tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36577146918104233212012-02-14T18:09:55.717-07:00Ramblings about my life as a Mom and Knitter.Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.comBlogger1521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-68617776663394886202012-02-14T18:09:00.001-07:002012-02-14T18:09:55.730-07:00

It was rough, but I am done! Every negative in my house is scanned, sorted, dated and edited and TOSSED (there is no going back.. negatives and photos are Gonzo! Kaput! In the Great Photo Album in the Sky! Garbage City! Houdini-ed out of the house! You get my drift....)! Total number of negatives organized: approx. 5,000. Total negatives kept: roughly 4,000. Number of marbles left in brain... two

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I think I might have a problem. I am afraid to delete ANYTHING off my computer. The permanency of the electronic delete scares me....I have "accidentally" deleted the contents of an entire hard drive in the past and only my backup saved me from running through the streets crying and pulling out my hair. As a result of this fear,  I have managed to amass a rather frighteningly large collection of

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Oopsy. It's been over three weeks since my last post and I'm not exactly certain where the time has gone. I haven't been particularly busy.... I don't think.  Perhaps just a little post Holiday let-down. I have been doing a little spinning since Christmas. I joined a new spinning group on Ravelry that has jump started my spinning mojo (it has also jump started a bit of a fibre buying spree, but

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It's the day after. Christmas was wonderful. The kids were awesome. They were appreciative of everything and their joy and graciousness when opening their gifts made me proud and sad.... I'm not sure how many years of the "magic" we have left.  The house is now a total disaster area, but I am determined to take a day off (as much as I can, I do need to do laundry, change sheets, organize garbage.

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It's just over a week until Christmas and I thought I'd share my progress. I must say, I'm looking good. Shopping is done (just waiting for one last thing to arrive in the mail... I hope it shows!), presents are wrapped and the house is fully decorated (except for the lego house that Eli needs to finish.... we started a new tradition this year of collecting Christmas Lego for our Decorating). I

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Everywhere I go... in my house, anyway. I tend to decorate similarly every year, so I won't share photos of the entire house, but here are a few of my main living area (which is also my favourite room until the tree goes up this weekend). I've added a few knitted creations this year. My knitted Carolers (of course! and no Barbora, I am NOT giving them to you for Christmas, you'll have to

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Completing and listing the pattern for Lady Beatrice added fuel to the fire of my enthusiasm and I was able to knit Lord Bertram over the weekend. Lord Bertram is the second of the series of carolers that I am planning to design and publish on Ravelry. He is the perfect gentleman chaperone to Lady Beatrice and the pair of them will be wonderful addition to any Christmas Decorating. Introducing

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Lady Beatrice is the first of a series of Christmas Decorations that I am planning. She is approx. 45.7 cm tall (18") and 15.25 cm (6") wide. I was inspired by an awesome paper mache (they could be wood, I haven't seen them in a while) set of Carolers that my Dad and Caren own as part of their Christmas Decorations. I have planned to make these for a while and even did the initial planning and

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I did it! I finally managed to knit my hubby a sweater..... Unfortunately, as a welder who is required to wear FR (Fire Retardant) clothing, he wants to wear it to work as wool is considered an FR material.  I suppose as long as he doesn't think he's opening an FR knitting sweat shop, I'll live..... The sweater is knit with Cascade Eco+ in a dark green. It was knit top down with some ribbing to

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I thought I'd do a quick Hallowe'en pictorial.... It was a lot of fun! A large percentage of kids were too afraid to come up onto our deck this year (it's not scary, but they don't know that.... there is fog and a strobe light and the whole porch is blacked out..... suspense, but not terror is our theme).          Dropping spider Spooky Owl with eyes that light up  Yoshi and Link..

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I.AM.DONE! Both kids costumes are now complete and if you thought Chey's was cool...... you are going to absolutely love Eli's.... OK, maybe that's just me (my nerd side runs strong this time of year), but I am so stinkin' proud of this costume I could, literally, run up and down the street yelling about it at the top of my lungs (I'll just bash you guys over the head with it instead). On the

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Must be the start of Hallowe'en decorating! I've nearly finished both kids' costumes (Chey's is complete, you saw that a couple of days ago). Eli's still needs a few finishing details and I hope to post about that in a few days, but thought I'd share the other Hallowe'en preparations. We plan to do a "Haunted Porch" again this year, but that won't be put up until next weekend (Wind and black

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For some reason that I still cannot comprehend, I've decided to make BOTH kid's costumes this year. The kids were very decisive about their costume choices and neither chose a costume that is readily available this year (Chey's choice was available a few years ago, but I couldn't stomach the Ebay costs for a cheap Yoshi costume that is now collectible because it is no longer available).  I do a

