Even after my recent Fleece Artist project fiasco, where my Garter Stitch Jacket reacted to blocking with steroid-like growth, it is my favourite yarn company. I have made their narrow fringed scarf and the Garter Stitch jacket, and am starting another Kid Silk multidirectional scarf. My stash includes their Triangle shawl kit. Most of their…

No knitting, just Gracee learning to knit in her sleep through osmosis:

I was listening to a dog behaviour expert on national radio. He was explaining that humans have to respect the animal’s doginess and give them opportunities to indulge in the purpose for which they were bred. Greyhounds need to run, retrievers need to fetch, shepherds need to herd. Scotties were bred to kill rodents and…

So, eldest daughter is here for five days and we’re talking…You think when you are raising kids and you are in the same house you have a pretty good idea what’s going on. You think you provide those little guys enough supervision until thirteen years later you hear that that when Bryant was twoish, the…

So, it’s the end of the s-i-l knitting adventure. I can safely say that Ellen now knows how to knit. Here’s proof – she’s knitting Plume in a colour we’ve nicknamed Gracee since it is a perfect match for the dog. I admit I knitted one scarf for her while she was here. The Colinette…

I have searched  and can’t find the two yarns below anywhere but Korea and Hong Kong. They must be sold under a different name in North America. Can’t wait to get back to Alpha and stock up.

Part three of the great S-i-l knitting caper. On their last full day in BC we decided to check out Felicia’s recommendations of Daiso at Richmond BC’s Aberdeen Mall (for $2 bamboo knitting needles) and Alpha crafts at Yoahan Centre. Thank you, Felicia! Alpha had yarn I had never seen before and that is always…

What’s wrong with this picture?This is Ellen’s stash. It is about the size of mine and I’ve been knitting for 40 years more or less. She developed good taste in yarn rather quickly. I wanted to take the s-i-l’s sight seeing despite the grey British Columbian day. So, off to Fort Langley  we went  (the…

Some of you might remember those lyrics. What were the words immediately preceding "Must be the season of the witch?" Give up? "You’ve got to pick up every stitch." Very appropriate for last night’s s-i-l knitting party. Since we live 1700 miles apart, nights like this are to be appreciated. From 5:00 to 1:00a.m. we…

What is with this Typepad wanting to underline and change my formatting this morning? Excuse the mess. We’ve received the end of year statements from our variety of small retirement accounts. Each year we get closer we panic that there won’t be enough. I hear Chuck say "We could always bump off the kids." Shocked…