MondayLunchCrew

This is so addictive and fun.[via]

Seriously got nothing to show or really to blog about since I’ve been crazy busy. However,Flour is entertaining as always. Here’s a recent one of her looking fuzzy. Click for a bigger photo.

Everything seems to be in progress around here. Knitting projects, xs projects, other projects. Got just about nothing yet to show for it. But I’ll show you this… it’s not done, but is ‘done’ as a single. It just need its mate. But that will have to wait … Just might be the prettiest sock [...]

We spent the afternoon at the One of a Kind Show. It was the first time I’ve been and I had a fun time. We got some Xmas gifts and picked some some food items which I’m looking forward to trying. Some great pieces were fantastic but out of my price range… and then some [...]

knittyBlog: The 2008 Honorable Mention gallery is up! The photo I sent of little Flour and Clapotis got an honourable mention. That makes me pretty happy. One day… And yes, I’m purposely not linking to it so you can scroll through the photos and see all the great shots And the winners of course, can [...]

One of the Japanese magazine/books I got recently was Keito Dama 2007 #134. So many photos of crochet projects that makes one really want to take up crochet and lose 30 pounds. But seriously, I’m not likely to crochet anytime soon with proficiency to make any of the designs and losing 30 pounds would be [...]

Pattern: Shedir by Jenna Wilson, a Knitty surprise from Fall 2004 Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted in Cherry Delight* Needles: US 3 Bamboo Clover, US 3 dpns (3.25mm) Date Started: October 2, 2007 Date Finished: November 11, 2007 Modifications: I made it with slightly thicker yarn than I should have. The gauge was off, [...]

Pattern: On Your Toes Socks by Ann Budd Yarn: Supersocke 100 Tropic Color 81 by Online Needles: US 1, US 2, US 2.5 dpns. Date Started: July 6, 2007 Date Finished: November 11, 2007 Modifications: I didn’t do any of the sizing up, I just increased the needle size. Will I make it again? Yes, [...]

Really, necessity is a great motivator. I started and ripped Urchin. It just didn’t look right for the yarn and needles I had. So, I tried again, with Odessa. It’s a pattern I wanted to make a while ago, but forgot totally about until a recent search on ravelry for a suitable hat pattern. This [...]

Ladurée pour SEPHORA My sister told me a couple of days ago that she saw Ladurée lipbalms at Sephora. I didn’t really know what she was talking about, but I managed to dream all night about my imagined Lipbalms. Today, I went into the store myself to check it out: and came home to do [...]

Let’s take a closer look at Let’s Knit #12. The pages from the book put out by the publisher. (Check out Page 5, which is a lovely cardigan.) There is a KAL for the series of books which one day I may join if I ever manage to get going on knitting something from the [...]

It’s getting cold in Canada. (No surprise there.) I need a hat, and maybe a pair of gloves or mittens. Instead of most people who head to the mall, I head into the pattern books. I spend hours on ravelry looking for patterns. I dig through my stash looking for yarn. I try to see [...]

The Needlearts Book shop hosted Maureen Mason-Jamieson teaching the Japanese Knitting Techniques workshop today. It was strange to wake up and had to be somewhere for a 9-5* scenario, especially on a Saturday since I don’t do a commute on a day to day. I cannot say enough good things about Marsha’s shop (online only) [...]

Okay, So, it’s been days since I got back on my holiday weekend. It was loads of fun. But I’m quite jet-lagged still. I did however, get the photos done and click on the photo below to see more of the photoset on flickr. And I did start the Anniversary Socks By Nancy Bush on [...]