I must be mad. On Ravelry I’ve signed up for Ravelympics 2008 so I’ll be casting on during the opening ceremonies and casting off by the closing ceremonies. I’m doing 2 events for 2 different teams with a possible 3rd event through in case I don’t go insane.
For Team A M Knitters Guild I will [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 26, 2008
Ravelympics 2008
July 23, 2008
(Young) Men and Socks on the train
I was knitting on the train last night and had a lot of interest from two teenagers sitting near me as I knit my most recent Sock Club sock. I don’t know if they were bored or not, but they came up with a lot of relevent questions – How do you do the heel, [...]
July 16, 2008
Aching all over…
Who would have though gardening was so painful? I spent the day on a team build up at Stanmer Park pulling weeds and I am sore today – even my knuckles hurt. It probably wasn’t helped by having a hike with the Brownies in the evening in the woods there though. I had a great time [...]
July 14, 2008
Question of the Week 5 (and grafting woes)
Well here is my Secret Pal Question of the Week for this week.
1) Where is your favorite place to go for vacation/holiday? I like having things to do, but nothing too frantic. I don’t really know where would be my favourite? I like having friends and family to visit. The trip to the Alps recently [...]
July 8, 2008
I have Mail!!! And Pictures
Hooray – I got my first Secret pal parcel today. Fantastic yarn, beautiful soap, a sample size of Eucalan (I’ve wanted to try this for a while now) and a fantastic knitting gauge so I can stop guessing what size all my needles under 2mm actually are. Thank You Woolgirl… unless that was just to [...]
July 6, 2008
The Alps 2008
Just a quick summary – sorry its so wordy. I’m sure I probably have some of the river names wrong so I’ll fix them when the trip report comes out on the club website. You can see some of my photos from the trip there when it is updated in the next few days. You [...]
July 1, 2008
Happy Canada Day
It’s not a holiday here, but Happy Canada Day to all the Canadians both at Home and all the Ex Pat Canadians as well. Long Live thedream.
July 1, 2008
Knitting and Secret Pal updates
Since I’ve been away for a while I’d better work out what I’ve been doing….
Almost Done
Mosaic Socks – just need to graft both toes
In Progress
Rock and Weave Socks – Up to the toe on one and up to the heel on the other
Hap Shawl – Slowly moving through this one – still on the border
Petal [...]