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The weather in Calgary has been exceptional this fall, the summer heat extending right up to the end of September. We even made it to the beach a few times.  So I did what any sane knitter would do.... I knit a pair of lined, fair-isle mittens which according to Murphy's Law, I will now not need until January...... The pattern is from a Norwegian pattern book called Selbustrikk (link to Nordic

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Wow... I've been a posting fiend that last few days..... but I FINALLY got this pattern finished and uploaded on Ravelry today and I thought I'd share. So without further ado: The Silly Frilly Skirt in two sizes 4-6 and 6-8 You can buy for $3 USD it on Ravelry HERE or:

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It's been a while since I posted about the house where ADHD lives and I thought I'd share some of the current struggles (and successes?) Eli is off his meds. We had really good success with medication early on. If you've been reading this blog since the beginning, you'll recall that he was diagnosed with ADHD and giftedness (ask me which one causes more trouble... you'd be surprised what the

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My latest project is finished. A simple top-down, raglan, v-neck sweater knit with my own handspun which was spun over a period of about 6 months. I posted a bit about it HERE. I originally thought it was about a sport weight yarn, but it ended up being 10 WPI (wraps per inch) which is between a worsted and a DK. I think I'll wear this a lot.... although, I can't decide if I want it a

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My MIL (Mother-in-Law) recently downsized her home to a beautiful new townhouse.  Dale and I went (along with my Mom and her husband) to help her move. Of course, in the time honoured tradition of moving.... we managed to collect a few of her possessions... a garden fountain, some plants, a set of china, a secretary desk that Dale made in High School and a chair that had seen more fashionable

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This years BTSS (Back to School Sweater) for Eli was a challenge. Not because it was difficult to knit, but because I didn't know WHAT to knit. Eli's goal in life, when it comes to his clothing, is to disappear. He wears, what I like to call his "uniform." This involves jeans, a t-shirt (long or short sleeved) and a hoodie (preferably a dark colour... blue, black or grey).  He wears the same

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Success! Our goal was to camp at least once this summer and after our last attempt failed, we were more determined than ever. To improve our chances, we decided to camp mid-week (I know, I know.... we could book a campsite and be guaranteed a site, but many of the campsites that we want to visit are first come, first served. Also, Dale's schedule is erratic at best... so we have to do all of our

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Last weekend Dale, Chey and I (Eli has been spending the past three weeks with Opa and Cary on Seawind V, cruising from Juneau, Alaska to Bella Bella, BC) decided to go on our first camping trip in two years. We had originally planned to leave on Saturday for one night at the upper campground at Kananaskis Lakes, but Dale arrived home early on Friday and we decided to pack up and go....... We

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-17648994991645403822011-08-10T16:56:00.000-06:002011-08-10T16:56:45.797-06:00

It's that time of year again... time for me to set aside my selfish inclinations for hand knit items and knit for someone else..... ........my children. I started the tradition in 2008 (Eli's Grade 2 year) with This sweater for Eli,  followed by sweaters in  2009 and 2010. I also started Chey's BTSS tradition last year. This year the whole BTSS (That's BACK TO SCHOOL SWEATER) kind of snuck

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-90618361913905313952011-08-06T08:12:00.000-06:002011-08-06T08:12:44.932-06:00

My evil plans have ensnared a new victim.... a sweet and innocent young thing who has no idea what she's in store for...... Of course, my last such victim has only ever knit himself a hat and no more, but I have great hopes for this one....... She refused to learn until she was 6 (or almost.. she turns 6 in a month) because that's when Eli learned, so that must be the correct age...

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My 11 year old nephew has been visiting for the past couple of weeks. We've stayed pretty busy, although the first week was taken up with Eli's Robot Camp (he made a solar powered dragonfly... so cool!). We've also had quite a lot of rain, which meant that several planned activities, including a trip into the Rockies had to be cancelled. We did manage several days at the beach... A

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Once, long ago.... in late October to be exact.... there was a humble, but lovely, ball of silk, lace-weight yarn. This yarn was destined to be something grand (it had been purchased on a trip to Vancouver Island), something wonderful, something knit while on a journey to the exotic country of Egypt. A pattern was chosen. It was perfect. A beautiful shawl called Nefertiti. Very apropos, given the

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It's been a while since I last posted about knitting (and even longer since a post about spinning!) so I thought I'd show you a few things that I've finished since then. My last knitting post was about a design/knitting failure. I did finish the revised top and like it much better. It is comfy, but not super flattering for my shape.... definitely needs a more bodacious bust than I was granted in

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I haven't been in much of a blogging mood lately. Sometimes, I think of something that I think is witty and write it down, sometimes I have a finished project to write about and sometimes..... even if I have one or both of the above, I just don't feel like it.... the past few weeks have been the latter. I have finished a few knitting projects, including a couple of original designs, but I haven't

