Proof.

Proof that I have been knitting. I haven't been posting a whole lot lately.

This is the humble beginning of the Dovetail Pullover from the latest issue of Interweave. I had bought this Cascade 220 superwash for another project but it wasn't working out so it has been retasked. I have very little cable experience but so far all is going well.





I have been working on this one a while now. It's the Cleopatra Wrap from Sensual Knits in Alpaca Cloud. Whenever I work on it I can't help thinking that it would be a nice "something blue". Maybe if I pack it away for 20 years it will get it's chance.

Spring is around the bend?

It better be because I have started my spring cleaning. Today I dropped off three bags and a box of stuff to the Salvation Army, and I organized my stash and knitting area (my whole living room). Maybe it is not so much spring cleaning as "my boyfriend is away for the next month and I need something productive to do besides sulk cleaning", but that name is just too long.

I also took a drive out to Tantallon to go to the Basket of Yarn and check it out. I saw on the website that she is doing a Fair Isle class which I have been waiting to learn so I signed up. I have already done my homework. It's a nice little shop and she has a couple things that I have not seen in town, like a good selection of Briggs and Little, laceweight Malabrigo (beautiful!!) and some hand dyed from Chile that I forget the name of. There was also a cat sleeping in a basket.

I finished and photographed my Colinette Jitterbug socks. I have heard that this yarn bleeds very bad when washed. I have not washed or worn them yet, so we shall see how they hold up.


Just as I am writing this my smoke detector goes off because I burnt the pizza I had in the oven. Maybe I should be taking a cooking class too.

The Great Hair Donate of 2008

Before...

The big cut...

After...

I now have 10 inches of hair to donate. Also I am going to see Leonard Cohen in May!!!

Gaspereau Loot

This Saturday I made my first visit to Gaspereau Valley Fibres and found some treasures. I got three skeins of alpaca lace weight that I plan to do the Bleeding Heart Stole from the latest interweave knits. The pattern you see is a shawl pattern for the two skeins of Bison/bamboo from fibre-isle. I also bought my first Addi Turbo! I just started doing some sample knitting for a local designer and she lent me addi turbos for the job. Now I understand what all the fuss is about!



This little shawl pin was too cute to leave behind. It's a tiny little knitting needle!

Spring is here!

Spring Knitty is here. Spring weather comes and goes here on the East coast. I predict a honey comb and yosemite will be in my future.

This weekend I am planning on going to Gaspereau Valley Fibres for the first time ever. I know some of you had a negative experience there, but I have to go see for myself. I'm hoping to stop by the Grand Pre winery while I'm in the neighborhood too, so if any body would like me to pick up some yarn and vino (I highly recommend L'Acadie Blanc) for them let me know. (Applies only to people who know me in real life)

I have been a delinquent blogger or late. It's not that I have not been knitting though, I have just not been photographing. Also, I got a new RPG for the PS2 that has me hooked.

When I go home for easter my cousin is going to cut a 11 or 12 inches of my hair off. Yikes! I am enjoying my last few days with it before it gets a new home in a wig for somebody undergoing chimo. I've been talking about doing this for a while. It's the only reason I have let my hair grow so long, and I am shocked at the amount of people who do NOT say "Wow, that's a really great thing to do". Instead, I here more "Why would you cut your hair?!?" Stay tuned...