Yarn Sale

Something wierd is going on with Blogger and there is a strange random link that I can't get rid of...Just ignore it I guess.

I, of course, had to stop by Tangled Skiens for their 20% off sale yesterday. I managed to restrain myself and only came away with two skiens of Malabrigo and two skiens of Art yarns.

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Steph also showed me this cute bootie pattern while I was there which was great because I had been looking for the perfect bootie pattern. You can find it at www.saartjeknits.nl in her free patterns section .

Weekend in Quebec

I somewhat spontaneously decided to put some miles on the car and go to Québec with my father this past weekend to visit some family (my dad grew up in Québec). It was mostly spent visiting said family but I did have a couple hours to spend in Old Québec. I tried to practice my french while I was there and found I did pretty good in the city. One girl in a shoe store didn't even realize that I wasn't from there, which I find surprising since my accent is horrible. But out in Saint Raymond where my Grandmamman lives I went to a restaurant and the waitress couldn't understand me when I ordered a glass of water (une verre d'eau). All in all, the Québecois population are not nearly as snooty as people say they are, but there are always a few...


Here is a cute little street there. I love all the little shops and cafés, it looks so European.



And this is my new car!!! Haha, no, I saw it parked on the street there and had to take a picture. It's a Lamborgini. I wonder if the owner of this car is single?



And of course, the beautiful Chateau Frontenac.


And now I am back home completely sick of driving... for now.

On the road again...

This weekend I'm going on a rather last minute trip to Quebec city with my dad. I have some relatives there whom I haven't seen since I was in highschool so I think it's about time I go back to visit. I'm starting to wonder why I ever bother unpacking in the first place, as I seem to be repacking shortly thereafter. Ah well, it's nice to have so few responsibilities that I can do these sorts of things.

On tuesday I finally remembered to bring my camera to KOL, and even more impressive, I remembered to use it!

This is newest KOL member, and the cutest!

Song Game (aka-wasting time on my coffee break)

Song Game, Stolen from Frozen Extremeties facebook...
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1. Open your preferred music player.
2. Randomize playback
3. For each track, enter the song info as the answer.
4. Post it on your Facebook. (Or Blog!)
5. Don't cheat, it's way more fun!

Opening Credits:
Narc-Interpol

Waking up:
Mine's not a high horse - the Shins

First Day at High School:
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead

Falling In Love:
If you were here - the Thompson Twins

Fight Song:
Brisbee Blue - Calexico

Breaking Up:
Give me one reason - Tracy Chapman

Prom:
Tower of song - Martha Wainright

Life:
Shine a light – Wolf Parade

Mental Breakdown:
I want to know - the Mavericks

Driving:
You take my breath away - Sara Brightman

Flashback:
Oceano – Josh Groban

Getting Back Together:
Next Exit -Interpol

Wedding:
Warning Sign – Coldplay (I don't think that playing a song called Warning Sign at a wedding would be very good luck!)

Birth of Child:
the New Year - Death cab for Cutie

Final Battle:
the Police and the Private - Metric

Death Scene:
i hear noises - tegan and sara

Funeral Song:
Just for now - Jill Barber

End Credits:
All I wanna do is make love to you -Heart

(Morning had broken by Cat Stevens came next... that would have been a perfect waking up song!)

Sock it to me...

Another finished pair of socks! These are Fleece Artist Merino socks. I based them on the fleece artist sock pattern but I had to invent an Extra Small size and I decided to do ribbing all the way down. This yarn is sooo soft and the colour reminds me of goldfish. I thoroughly enjoyed knitting these ones.



I also started a side project as I was getting board with the baby blanket. I had this Cascade fixation that I picked up in the half price bin at Tangled Skeins and I had cast on Hedera, but it wasn't going well so I frogged it and cast on Broadripple instead.



My knitting ADD is getting the best of me. I still haven't seamed the baby sweater that I knit back in January (I dislike seaming) and I have one purple bootie awaiting a mate, but I have until August to get this stuff done and in the mail before I go to sea. Oh yes, and I promised to knit a hat for a charming cadet I met in the campus bar at the coast guard college. Some people drink and say stupid things, I drink and offer to knit things for people.

Mending my bad knitting ways...

I finally made it back to KOL this week after being away for a while and met a few new knitters (new to me knitters anyway). After a while one of them asked if I was twisting my stitches in my stockinet. I wasn't doing it on purpose, and after closer inspection we figured out that I twist my purl stitches and I have been doing it all along. It turns out that I taught myself to purl incorrectly. It's too late to change it on the baby blanket and I am not about to start that one over so I guess I will have to live with the twisted stockinet.

Mrs. Yes brought her beautiful new munchkin as well. I held him. He cried. I guess the maternal instincts have not kicked in yet, which is ok considering that the only living thing in my care is a cactus and I don't think that will change in the near future. Besides, I will get to practice not making babies cry on my little neice when she arrives.

I am looking for a good manly hat pattern. I think I'd like to use Manos for it. Any good ideas?

Gyro Standard 20 Course May 2007

I have never been on a technical course where they felt the need to take a class picture, but they did, so here it is. Also notice that there is actually another woman in my class, not very common. The really interesting thing is that the instructor on the right is actually from the same little community in NB that I am from. He used to live down the road from my parents, and I've met his daughter and everything. What a small world.

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If you are my unborn niece, please look away or the surprise will be ruined! Also, I hope you are infact a girl or this blanket will not be very appropriate.

I found the pattern here http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2005/07/29/welcome.html and I am using Butterfly Super 10 Cotton. My sister is not a fan of wool because it is itchy, so I decided on cotton instead. I started it last week while I was on course at the coast guard college in Sydney. The course was really good and seeing all those cadets in uniform everyday wasn't half bad either. Sorry, i have no pictures of them!