I've been keeping busy with sewing projects because Mom and I went to the Sewing Show in Abbotsford last weekend. The show was smaller than other years but still enjoyable. There wasn't anything new there from last year but I did pick up a couple of patterns and a book. One of the patterns I…
natural fibres
Officially, my new spinning wheel is in the mail!I have recently discovered that there are many knitting techniques I have yet to try and would like to learn. When I realised Dad's birthday was fast approaching, I decided to find a way of learning some new things without the addition of a ton of knitting.…
addition
I was able to take the day off on Friday to travel out to Fibres West. I had emailed Amber (the new owner) at Wild Rose Fibres to get some information about Kromski. She was wonderful and brought a bunch of wheels to the festival - thank you! Some know that I have been looking at…
bird in hand
Although they aren't finished yet, I thought I would show off the right-hand mitten while it's drying. I have never done colour-work before so these were quite a challenge. I have tried to knit them before with Cascade but I found the yarn too bulky for a first-attempt project. At a LYS in January, I picked up…
invasion
Our house has been invaded over the past two weeks. We have been lovin' it. They are two amazing Yorkshire Terriers named Chester (top photo) and Cammie (second photo). I have been knitting on o w l s [via ravelry] by Kate Davies. It's a great pattern and I hope I will have photos this weekend…
new beginnings
Here goes nothing - I have finally decided to move from http://www.aspotoftea.ca/knitting/. I stopped blogging partly because my aunt died on Halloween 2008. She was the main reason for continuing. Also, I am not really a blogger - it's not my favourite media but since I really enjoy the blogs that I do follow, I thought…