Happy Birthday to Me!

It's my birthday.
I have no special plans - other than a bananasplit at some point today.
Just the way I like it - no fuss :)

Have completed another shirt. Supposed to be for Katie, but the sleeves are too short. Hopefully I'll be able to sell it. Will have to post pictures of it later, I'm on the netbook, and apparently can't access the pictures on the "big" computer :(

Maybe I'll have that banana split for breakfast??

a sewing project

This is something I made the other evening. My daughter modeling it, but it belongs to her friend.
We put the "rhinestones" on the cuffs and collar ourselves.

Mother's Day is coming

Just so you don't forget!! :)

What are you doing exciting for the weekend? I'm heading to Truro with the 4-H Light Horse Project kids, their leader and one other parent. It's 4-H weekend, and the girls are making up 2 teams competing in the Horse Classic. Good luck to them!!!

There's also going to be demostartions and speeches being done by other kids ... a busy and fun time for all. A boy from our club is in the Host Competetion; good luck to him too.

There's a big "4-H Night in Nova Scotia" thing going on on Sat night; but we aren't staying for that. We'll be heading home after the horse classic stuff is done. Which means I won't be there to find out if I'm one of the lucky leaders who gets to go to Toronto this fall. But that's OK, I'm sure they'll let me know if I was so lucky.

I'm knitting on a shawl for myself. I knit a prayer shawl for my MIL with the same yarn, and liked it so much I had to do something for myself with it. Fine grey yarn, no idea what it is made of. It's kind of hairy.

We've got roughly 1000 puppets towards our next delivery.

TTFN

Puppet update

1357 fihished puppet :)

Home with a head cold today. I fought it ... I fought it hard ... but it won. Have spent my day watching TV, sleeping and knitting puppets. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!!!

Puppet Tally

1062

Yup, 1062 puppets. And, you know, technically the Olympics aren't over - there's still the Paralympics to happen from the 12-21st of this month. Who knows how many we'll have done by then!!!

Puppets ... we have puppets ...

We have lots and lots of puppets. 792 as of this afternoon.
Sister has more at her house to be added to the box.
I'm enjoying the puppet knitting.

On the news front - on Monday I start a temp full-time job as a PSA (or TA) with a little boy in grade 2. Could be a couple of weeks work, could be a job until June. I'll be working at the elementary school in Lockeport - about a 25-30 minute drive. Looking forward to it!

Frustration Level? HIGH

I got the skirt part of the sweater coat all knit, thought it looked big, but thought it had to be right because I had gauge in my swatch. Decreased for the waist ... and it's still big. Huge in fact. Big enough to fit my 13 year old daughter ... way too big for a 2 year old.

So I broke the yarn, left it on the needles and found another pattern to knit.

Cast on a little girls swing coat (too lazy to do the link thing right now) ... got most of the bottom part of that done, and just am not feeling the love for it. It's a cute jacket ... but I'm just not feeling it.

So I'm now knitting finger puppets. Gonna knit as many as I can before the Olympics are over. They're simple, they're fun ... and they're what I feel like doing at the moment.

So much for the Ravelympics. Oh well, maybe in 4 years time.

Ravelympics Starting Soon

Yup, it's true ... the Ravelympics are starting. What's that? A lesser known than the real olympics events where you choose a project (or several projects) to complete while the Olynpics are on TV.

I'm knitting the Snow Queen Sweater Coat It will be a gift for our niece Emily for Christmas. Hope she won't read my blog and ruin the surprise ... highly unlikely :)

My plan is to take pictures more often than I do now, and show my progress on here.

The worst part about it ... can't start until the opening ceremony .. which is 10pm my time.

Katie thinks we should have gone to visit with Mary Anne for a couple of days. Some of the events (speed skating??) are happening in her little part of BC. But, you know something ... I wouldn't have gone to watch the events ... too many crowds for me!

Go Canada!!!

So, plan two??? Finish off socks that are in my knitting bag. Why not work on the sweater? The cable on my needle broke!! :( BooHooo Anyone close by who has a 3.75mm 16" (or longer) needle ... please let me borrow it. Oops! 4.5mm, 24" ... not 3.75

Snow storm

Second day of the year.
Second snow storm of the year.
YIPPEE 2010 is off to a rip roaring start!!

I've finished the blanket I was knitting. Patons Divine, 5 big cables in it. Will post pictures later - camera is in NB.

Started a pair of socks for myself. Using Fortissima sock yarn my hubby got for me a while ago.

Hubby is in NB for the weekend. He left here yesterday before the snow started, and had good driving all the way there. He went up to be there when his mom came home from ON. Hopes to be able to come home tomorrow - we'll see.

So far we've had 11 inches of snow fall. YUCK!! I'm keeping the steps and deck clean, that's about it. My brother will come up when (if!) the snow ever stops and roads are fit to drive on again, and use his snow blower to clear us out. Such a nice brother :) Maybe he needs a pair of socks???

Hubby bought some yarn for the jacket I want to knit for Emily. Baby blue color he said. That will be my project after my socks are done ... or while I'm working on the socks as a second project?

So, the kids and I are stuck at home. Roads aren't fit to go on, and if they were I wouldn't be going anyway. The truck has no snow tires or extra weight. My sister was nice enough to go to Sobeys and pick up a few things for me. They are outside playing in the snow right now. Good sliding ... too bad we don't have a bigger hill for them.

An Update

Since Barbara requested it ... and since she has an update on her blog ... here you go.

Nothing exciting to share.

Finished a pair of not cable cable socks for hubby on the 26th. Started them sometime in the fall. Got side-tracked by knitting thrummed mittens.

Now I'm working on an afaghan that I had started in the fall. Patons Divine yarn. 5 rows of big cables going up it. Quite pretty. Will put it in our exhibition next summer, then someone will get it for Christmas.

Have yarn to knit a pair of socks for me, that'll be the next project ... possibly.

Oh, knit a pair of thrummed mittens that someone ordered in the 10 days before Christmas. And the shop that I had 4 pairs in only has 1 pair left. So should try to get more made for there.

Also have hopes to make this for my niece Emily. We'll see.

I had more typed, and lost it :(
Happy Holidays!