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...