Not knitting, sewing

But still a fibre too ... cashmere.

Found a stained cashmere sweater at the Nu2U. Brought it home, felted it a bit, and turned it into a pair of mittens. Nice comfy warm mittens.

Have bought a few more sweaters to make a few more pairs.

Stay tuned, my second FO of 2013 is drying as I type :)

First FO of 2013

Long time, no post. Sorry.

Actually was wondering if anyone ever read my blog ... if anyone is missing my posts ... should I continue or not? Comments???

This is my first FO of the year. It's the BLT Scarf/Shawl on Ravelry.

Made with llama. Yarn was given to me by a friend who asked me to knit her a shawl. The yarn came from her friends llamas. And the shawl is being sent to her because she "needs it". I'm glad I made it my first knit of the year. Started Jan 6th, finished Jan 22nd (or somewhere near then)

National Toasted Marshmallow Day

Today is NTMD. It's a big day. I look forward to this day each year. Seriously.

We have a big marshmallow roast here. Invite our friends to come over. We've had as many as 55 people here. So, if you are reading this, and you live within driving distance ... it starts at 6:30 tonight :)

On the knitting front, here is a picture of the first scarf that Troy has knit. He's working on a blue one for Dan now.

I'm busy for the next few days. Friday, Sat, Sun, Tues and maybe Weds I'm working at Woodlawn Watergardens. (otherwise known as "the pet store") The owners are heading off to a wedding and a bit of a vacation. Weds school starts. Busy times.

Have a good day!!

5:12 am

UGH

Why am I, a relatively normal person, up at this horrible hour???

3:21 there was a massive, huge, loud, scare the pants off of ya clap of thunder. Made hubby go unplug his printer and computer out in the studio. Expected so much more thunder and lightening. Nope. A few flashes, and about an hour of low rumbles. Low rumbles just about done when Troy decides he can't sleep any longer.

Now, anyone who knows this boy knows that when he is up ... he seems to think everyone else should be up too. "I can't sleep" "I can't sleep" over and over and over. So, I had to get up with him before he woke everyone up.

It's gonna be a long day. A long hot muggy day. UGH

Yesterday was my Birthday

I woke up to find the sofa full of balloons. Some had "must pop" written on them. Since it was only 5:45 I was nice and didn't pop them loudly. Katie has made a bunch of gift certificates and put in them. Breakfast in bed, cup of coffee, hug, huge hug, ukulele tuning, batch of gluten free cookies, nail painting.

I think the "breakfast in bed" one is supposed to be used by her ... cause it doesn't happen very often that she is up before me :)

Dan and Troy registered me to go to Dock Street Uke Camp

I made up a little ukulele tune music book for myself. And I helped paint the new photo studio. We went to Yarmouth.

It was a good day.

It was also my sister-in-laws birthday, and her dogs birthday :D

WooHoooo

Todays post is short and sweet.


Troy has ... I think ... finally figured out how to knit. He has known how to cast one for years ... but today he has managed to knit 9 stitches so far. :D YAY!!!

And ... I seem to have figured out the paragraph issue. (but now have a problem where when I type paragraph I want to add a "y" at the end ... photography on the brain?)

Have a good one!!

OK, so I don't like the new way of posting to my blog. UGH! What's been going on here? Hubby has built a "small" building. I call her Cinderella; no real reason ... just because :)

This is what the outside of it looks like. That non sided part - there is going to be series of pop can solar air heaters there. They will have to be made.

This is the first floor. This is where canoes will be built, repaired, restored ... got a canoe that needs work ... contact us!!

And this is the upstairs. Photography studio and print shop. We'll be offering printing services to photographers up and down the south shore. Need something printed?? August 1st is our "grand opening". Coming quickly!!! Electrical inspector is coming tomorrow, and hopefully tomorrow NS Power will be able to run the power from the pole across the road to the pole they had to put in for us, to the building. Then we can move things out of the basement :) The basement ... eventually I'm going to have a rec room down there :) Have a good day!!

A quick update

OK, so I have a friend who has been bugging for an update. So ... here I go. What's new ... nothing exciting. I've knit Troy another pair of orange socks; these ones done using Opal sock yarn. No pictures though. I'm working on a baby jacket; it'll be a gift for a friend who is expecting a baby girl in Sept. School is done. Troy goes into grade 12 next year, Katie into grade 11. YIKES!!! Exhibition is coming quickly ... too quickly. Need to make a shirt or two for Katie between now and Aug 4th. Trying to get my beach glass candy into a few places to be sold - no luck yet :( There you go, this might get back to the routine of posting more often. Maybe I can find where the pictures are hiding on the network so I can add some to my next post??

Happy Easter!!

Two weekends ago the kids and I took part in a series of blues workshops. Well, Katie and I took part, Troy watched. And I took part because I was "forced" to. It was hosted by Shirley Jackson and Her Good Rockin' Daddies.

Katie played along with the band in several songs. She did an awesome job! I'm so proud of her. It was nice to see her on stage, with a real band, playing her electric guitar :)

I learned to play along with them in one song on the ukulele. It's an instrument I've been puttering with for about a month or so. That morning I learned that my little ukulele I had picked up at the nu-2-u was not very good. That meant I got to use Shirleys nice one for the day :)

This is me, playing her ukulele, wearing my bonfire shawl. This is the yarn my sister had given me for Christmas.



Now I'm working on knitting a case for the new ukulele that hubby bought for me :) Just the strap left to knit and felt. Then I'll share a picture of that.

Happy Easter!!
Hope the bunny leaves you lots of yummy treats.

Socks

There is a post below this that is new ... it's one I had saved as a draft.When I posted it it posted at the date I first saved it. So, please scroll down to see it. It's about finger puppets :)


We went to Yarmouth one day, and while I was looking at yarn Troy said he wanted socks. And he had picked out the yarn.
OH BOY!!!
Bright orange. BRIGHT orange!
See?



Think he likes them??