New Stash....

Hi! Just a quick post today to show you the new items that I purchased at Webs, and another little shop in Plymouth, Mass.

This is some "Flash" above, and Soft Tweed by RY, it is actually lighter, I grabbed a bag of this! I really love Debbie Bliss stuff too, so I picked up a bag of this Alpaca Silk, it is actually a lot lighter than the picture.

These are 3 different colours of Noro Sakura (??) and some other Noro, I thought the colours were pretty!



Ultra Alpaca LIGHT!
It is so very great! New product, I am a big fan of Ultra Alpaca, so this was a big bonus!


That's it for today, hubby is taking me to a movie and dinner, so I will skedaddle! Will fill you in on how good "Chuck and Larry" is next time!

I'm Back...Yarn and All!

Hey! We had a great time on our vacation, but it was toooo short!
Knitting in the car worked well, and during the week I was able to get some sock knitting done too as we were in most evenings due to fog and rain!
The Cape is amazing, if you have never been there, put it on your list of places to visit.
The beaches are terrific, and what I think I enjoyed most were the walks on the beach! On our last been day, Wednesday, we walked about 2 miles out into the ocean, as the tide was out. We saw crabs, even a jellyfish, seals swiming in the harbour, fish being brought in off the shipping boats, all sorts.
We had a quick take-out lunch at a fish hut, at the base of a harbour, and the young man behind the counter asked my son if he would like to see one of the lobsters up close, that were in the tank. He said "ok"....you would not believe the size of this thing! It was about 3 feet long, and weighed over 12 pounds! I had never seen anything like it!
Yesterday on the way back, we stopped at WEBS - this place is the ultimate in yarn! They are located in Northhampton, Mass. Hubby took a picture for me to prove that I was there! Will post it tomorrow. I spent 1 hr. looking around the "shop" part, I found some Noro sitting by itself, so when I was checking out, I asked what the price was, the reply I got was "is this from the warehouse?", I replied "we can go in the warehouse?", she countered, "yeah, that's where all the bargains and closeouts are!" -- I proceed to send my hubby and son for some lunch up the road, and blasted into the warehouse! I will post my goodies tomorrow!



...and lastly - does anyone know how to move the Frapper map to the sidebar!!??? Anyone with answers, please let me know with a comment, thanks!

Just Before VACATION!!!

Hey everyone in blogland, a quick entry before we head off for vacation tomorrow. We are heading to the East Coast of the US, and we are soooo excited! We can't wait to hang out on the beach!!!

Baseball Sweater

Before I go, I wanted to post the pics of the other sweaters that I knit for my sister -- here they are:


Cotton Kimono

My vacation knitting are socks (is socks??), so we will see how that goes, lots of driving involved, I haven't knit in the car before, so I am not sure how I will do!
I went to a Lace Knitting workshop tonight at Main Street Yarns in Milton, and it was good. I have a little swatch piece that I will continue knitting, to see if I can make a little scarf from it or something - Sublime Yarn.
Still laundry and packing to do, so I have to dash -- back in a bit!
Happy Knitting!!

Happy Canada Day!

Yes, I was even surprised that my last entry was the 7th of June!! That is because I have been sooo busy knitting baby things for my baby sisters baby boy! He is due on the 30th of July, and we can't wait!
As for today, its Canada's Birthday here, so "Happy Canada Day" to all Canadians from coast to coast, and all expats around the world! This is also a special day for me, as 20 years ago today, I became a Canadian Citizen! My mum, dad and I emigrated from the UK in 1981, and became citizens in 1987 -- my little sister came into the world in 1983! I can remember so clearly the day we arrived in Canada, as well as the Citizenship ceremony, just a little sad today as I don't have my Mum and Dad to share it with.
As for the knitting....well, look at what I made!


He took a little while, but it was worth it to sit back and look at him in the end! He is from the book "Knitted Toys". and I would recommed this book for anyone who wants to make a knitted toy. He is for my new nephew, to go on a shelf in his room, I gave it to my sister tonight, and she was thrilled!
I also made this, and it has a little bit of a story to it:

My Mum actually started this 5 years ago for my son, and never got it finished (she did finish a crew neck cardigan for him, the we treasure!). As my Mum passed away 2 years ago, I thought it would be nice for my sister to have something for HER first child that was made by Mum, so I finished it for her. It was a Patons pattern, and made with Beehive by Patons, which is acrylic (uukk), althought this was nice and soft to work with. I didn't like using metal 3mm needles though!! My hands really hurt after this one!
My Mum was able to knit half of the back before she put it down, and left it alone! So I finished the back, and went from there. The cool thing about this cardi is that there is a line across the back where the needle had been left for 5 years, so this was a little special for my sister and I. I tried to take a pic:
Actually, (this makes is look quite dirty!), you can kind of see the line along the middle of the back.
I have also knit 2 Kimonos and a "Baseball Sweater" from "Knit2Together" that I have finished, and will photograph tomorrow, as they are still drying!!
So there you go, I HAVE been busy knitting!! I have also been reading other knitters blogs constantly, and love to see what everyone else is doing, lace seems to be the big thing!
We are going on vacation this week for 10 days, so I hope to visit many yarn stores on the US east coast!! Exciting!! Can't wait!
Talk Soon! Happy Knitting!!