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-68116117290190336822011-06-25T19:40:00.000-06:002011-06-25T19:40:52.054-06:00

Today was Eli's third piano recital. He was much less nervous than he has been in the previous two and played quite well.... I might be biased, but I'd have to say he was in the top 5 of the 30 students that played in his portion of the recital (there were 4 shows today... each 2 hours long) And here he is... playing Bach's Minuet.... (well, a portion of it anyway)... It was also Chey's

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-22128961742697148852011-05-31T10:40:00.000-06:002011-05-31T10:40:53.087-06:00

I had an idea.... I thought it was a great idea even though various gauge swatches told me it wouldn't work....  I ignored my intuition and the, rather, solid evidence of my swatches and cast on, deciding that "you never know" ..... The idea was to have some ruched panels around the bottom of a tee and then have wide open short sleeves (sort of a cross between a Dolman sleeve and a Batwing) and

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-64949399856444529952011-05-16T09:18:00.000-06:002011-05-16T09:18:37.482-06:00

I recently found the perfect summer dress for Chey. It was perfect because, not only did I think it was beautiful..... but so did Chey... which is rare, indeed..... The only real problem was that it was a spaghetti strap dress. At the time I was knitting myself a cardigan and thought that the yarn would be awesome with the dress. When the cardigan only used 2 of the 3 skeins of yarn in my stash,

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-33715241106022032212011-05-11T10:27:00.000-06:002011-05-11T10:27:40.288-06:00

About a week ago... a new yarn store opened in Calgary, called The Loop. The news of a new LYS was greeted with exuberant anticipation. Of course, this meant YARN CRAWL..... my local small group of knitters organized a trip on the opening day and at the last minute, I was able to go..... While we were there, enjoying all kinds of fibre goodies, we saw a ribbon yarn called Rizos, by Katia. I'm not

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-9066984369537898002011-05-09T17:10:00.001-06:002011-05-09T17:10:06.370-06:00

Happy (one day late) Mother's Day to all the Mommy's out there! For Mother's Day this year, I asked Dale to build me a nice raised garden bed to grow some veggies with the kids. While he ran out for supplies, the kids and I started to work. I started digging up the sod and put the kids on "worm saving patrol" Of course, after all that hard work, we needed to have some cookies Dale did

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It's May 1st and the snow is finally almost gone from my backyard..... a few crocuses are blooming and it reached a high of 16C today. There were even a few of the neighbourhood children in bathing suits having water-fights in their backyards.... Only in Canada.....  With the weather behaving so nicely.... it seemed like an absolutely perfect day to .......... go SKIING!!!!!! And so we

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Easter at our house is a bit of a to-do. The Easter Bunny likes to do a scavenger hunt so that the kids can find their Easter Baskets. He/She does a photo scavenger hunt for non-readers and a clue scavenger hunt for older children. This year's clues included things like: "It’s Easter Time again, my Dear So read these clues so they are clear The first clue leads to a kind of weird place It has a

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At the end of 2010, a group of knitters on Ravelry (knitters that live at my end of the city) decided to do a stash-busting challenge. The goal of this challenge was to knit mainly from stash and finish those WIPs (works-in-progress) languishing in closets, baskets and bags. Several members of the group joined the challenge, but rather than join myself,  I offered to organize prizes and moderate

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-37180022909470112952011-03-28T17:25:00.001-06:002011-03-28T17:26:42.676-06:00

Perhaps in our case it should be called "getting-closer-to-the-end-of-winter break" because spring seems a looonnnggg way off yet.... After my last post about tempting Murphy with my rubber boots, he indeed gave me the bird and demanded that it snow..... it wasn't a blizzard, exactly, but it snowed (slushed is more like) for 5 days straight... bastard! In order to prove that he couldn't scare me

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-1622446030911965762011-03-18T11:48:00.000-06:002011-03-18T11:48:30.657-06:00

In order to celebrate the arrival of Spring (or at least spring-like weather, Spring doesn't officially arrive until Sunday), I purchased myself a new pair of rubber boots..... This should ensure that Calgary will be hit by a blizzard, the likes of which has not been seen in a hundred years....... Perhaps I should cast on for some uber-warm mittens to even out Murphy and his law??? I also

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-575842612959334572011-02-18T14:23:00.000-07:002011-02-18T14:23:05.804-07:00

On Tuesday last week, I woke up to a severe pain in my hip. I couldn't walk, I couldn't sit, I had to ask Eli to put on my socks...... I drew the line at asking him to help me get my undies on ..... THAT was half hilarious, half tear inducing. I had to throw them on the ground and try to scoop them up with my disabled leg and then carefully, reach down to my limit for pain to pull them on. Going

