Thursday, November 30, 2006

Open House at Gaspereau Valley Fibres Anyone?

Any of you Halifax area knitters planning on heading down to Gaspereau Valley Fibres for their Christmas Open house this Saturday? I beleive it's from 1pm to 4pm.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Branching Out Scarf


Branching Out Scarf, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

Yet another scarf! This is the branching out scarf from knitty.com. It's a great pattern, not too difficult, but with really nice results. I used Patons Grace, a mercenized cotton.

My first hat


Hat, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

My first attempt at knitting a hat. The pattern is from last minute knitted gifts and I used Patons SWS, which is very soft. I could not seem to find a 40cm size 9 circular in this crazy city so I used a 10 and made a smaller size. It's still a little big on me, but hopefully it will fit the recipient, ( and lets hope he doesn't read my blog!)

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Fours

Four jobs I’ve had:

* Marine Electronics Technologist
* Medical Equipment Technologist
* Costumer service specialist at Walmart
* Hostess at East Side Marios

Four movies I can watch over and over:

* the Phantom of the Opera
* Star Wars
* the First Matrix
* Garden State

Four places I have lived:

* Halifax
* Moncton
* Fredericton
* Geary

Four television shows I love to watch:

* Grey's Anatomy
* ER
* Scrubs
* Family Guy

Four places I have been on vacation:

* Boston
* Ottawa
* Quebec City
* New Hampshire

Four of my favorite dishes:

* Lasagna
* Spaghetti
* Pizza
* Souvlaki

Four websites I visit daily:

* hotmail.com
* flickr.com
* DFO intranet
* TDCanada Trust


Four places I would rather be right now:

* In Bed
* At Sea
* At my parents house
* Second Cup

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Wavy Scarf


Wavy Scarf
Originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

I finally finished the Wavy scarf from Knitty.com. It's just cheap old Red Heart acrylic yarn, but it's still pretty soft and came out ok. You can't see it in this picture but there is a HUGE error in this scarf. Part way through I dropped the stitched off my needle. I managed to get them all back on again, but stated knitting in the opposite direction, so one of the waves is way too long. Maybe nobody will notice?

Lacy scarf


Lacy scarf
Originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

Another scarf finished! I knit this completely at sea on the Hudson which makes it kinda special I think. Perhaps it should be the Sea Scarf? The pattern is from Louet sales and the yarn in Needful Trillium (a blend of linen and viscose). The yarn is beautiful and soft and hangs just right. I'm not sure weather to give this one as a christmas gift or be greedy and keep it for myself!