poop and then it was safe!</em><br /><em>I am a mother=I clean poop and puke.</em><br /><em>And I got 90's in math.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>I am a wife.</em><br /><em>I am very lucky. I married a loving, good, hardworking man. With a good sense of humour. Here's more advice for anyone who might actually read this: Choose a partner with a sense of humour. Life is full of too many disappointments and too much hard work not to be able to find the humour in it. I think that if you have a sense of humour you can see the lighter side of the "Life that happens when you're busy making plans."</em><br /><em></em><br />Wow. I had forgotten a lot of that story and I'm struck with how much has stayed the same and how much has changed. I've spent the past 2 days down here trying to gain some sense of control over my life because with parenting right now, I'm not feelin' it. But any frustration I'm feeling right now doesn't hardly compete with poop and puke...although now I'm dealing with Boxers and Bras! <br />Little people; little problems. Big people; big problems. <br />Really though, the problems aren't big at all; it's more about how I'm handling the 'discussions'. My avoidance method of choice? You guessed it...KNITTING!!!<br /><br />There's my post. A blast from the past. Maybe next time there'll be pictures.Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-36737486563711402011-04-11T16:00:00.007-04:002011-04-11T16:43:23.950-04:00Mondays! What's not to love?!***<em>Apparently we're back to having a post with one run on sentence after another with no paragraph breaks!! Sorry about that---I don't know why or how to make it look like the way I typed it, which is a post with paragraphs!***</em> Hey there! I had a wonderful weekend and now a great start to the week and by all accounts it's gonna be a busy one! I took my daughter to a dance competition in Barrie on the weekend and everybody did really well! It wasn't far away, so we were able to come home and relax before we were back at it. Most competitions are quite intense with basically too much estrogen floating around in a limited space, but we had plenty of space and not too many studios competing; so all in all, a nice quiet (in the loud tapping and pounding music kind of way) mother-daughter bonding time. Speaking of mother-daughter bonding...I have more Disney photos! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594420636552576434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyVfWV1I6p9UKPBwHtfV5Wpx8GV5o1cfkK_m_wJWykHStTZe_GVDLdNxY08fc3OzDZDrdHWV_b-87r5NyR6bHBZcWCTG0CBY9bAjEhYPA41XedwcVklZ326ljaNkywubmIon2lPZD5Fz0/s400/Disney+March+10-17%252C+2011+192.JPG" />Anybody remember Tinker Toys? Half the fun of going on the rides at Disney is waiting in the lines! We used the Fast Pass a few times, but honestly, you miss out on some really fun stuff if you avoid the lines. They're pretty smart down there at Disney. I loved the Toy Story movies and had a great time trying to see all the different elements they brought to the ride. Hollywood Studios was a really fun park; you get to pretend to be a kid and you feel like one too with all the giant sized toys! O.K. here's another Artsy-Fartsy photo and this one was taken at Epcot. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594420630377777074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz23E0nVNnbdUVXZa2QieAUDTdBNvvuEj10-uZsoN4knQG3d7nfDrt-EVFDBVQq9g3THbYiMoZpyv7oenDi35dbiuLFNNOgrsHymKyPE3oXDfZm3rXh5yB0UswuK1mTpmaDaRxJZ_0Hj0/s400/Disney+March+10-17%252C+2011+566.JPG" />I wanted to tell you why today was so nice. I got to have lunch with some of my knitting friends and then we went to visit one of our LYS. We rarely get to do this and it was just wonderful to get to spend more time with these wonderful ladies. We always laugh and support each other in all aspects of our lives and even though we've all promised over and over again to not let each other buy more yarn, because none of us (especially me) need more yarn. We just love and accept each other for our yarn buying weaknesses. I was the only one who fell...well, it wasn't really a fall...more like a trip, because I only bought a little...and it was on sale...and some roving for spinning... but I won't be going to the Frolic and from what I understood there will be