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Eli has been working on his own song. He wrote the music and lyrics a couple of weeks ago and his piano teacher filmed it yesterday. It's about our dogs (although you can't really hear him singing, you get the idea).... Maybe not the next Beiber though.... it sounds a bit more like a jingle.... Introducing, an original composition by Eli: "Kikx and Jade"

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-88665171629246204462011-02-08T16:14:00.000-07:002011-02-08T16:14:54.581-07:00

I finally sat down and wrote out a pattern for the combined hat/mitten/scarf set that I made for Elizabeth for Christmas and then for Chey. The prototype was for Elizabeth.... it looked like this. The hood buttoned under the chin, which works great for older kids, but little kids have a hard time with buttons...... I then made a few changes.... a larger hood and a cowl-type attachment to

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-27192636637501837142011-02-07T20:57:00.000-07:002011-02-07T20:57:12.954-07:00

and I can feel it.... my head is woozy, my hands hurt and I don't really remember what happened. Somehow, in the last two weeks, I've managed to complete seven projects (actually nine, I did make two each of the toys). They haven't been large projects, mind you.... but even for me, seven seems like a lot..... I knit these mitts for Dale to line his work mittens. He loves them, they keep his

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-7312447282821249912011-01-18T12:58:00.000-07:002011-01-18T12:58:11.013-07:00

Regardless of the attempt at the clever title, my handspun Holden shawl is complete. It has actually been finished for several days, but as we have been living in the depths of a mini Ice Age, I was unable to take pictures of the damn thing.. uh, I mean the gorgeous thing. Today, however, the weather has improved dramatically..... without further ado.... Behold! "Holden" I've also finished

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-84451120309267572192011-01-07T08:52:00.000-07:002011-01-07T08:52:01.158-07:00

My after Christmas sweater is complete and I LOVE it!! The yarn is so soft and lovely with a wonderful shine and fabulous drape. It's lightweight, pretty and comfy..... and my own design. I thought about publishing the pattern (and I still may, we'll see), but the thought of figuring out the sleeves for a multitude of sizes brought me up short, particularly the sleeve cap. Yarn is Juliespins (

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I can't believe Christmas is over. All the planning, shopping, knitting, wrapping, cooking, cleaning, decorating, excitement, anticipation and festivities are finished for another year. This Christmas was fabulous, as usual. My Mother-in-Law came to visit from BC and helped us to enjoy our family traditions. The morning of Christmas Eve, I ran around town finishing up my shopping and we spent

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I'm in full Christmas Preparation mode here at Chez "Our House." The inside decorations are mostly finished, the outside decorations are as done as they're going to get this year, my Christmas gift knitting is complete (except for an add-on or two), I've sent most of my Christmas cards and we've gone to see Santa. I should be relaxed, right??? Well, I'm not..... I like to be DONE by this time at

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I'm completely unmotivated to write this post, but sort of feel like I need to keep up my momentum.   I finished, washed and blocked the sweater that I knit while in Egypt. It started out as a chunky tee for Chey, but finished off as a chunky tunic-tee for a Christmas present (it's too big for Chey, I did not measure on the trip, I just kept on knitting). It was almost entirely knit on the two

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I'm rather sad about this post... It just seems wrong to be writing about our final days in Egypt from my computer in Calgary. The entire trip feels like a surreal dream.  We are all sad to have left our family in Egypt, there were quite a few tears shed in our last couple of days....... but, I digress.... Here is a description of our last four days in the City of a Thousand Minarets... The day

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But before I get into that, I totally forgot to write about the Nile-o-meter. It was the day that we went to the Hanging Church and the first Mosque( our first day of touring). I'm not sure how I missed it, because I thought it was so cool. It was built over a thousand years ago as a way to calculate how much tax to charge the citizens of Cairo. Too high or too dry and there would be no tax (

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It is the 10th day of our Egyptian adventure and I probably should have posted a few days ago....  We've managed to pack in a lot more activities, probably too many to list them all..... On the day after the pyramids,  we took the kids on a sunset ride at Giza which was spectacular. We all had a lot of fun, particularly Eli. He was sad when the ride was over and asked to come back soon. I think

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-70054027574990427992010-11-02T14:42:00.000-06:002010-11-02T14:42:32.411-06:00

WARNING!! THIS IS AN IMAGE HEAVY POST...... You've been warned.... ;) Well, we've been in Cairo for a grand total of four days. It's been quite the experience (in a good way). Some experiences I was expecting (the traffic, the garbage in the streets, the stray cats and dogs, the crumbling facades of many of the buildings), others were a pleasant surprise. I found the traffic to be quite fun to

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This is what I plan to wear in Egypt. I finished it today and love it! I've knit the pattern once before, but didn't measure properly and it ended up too short, so I frogged it and returned the yarn to my stash. I decided to knit it out of silk this time. I thought the stretch of silk (yarn is Alchemy Silk Purse) would be perfect for this top and I was right. Pattern is the Krista Tee from a

