By popular demand...

Okay, okay. Here it is. If you do decide to break in to pet the yarn, could you at least tidy up or leave some baking?

Fleece Artist Sea Wool in Moss.


Hand Maiden Casbah Sock in ? I wish they printed the colour way names on the tags.

Penelope, a pencil skirt kit in Hand Maiden Ottawa. I have always wondered what a knitted skirt would be like.

And the pèice de résistance, Hand Maiden Swiss Mountain Silk (silk and cashmere) in Midnight. Two skeins!!! I think I am going to sleep with them tonight.

New place to knit

IMG_0054, originally uploaded by leclerc_jk.

I took this lovely sunny day off from work to await the arrival of my new sofa. They were scheduled to come sometime this morning which meant I was house bound until they showed up. Lucky for me they came around 9. It is a Simmons Hide-a-bed with a chaise at one end. That end will probably be worn out within a month from excessive knitting. It's kind of big for my apartment, which explains why I am standing behind my TV to take this shot.

After that was all set up, I headed over to the sale at Tangled Skeins. I had a gift certificate that I saved just for this, so I came home with some nice stuff. Stuff so nice, I don't even want to talk about it for fear that I will come home from vacation next week to find that my lock has been picked by a small DPN and that my stash has mysteriously disappeared.

Yes, I just said vacation. Saturday I am flying out to visit my sister, niece, Winston and brother-in-law. I will also get to spend some time with an old friend from tech school while I'm there too.

But, they followed me home...

This morning I woke up around 9 ish and decided to head to the local farmers market to pick up a couple groceries. As anybody in the city knows, if you don't get there before 10 you might as well just not go unless you enjoy December 23rd type mall crowds. As is usually the case, my Saturday morning excursion downtown ends with me buying anything but groceries. (I normally just buy booze)

Specimen number 1. Tanis Fbre Arts hand dyed fingering weight wool from the loop. Everybody else is doing it.



Specimen number 2
Malabrigo Silky Wool from Tangled Skeins. It whispered to me "take me home". Actually, it was more of a shout.



Proof that yarn acquisition is not in vain- a partial FO for your viewing pleasure. Sock number one of the Waving Lace sock in TOFUtsies is fini. Disregard that unweaved in end.


I've been working on some top secret stuff that I can't share with you right now which explains my seemingly slow knitting progress, but all will be revealed in good time.

My new sofa is coming on Thursday. I think a sofa warming party is in order.

Silky Yarny Shawl

Hand Maiden Bias shawl in Rumple.  I believe the colourway is called Midnight Treasures.
This knitted up very quickly and because of the larger needle size was not hard on my wrist which has been finicky as of late.  Unfortunately, I didn't finish it in time to wear to see Leonard Cohen and therefor did not get asked to run away with him.  Maybe next time!

Escort Service

Do you need a date for your next black tie function? Somebody who likes to cuddle, go for walks and steal Arrowroot cookies from babies?



Winston has started his own escort service! You can keep him on a tight leash all evening, however, you will have to pick him up. He loves to ride in the car.

Be warned though, he will get rather sulky if he catches you petting somebody else.