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...

family, work, school...what's knitting again?

I have missed my needles and wool. While trying to keep up with the knitting world through Ravelry, one day I came across Manic Purl's blog and podcast. Just listening to her enthusiastically knitting up many Christmas presents, and noting her many knitted gift suggestions, she motivated me in a kniterly way once again. So here's what I am working on right now:

Yuletide Gnomes by Alan Dart

... and a few pair of these:

Ribby Slipper Socks

Interweave's Holiday Knits 2008

... seven more knitting days (including today) till Christmas...