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In my last post I was uncertain of my latest project (a top-down striped sweater with a combination of hand-spun and commercial yarn), but now that it's done, I love it. It will be another sweater that I wear often. I'm really happy with the combination of hand-spun and commercial yarn and I love the visual and textural differences of the two different yarns. I love the first picture (not me)

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-52861470468643831062010-10-07T22:54:00.000-06:002010-10-07T22:54:55.924-06:00

I had a thought. You see, I absolutely love roving (top, sliver, batt.... I love them all, but I'm using the term *roving* to encompass them all) ..... most particularly, hand-dyed, multi-coloured roving dyed with care by various indie-dyers. I love watching the progress of turning roving into yarn. The colours shift and change and become something completely different from what you'd expected (

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-73008007483312986392010-10-03T14:52:00.000-06:002010-10-03T14:52:16.933-06:00

I'm not feeling particularly verbose today, but thought I'd show you my latest FO (finished object). Pattern is the Austin Hoodie, yarn is JulieSpins M420S in Green Jasper. Mods are: No hood, no side faux side-seam, buttons (original has no closure) and a garter stitch hem rather than a folded one. I knit the 35.5 size (I usually knit a 32-ish, I like zero ease type sweaters) because I wanted it

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hmmmm... let's see. I did the normal get-the-kid-to-school thing in the morning, talked on the phone, did some laundry, cleaned up the kitchen, took the dog to the groomers, bought Chey some new jeans, took Chey to Kindergarten, went for lunch at a friend's house, picked up Jade from the groomers, picked up the kids and went to piano lessons, went to pick up a blanket for the WCOBBS (I'm doing

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-91117765126789780752010-09-14T17:25:00.000-06:002010-09-14T17:25:54.638-06:00

Anyone a Zoolander fan?? I immediately thought of the movie when I downloaded this picture..... Eli's version of "Blue Steel" If it wasn't obvious already, I finished Eli's BTSS 2010. This cardigan was my first real attempt at steeking (I have steeked once before on a sweater that didn't work out... the steeking was OK, but it didn't fix the problems of the sweater all of which were knitter

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-55709862533792543772010-09-07T16:25:00.000-06:002010-09-07T16:25:52.052-06:00

Wow! Two days of posting in a row!! As promised, I am writing a post about Chey's first ever BTSS. I finished it yesterday, just in time for her first "real" day of school. The yarn is from Sweet Georgia Yarns, purchased from the studio during my trip this summer. The colourway, I was told, is a unique one.... rather perfect for my unique little girl. She had requested a sweater with Ladybugs,

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-16245616123683015962010-09-06T18:07:00.000-06:002010-09-06T18:07:25.625-06:00

Today my baby girl turned FIVE. Five seems like a big deal because she is no longer a baby, toddler or pre-schooler.... She's a full blown little girl (and she's got the highs and lows of a full blown drama-queen to prove it!). Before I know it, she'll be a teenager and then BAM! she'll be gone..... off to conquer the world.... Ok... I'm clearly in a panic spiral here... I need to stop and take

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-44824087108602918192010-08-30T16:49:00.000-06:002010-08-30T16:49:28.464-06:00

I know we'll be warm..... and pretty 'cause damn! I rock! The story of my Evenstar shawl, which officially began in the spring with the purchase of a fleece from a South African Meat Merino name Victoria (blog post A, B, C and D) and began as an actual story when I saw the pattern on Ravelry, has come to its full and final conclusion in the glory that is..... This....... I am in awe of the

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My Evenstar shawl is nearly complete.... hrmmmmm.... Perhaps I should clarify my definition of "complete." I have finished the main body of the shawl and am now working on the border.... the vast, endless border that is the crowing glory of this shawl (I am doing an unbeaded version, so perhaps my "crown" is a little less lustrous than it could be).... I thought the last chart of the shawl was

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Firstly, as promised ..... a picture of the yarn purchased on the trip. I visited a total of 11 yarn stores and 3 studios...and I barely touched the available fibre-y goodness on Vancouver Island..... I didn't purchase at every location, but very nearly..... and now we're home. After a marathon drive of a total of 16 hours, we arrived home at 11:45pm Mountain time last night. I had not planned

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My month long tour of BC is nearing it's conclusion and I've decided to take a quiet moment to myself while the kids and dogs play outside before we head for the pool to update all of the places that I've knit (or brought my knitting to) since I arrived on Vancouver Island more than two weeks ago. I did some knitting on my Dad's boat, but more often than not, just sat and enjoyed the sights and

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-6547365679873276602010-08-03T23:30:00.000-06:002010-08-03T23:30:15.384-06:00