some---not a lot, but some---stash enhancement there. We talked about getting together to work on our own Knit-along (separate from our usual knit night; not instead of!) Maybe we could work on some new skills or maybe..... Finish a UFO!! Now that would be something! Here's one last photo for today... <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594420625999162914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscHTLoh0xeRziVdMV1pGz9Vmmn2VGEv9OObNyR5cMfHw8o-O4kpWhKl_eUnTTxIzYtZbxfZip8eExTgNBO6ENpeEG5N1wSxIlpx5MIIOHD0xU0cZ23999n_xvxnk8okzq1HaHLifXkxA/s400/Disney+March+10-17%252C+2011+109.JPG" /> I call it, "Hippos Underwater". I've got lots to keep me busy over the next couple of weeks, but I'll try to keep the pictures coming and I hope that even when you're busy you'll find time to spend with your friends; honestly, there is nothing like it.Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-26697452006352882682011-04-08T10:38:00.003-04:002011-04-08T11:19:08.681-04:00And Two...O.K. Let's try TWO pictures! Our first full day in Florida (yes, I'm back-dating a little) during March...I got to use my new camera and take an 'artsy-fartsy' flower shot. I embarrassed my daughter (that's what a mother's for) by getting into some weird position to capture it, but it had been a long time since I had seen a flower growing in it's natural habitat and I wanted to see how the floral setting on my camera did. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593223226046769986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7E8EMf9OmYN95DBxuV73D94uszFvPj9kCgvJ2N6OAE1rqKwPumpvN5zQmlGF_h8nP6uFxoW_aVCR6aW1us8x_QT1uOoeFEYtXGLwiRnRDU8sMiGVP_CFCdJEbiB2THZeNbmdoIxSBILc/s400/Disney+March+10-17%252C+2011+104.JPG" />Pretty good, don't you think? There will be more I promise you that! We did things kind of backwards on our first day (learning the ropes and all) and had our picture taken by the Disney photographer on our way <em>out of </em>the Park. We're wearing our "First Visit" buttons, proudly! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593223215247813890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJS6XCWTFsLVj7OAFuN0oWiba0Me7hnpZdKmWzAQj0wrU1U_CWbC9mRZyddcfVpoqSTU4KYGNevPaUzP2E3jhuDdAuL87xB_HQgeCnTbAeVjIbLToawHhaecLXA5iP5xodXI9i1MpRZOE/s400/Disney+March+10-17%252C+2011+173.JPG" /> <br /><div>Animal Kingdom was the first official Park visit of our Disney Adventure. It was a wonderful introduction for what lay ahead for the rest of the holiday.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>FYI: In knitting news...I'm knitting fast and trying to be extra creative in my attempts to finish my Blue Sky Alpaca Cotton Cardigan, because I won't have enough yarn to finish it the way that the pattern calls for. I hope it fits and that I like it when it's done; wouldn't that just suck, if after all that it was and "--eh--" when I put it on? </div><br /><div>[I have just spent the last 1/2 hour, I guess, looking for a post that I'm sure I posted with a picture of the above mentioned cardigan in progress. I'm pretty sure I posted a picture, because I remember <a href="http://whatswanniettaknittingtoday.blogspot.com/">Wannietta</a> commenting on the nice colour. I can't find the post. What I did find however, are a lot of pictures of wool and yarn and projects at various points of completion and that many, sadly, remain in various states of completion.]</div>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-47906232558931190902011-04-03T13:46:00.004-04:002011-04-03T13:59:37.442-04:00Just OneYAY!! I uploaded one picture! This is my daughter and I enjoying dinner in <a href="http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/epcot/attractions/france-pavilion/">France!</a> I enjoyed a REAL glass of Champagne; you know Champagne from Champagne! <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591415919618002274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWescOx9tK2TQ8fY1eF9VoaXYT1_35t_nen5ZdqC-zFYJJE2tDEr4hu4Ee-SuA4qL6SiUs8GfwQUJLXa2X_6VvgH5QP5otEj135UqS92uLRMY2ymXkmSH2-0CzXuCTZtaREad9kEbZxjQ/s400/Disney+March+10-17%252C+2011+556.JPG" /> <br /><p>I also told you about 'just one' visit to 'just one' yarn shop...