Tidying up loose ends in 2009...

The Moderne Baby Blanket is almost done - just the edging to go! I have seen these blankets finished off with a neat I-cord edging. This Youtube video

shows you how to make an applied I-cord border. I tried it, but my first attempt was unsuccessful. I followed the suggestion to go up to a bigger needle size,but because of the non-stretchiness of the Cotton Ease I am using, performing the SSK was very difficult. I'll try this again because I love how it looks but will go back to my original needle size.

What to Knit Next...

With only the buttons left to sew on my Little Coffee Bean cardigan...and the weather turning colder outside, I am considering knitting up a few hats. Will it be...

...a Charlie Brown cap or a Linus toque?

Hey! Only one month till Christmas...knitting all the way!

Cowls are in!

Here we are in mid-November and enjoying some very nice mild weather. However...handknit winter weather should be just around the corner. If you gotta have winter, at least you can enjoy some wool to go with it!

Next on my needles will be the infamous Yarn Harlot's Pretty Thing Cowl. This one will be for me.

Then, for two trend-setting teens I hope to make The Fifth Avenue Infinity Scarf. This is a free pattern found on Ravelry and seems to be the scarf of the season. If you're not on Ravelry, the pattern is also available at
tentenknits

Very cool...

Happy Halloween

I made two of these little pumpkin hats for NICU graduates at my work. The first one I made with the rolled brim, but for this second one I used ribbing instead. I preferred the ribbing after all, it had a better fit. Both the babies and their hats were adorable.Pattern: Kurbis Baby Hat

You can find the pattern here: http://sonnentaler.blogspot.com/2008/09/krbis-baby-hat.html

Yarn: Bernat Satin

Photo-less

It's not good...I think I fried my camera.

I was trying to up-load some recent pictures, grabbed the cord for the USB port but...it must have been the wrong one. Something started to smell...the cord heated up...and then I realized I had used the wrong cord, the fit wasn't just right. Since then no luck in downloading any pictures to the computer. Guess what I want for Christmas?

What is good?

Janita came back from summer camp wanting to knit! Apparently another camper was selling her hand-knit hats for $7, to which Janita replied, "I'm not going to pay seven dollars for a hat that I can make myself!"

What can I say?

It's genetic.

Meryl Streep as Elizabeth Zimmermann?

I just came back from the movies after seeing Meryl Streep play the part of Julia Child in Julie & Julia... ...and I couldn't help thinking - if they ever make a movie about EZ, who better to play her part?

The movie was a delight. I feel like taking cooking lessons!

Beautiful B.C. to Ontario - Trip Highlights

We are back from our road/camping trip across western Canada, having travelled across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and finally back down to southern Ontario. Here are a few of the highlights:



The Terry Fox monument just outside of Thunderbay, Ontario.

"Dreams are made if only people try.

I believe in miracles...

I have to...

Because somewhere the hurting must stop."

~Terry Fox

Owen's dinosaur acquisition, Drumheller, Alberta. Hoodos, in the Alberta badlands...

One huge T-Rex in Drumheller, Alberta. We climbed inside it and were able to stand inside of its mouth!




Mountain goats...

Elk...

The Columbia Ice Fields...We stood on this large glacier which supplies 1/3 of Canada's drinking water. We were able to fill our water bottles and have a very cold drink right there and then.

The picture perfect Lake Louise...

Owen's view from the top of Kicking Horse Pass...

My first bobble head - a stegasaurus found near Dinosaur Provincial Park.

The blanket grows, province by province...

Bobble head #2...a moose!

Good to be home? Sort of, but now for the laundry!

Prairie Blanket

Some pictures of "the blanket" as it grows across British Columbia, Alberta, and now Saskatchewan:
This morning we will have breakfast at the Craft-Tea Elevator Restaurant - a restaurant made out of a former grain elevator. Can't wait...

Lydia demonstrates trailer knitting...

Knitting across the prairies

The Log Cabin blanket is coming along nicely... and is the perfect project to work on while driving across the prairies. Block 6 was completed in Alberta and block 7 might be finished when we cross from Saskatchewan to Manitoba. Pictures soon...

It's kind of growing on me...

At last...I'm knitting again! Here is my new project:The Moderne Log Cabin Baby Blanket.

It's a nice, steady project - back and forth in garter stitch rows ~ a free pattern from Mason and Dixon Knitting and is available at Ravelry.

I am using Lion Brand's Cotton Ease:

• Ivory
• Terracotta
• Lake
• Taupe
  
• Size 4 mm needles
  

The colours look a bit more muted in real life.

This is my "knitting halfway across Canada" project. BC here we come!

Still here...

Apparently it has been two months since Christmas...any my knitting is still not finished! I did manage to get one pair of slippers done, but the elves are packed away for next year. I have a crocheted scarf on the go but am making very little progress. I'm in a bit of a creative slump, as far as the knitting goes anyway.
I am blessed to be able to put some creative energy into the projects I have for work, researching and writing up teaching packages, power points, and other educational material for the NICU and paediatric nurses at our hospital. Not to mention writing papers for my degree courses!
That and the rest of life have kept me away from yarn and needles for a little while...