My family lives in BC... Once a year I try to visit them all. This year I decided to combine them into one GINORMOUS trip of many stops... This post will be about the mainland portion of the journey..... I stopped in Salmon Arm to visit my MIL. We stayed for 4 nights. I knit while visiting my MIL I knit at the kids' Spray Park. I did not knit at the water slides (although I did bring it,

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After a marathon of flicking, carding and spinning over the past few days, I am done. Actually, I should probably restate that... I am as done, as I'm gonna be. I have only today to pack for me, the children and the dogs for a lengthy trip to BC, clean my house and do all the little things around the home that need to be done before I go. First of all, I want to say that I'm pretty damn proud of

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-10262730115104293152010-07-11T09:10:00.000-06:002010-07-11T09:10:39.301-06:00

Will it ever end? To paraphrase German philosopher  Friedrich Nietzsche "I have stared into the abyss and it has stared back." I've been flicking and carding and spinning (Oh My!) for days and it feels like I've barely touched the pile of fleece at my feet..... I would REALLY like to have this yarn finished for my big trip to BC next week, but I'm starting to think that's not going to happen....

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-40318692686360720652010-07-03T11:15:00.000-06:002010-07-03T11:15:40.835-06:00

This just in... my latest finished project... My own pattern, knit in Mirasol Nuna (40% wool, 40% silk, 20% Bamboo). I think it turned out very nicely, but I also think that it could have been better.... it needs a tad more drape to achieve the look I was going for. I knit the top at a tighter gauge than recommended for the yarn, as I was unsure of how the yarn would stretch when washed and worn,

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-25960698133217396682010-07-01T10:33:00.002-06:002010-07-01T10:38:36.811-06:00

I am, basically, a monogamous person. I don't have the time or the energy to expand my focus and attention in a multitude of directions.... I like the peace and quiet of a singular relationship. The steady monotony and security appeals to me. Perhaps part of the issue is that I don't like to lie.... and I am a rule follower to the extreme and often to my own detriment. That's not to say that I am

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After what felt like a millennium and a half (in reality it took 2 months, plus 2 days), I finally finished my handspun cardigan. I am magic.... I turned this pile of 80% merino, 20% silk roving given to me by my wonderful Dad and his very supportive wife: Into a whole bunch of these, spun S: 32-36WPI (don't ask me about the draw, I don't know what it's called): Which were then converted

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Ok, Ok... I'll admit it..... The sweater should probably be done by now. I rarely take more than a couple of weeks to finish a sweater and I sort of figured that doing a spin to completion project would double the time it would normally take...... Which would mean that I should have finished about a month ago... and I would have, but I ran into a snag with the sleeves. I had plenty of yarn spun,

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Today was Eli's annual Piano recital. He was SOOOO nervous he was nearly green (and apparently, not super impressed with me, eh?). After a few false starts.... and a quick smack to settle his brains..... he rocked on.... Introducing.... Little Indian Lance We went for Sushi afterwards to celebrate (his choice... my kids LOVE sushi!) and all was forgiven (he blamed me for making him so

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I've been working on another design. I love cowl or draped neck tops. I think they're very flattering and they even make me look, dare I say, Busty..... I also LOVE silk, but didn't have any in my stash that would be suitable, so I went stash diving and came up with some Oasis Solid in a nice pink. I then got straight to work. I drew my design, knit up my swatch (and washed it) and researched the

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-82615683439890831782010-05-09T16:05:00.003-06:002010-05-09T16:53:21.564-06:00

I've done it! I've written my first big pattern. I have designed stuff for myself before, always with intentions of "someday" writing down the pattern, but when "someday" comes... I can't remember exactly what I've done and my notes are total crap... so I don't write it. This time, I designed a top for myself with the full intention of attempting to write the pattern. I sketched a picture, I took

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-29058698663611625192010-05-05T09:51:00.004-06:002010-05-05T11:46:29.195-06:00

I decided a while ago, that I was ready.... ready to attempt to spin the right yarn for the right project. I had attempted to do so when I spun the yarn for Chey's Handspun Cardigan, but in the end.... my spinning wasn't quite what I needed for the project I had in mind (it was spun too loosely and too thick for the navajo 3-ply yarn that I had aimed for). It was close, however.... very close...