</p><br /><p>There was more than 'just one' ball of yarn came home with me. <a href="http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Rolling Eyes" src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_4.gif" /></a> </p><br /><p>As I said to <a href="http://www.pickupsticks.ca/">Connie</a>, "It was over as soon as I pulled in the driveway."</p><br /><p>Now, let's see if this makes it out into the blogisvere intact; fingers crossed! <a href="http://www.smileycentral.com/dl/index.jhtml?partner=ZSzeb097_&utm_id=7925" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp?pc=ZSzeb097&pp=" /></a></p>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159320296982480614.post-69085078113778751602011-04-02T10:36:00.004-04:002011-04-02T11:32:34.849-04:00Where To Begin?!?Let's begin with you imagining some lovely photos of my daughter and I at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. We must imagine them because in the last three times that I've tried to upload them to my blog they have disappeared. I'm not sure if it's because I'm working with a file with close to 600 photos in them or the fact that at some point in answering yes to a pop up about how to view photos and/or videos I'm in Quicktime and my Windows is not likely it. Does that make sense to any computer people out there? Speaking of Computer people and blogs and such. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear R., At the bottom of my blog entry you will read a little light coloured item that says (for example) 0 comments (it could read 1,2, or maybe even 3 comments, but let's, for argument's sake, say it says 0). Click on that item; you will be redirected to a small window with a box where you can write your comments. At the bottom of that screen you will be asked to preview or publish? Your call. I hope this helps and works and I look forward to hearing what you have to say. Love, Creativehands. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes, March came and went in a whirlwind of activity! I am taking this weekend to do as little as possible! There's always laundry; so laundry (somehow) doesn't count. Holidays and Dance Competitions are happy, fun and EXHAUSTING times. I've been knitting, but not finishing. I'm very conscious, right now, of just how much yarn and fabric I own, even after purging (somewhat) and buying considerably less than I have been known to. I was even recently in one of my favourite quilt shops and left EMPTY HANDED!! Yay me! Through circumstances beyond my control I will not be attending a number of yarn related celebrations, which usually lead to stash enhancement. (Although today, in my 'doing as little as possible' mode, I hope to get to <a href="http://www.pickupsticks.ca/">Pick Up Sticks </a>for their Yarn Tasting. I will do my best, however, to resist the temptation of new yarn.) It is difficult, as I'm sure most yarnies can attest to, because a yarn shop is a place that makes me happy. The people that sell yarn are some of the nicest people I know. If I want them to continue to be there for me they need my/our support; financial support. I have definitely done my fair share of support in the past, but is that enough? To look in my basement you would think yes, but can we know this for sure? I hope that during my self-imposed semi-hiatus from yarn shopping they understand and continue to grace us with all that is yarn and knitting related. O.K. crocheters too. Pretty wordy post huh? Disney was wonderful!! I can't wait to go back! The first dance competition went very well. My part-time job is turning into a bit more than what I signed on for; for awhile anyway. (And that's fine too!) The snow's gone so I can drive my Mini again!! Hehe!! Spring is giving us a taste of what's in store this weekend, with sun and 10C temperatures forecast. FINALLY!! YAY!! So maybe next time there will be photos. Hope so. Bye for now; enjoy your day by doing something that you love to do! <em>**Edited to add: If the content of this post is jumbled in one long run-on sentence, I'm sorry. Again, I tried and the computer and/or blogger did what it wanted.</em> <em>**R. The bottom of the blog may read </em>0 Comments <em>with </em>Post a Comment <em>underneath it (I've seen it both ways today--on my own blog--) click on </em>Post a Comment <em>if that's what you see.</em> <em>Love you!</em>Creativehandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05708591161906795516noreply@blogger.com1