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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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