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-22709374917483378402010-04-17T14:14:00.005-06:002010-04-17T15:08:40.808-06:00

We went sheep shearing today (my kids, my friend Barbora (she's not in the picture) and her girls).The kids got to feed some lambs.We watched some sheep get shorn, although this one didn't want to come....... Eli wrote lots of notes so that he can do a power point presentation for his classroom (because he wants to).and............ I might have bought some fleece (a South African Meat Merino

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-500428249886579922010-04-01T09:01:00.005-06:002010-04-01T09:33:40.884-06:00

Last week I received some fiber from an un-club by JulieSpins (etsy link). I actually ordered 5 braids of a lovely family of browns and 1 braid of a colourway called Jungle. Because I had just received my Woolie Winder the week before, I was completely motivated to sit down and start spinning. I decided to start with Jungle. I had thought that I would spin it thinly and then Navajo ply it to

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-83085289876627870292010-03-24T09:54:00.003-06:002010-03-24T10:15:57.059-06:00

Spring has SPRUNG!!! Lookie... a flower in my garden!!!! I planted over 500 bulbs in the fall..... I'm very excited to see the continuing show through spring and early summer!I've been spinning again. I started spinning some gorgeous silk, just before Christmas, but lost my mojo. I decided to finish the singles yesterday (I had 1/2 bobbin left to fill) and when I was almost done... the doorbell

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I'm finally finished my Geodesic Cardigan this weekend. I quickly tried it on and really liked how it fit, but the colour was no better on the finished product than it had been in progress. I just didn't like the difference in the light purple and the darker raisin.... Plan B was then initialized. I had thought that I would overdye the cardigan in red with a slight hint of blue to blend out the

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-76164459754293195242010-03-16T21:36:00.009-06:002010-03-16T22:47:34.470-06:00

I was looking at my last couple of posts and realized that they didn't have any knitting or knitting related references in them.. Shocking really.... so this one should make up for it..... it's gonna be ALL knitting.... you have been warned.I finished these gloves tonight. After the mismatched fiddlehead mitten fiasco, I really wanted to make something that, well.. to be frank.... fit... AND

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I sometimes wish I had one of "those" kids. You know, the really quiet, smart, polite and super well behaved ones? The ones that work at school to their full potential, are helpful around the house without being constantly reminded and cajoled, are always quiet and polite and always, always use utensils and chew with their mouths closed...... I am sure they are out there, they must be, based on

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I LOVE the Olympics. I have no interest in sports, generally, but every two years (because I watch summer AND winter Olympics) I take complete control of the TV (not that anyone really gets control the rest of the time, but violence is promised if the channel is changed without permission during the Olympics). I enjoy watching the human beings of our world who commit themselves so fully to their

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Once upon a time, a beautiful, smart and extremely talented princess (it's my story, I can describe the protagonist however I want to...) decided to expand her knitting repertoire with fair-isle (knitting with two colours or more). She had done some fair-isle in the past with moderate success, but really needed more experience and practice with the technique. She had also discovered (at around

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-24140700094338732262010-02-15T17:05:00.007-07:002010-02-15T17:36:38.324-07:00

I finished my Snowdrop Shawl today. This was the last pattern in the inaugural Year of Lace (2008). The original yarn was a 100% white merino, but I just wasn't thrilled with the feel of the yarn. I knit a good 10 inches of shawl before the "meh" feeling overwhelmed me and I stuffed the project in a drawer.... and tried to forget about it..... This didn't work, however, as my intense need to

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-57388809671654679452010-02-01T16:14:00.007-07:002010-02-01T18:24:55.447-07:00

As I've mentioned before, Eli is ADHD (I prefer IS to HAS.... HAS sounds like a disease, IS just..... IS). He was diagnosed in August of 2008 after a lengthy evaluation process which included a child psychologist and pediatrician. After his diagnosis, I went through all of the classic symptoms of grief..... anger, bargaining and acceptance and in the end did a LOT of research.... and I mean a

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-70798211181702777372010-01-29T08:42:00.005-07:002010-01-30T16:44:05.155-07:00

It occurred to me, a couple of weeks ago.... that my daughter is nearly 4 1/2 years old. Yeah??? So?? You say to yourself... but you see, this was an important light bulb moment for me...... There are cute little sayings about how trying toddlers are.... the "terrible twos" for example..... but how often do you hear a cutesy saying about other ages???? I think there are no sayings because anyone

Myrnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419146975602992399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3657714691810423321.post-54649075353150337462010-01-12T13:43:00.005-07:002010-01-12T14:02:46.939-07:00

But here I am..... writing a post about the knitting of 2009. It feels right to do so, even though there are a million blog posts of exactly the same thing. I decided to do it, in the end, because I finished the last project I started in 2009 last night. Low Tide Ripples in Malabrigo Worsted that I had in my stash.... it's a comfy, warm, cuddly sweater, but not super figure flattering (I swear I

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In the spring of 2008, I received my first lace shawl kit from the inaugural Year of Lace Club. It was the Phoenix Rising shawl designed by Sivia Harding. The colour was a gorgeous orange. I completed that shawl (in record time, I might add) and the end result was beautiful.... but it was orange. I am blonde and orange is one of those colours that I just can NOT wear. It makes my hair look

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It's over for another year. The excitement, planning, gift knitting, cleaning, cooking, decorating and various other preparatory activities of Christmas have kept me engaged and excited in the lead up to the big day..... but... almost immediately following .....came the crash. The work listed above, but in reverse, now seems overwhelming and depressing. This year it is made worse by the fact that

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Only EIGHT more sleeps to Christmas and I'm looking great (on the Christmas Extravaganza front, not the physically attractive front, although that's not bad either ;) ....).Christmas Cards finished and sent?? Check.Christmas Parcels wrapped and mailed?? Check.Christmas decorating??? Check.Christmas Tree decorated??? Check.Christmas presents purchased and wrapped?? Check.Christmas dinner planned

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8 down, 10 to go...... My thoughts on each of the first half (almost) of the Super Fiber Sampler that I started to blog about many months ago.... (which are also being recorded on my stash page on Ravelry).My first sample was the Polwarth; I loved working with this fleece and super soft yarn was the result. Carded and spun from rolags. Resulting yarn is approx. 11 WPIThe PolwarthBorder Leicester

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I haven't posted in nearly three weeks. Not because I have nothing to say (I do), but because of the whole "Christmas Knitting" thing. I have worked on nothing but Christmas knitting since my last post. I did start a long arduous post about parenting, but decided it was too heavy and tossed it. The good news is that I've nearly finished ALL of my Christmas knitting, including a couple of add ons.

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It's November 10, there are approximately 40 knitting days until Christmas..... Notice I said "knitting days" not "shopping days"...... and really, if I think about shipping times... it's more like 25 knitting days...... yikes! The trap of Christmas knitting has been set, concealed and sprung...... Last year I knit several of my loved ones items for Christmas and although I enjoy giving my

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Happy Hallowe'en (sort of, it was last night after all). I hope everyone had fun with the ghouls and ghosts and princesses last night!Hallowe'en was great at our house. We were all a bit sad that my friend Christina and her boys couldn't come as her oldest was very, very ill.... We've made it a bit of a tradition to go together and have only missed a couple of years since we moved to Calgary.

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Wow! It's been 3 weeks since my last post.... I didn't realize so much time had passed. What have I been up to??? Being sick, mostly.... We had both a stomach flu (which I managed to avoid and Chey was only minimally affected) and a cold come through the house. I knew it was going to happen; both kids are in new schools this year, which means a whole new crop of germs to bring home to share with

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I've recently asked to be included in a test knit for Lily (lprajogo on Ravelry). I saw the request, liked the sweater, had some yarn for it and, more importantly, was between projects (kind of, we'll talk about that later) and voila!. This is the sweater . I am currently doing a gauge swatch (properly, meaning I'm actually going to do a full size swatch and wash and dry it before it's measured.

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Lookie what I finished yesterday..... isn't it purdy??? Details of the modifications I did are on RavelryI'm still working on the Super Fiber Sampler.... I haven't been that motivated, truth be told... but I will finish the first half soon (I guess another week or so is still "soon", right?)

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My stat counter (the thing that sort of lets me know that people occasionally read my blog) must have had a coronary because it suddenly jumped from 1600-ish visits in the last year or so, to nearly 12,000.... in one day..... I'm thinking that 10,000 people did not read my blog yesterday..... which means my counter thingy is wrong, which bothers me..... 'cause I'm weird, that's why..... I'm

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I finally finished the spinning project that was holding up my fleece processing adventures. I purchased 8 oz (227g) of a lovely 70% Merino 30% Silk Top in "Mackenzie Tartan" from WC Mercantile's etsy store a few months ago, in order to make a scarf as a gift for someone special. The yarn is wonderful. I ended up doing a 2ply from a center pull ball and got 5 skeins (should have been 4, but one

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Phew.... I finished Eli's BTSS 2009, on the second day of school. It turned out great!! He loves it and it looks cute on him. I haven't washed it yet, but I'm not worried about that. I used almost all of the green I had and half of one skein of black. Sweater was knit top-down with a knit on kangaroo pocket and hood. The hood was interesting as I just kind of did it..... no pattern, just knit...

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I've discovered, over the last year or so, my true knitterly self. I am now proud to say that "I" am a one-project-finish-that-project-then-start-the-next-project kind of gal. I've always been that way; with knitting and with life in general. Within the past year or so, however, I have tried to go beyond my natural state into the life of the multi-project knitter (although, at most I only had

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Oh my... It's that time of year again...The Back To School Sweater (BTSS)...... and it's been slightly over a year since I started my blogging adventure and the first knitting project I talked about was Eli's first BTSS (the 2008 version). I learned a few lessons from that sweater..... mainly... do NOT knit a sweater for Eli in wool... it doesn't matter if we searched forevA to find a non-itchy

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