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New Roof
We are having fun at the store for the next few days.A new roof!! The shingles are being ripped off and new ones put on.This morning Mr. Canada Post brought in a big, heavy box from Fleece Artist....
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Forty-Nine
Happy Anniversary to my parents. 49 years. That is a really long time. :) Beth and I took them out for dinner and gave them their anniversary/Christmas gift. My mom really wanted a Bose sound system...
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Two more sleeps
Beth and I are almost set to leave for our little adventure. Almost because my car is in the shop today. It went in last Friday with tire problems and the light came on again at 6 last night. It should...
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Playing
Beth is out so I 'borrowed' her iPad Mini to see how easy it is to write a blog post. There is a really cool thing where you split the keyboard. Half for each hand. Kind of like texting. The Mini is so...
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Ready to Go
It's the time of year to wear scarves. I started thinking about my Hitchhiker Scarf and the fact that I had no clue where it was. After some searching (some should be in capitals-it took a bit) I found...
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We're Here
It was an early morning. The alarm went off at 4am so that we could be on the road at 5. Small problem-there was a lot of fog. Really bad fog. We decided to wait until 6 to get on the road. The fog...
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Having Fun
Beth and I are having fun. I'm not going to say that we have relaxed but we are enjoying ourselves. We have mixed reviews from the zoo yesterday. It really is the wrong time of year to be going for a...
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Free Patterns
There hasn't been much knitting content this week. Before I left I was looking on Facebook and found two free patterns from Debbie...
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More Shopping
Beth and I drove back to Somerset this morning. Cathy and her family come to this mall every fall to do their Christmas shopping. When I told her what we saw in the mall on Monday she commented that we...
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New Garments
I'm back in the store going through boxes that came in while I was away. Ann and Lynda both sent boxes filled with new garments.Ann's box had a cardigan and a scarf.Pattern: Tie Front Bolero from the...
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One of a Kind
Last night Cathy and I were texting and she said something about it snowing out. I told her that it wasn't snowing in Ancaster. Then I let the dogs out. Surprise! The snow was really coming down. Roko...
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Scarves
I'm glad that we aren't driving to Detroit today. Going along the 401 in snow isn't a fun thing to do.Fog isn't fun either. On our way home on Thursday we started passing wind turbines. Some of these...
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Closures
It has been three weeks since I talked about the closures coming from JUL. I went on the USPS website today to track the parcel and it has finally cleared customs. It took almost a week. US...
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Noro Crochet
We have a new hardcover crochet book in the store. Noro's self striping yarns lend themselves beautifully to crochet.These have me thinking about getting my hooks out.Jane worked today and called to...
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Piccadilly and Covent Garden
Mr. Canpar brought in a box this morning with new scarf yarn. This one is really different.Piccadilly 30m on a 58 gram skein100% polyesterAnd then the sister yarnCovent GardenOf course I started a...
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We are good kids
My dad was out tonight so Beth and I took Swiss Chalet over to my parents to have dinner with my mom. It's not too early to start the Christmas sucking up. :) Actually, it started earlier today when...
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Boxes
It's always a good day when Mr. Canada Post brings a box from Offhand Designs.Marcella in SausalitoZhivago in SaratogaNina ClutchesAttached wristlet strapStands wide open on its own so you can see...
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Tosh Merino Light
Kim came to work on Saturday wearing a shawl she knit in merino light.The pattern is in the book Folk Shawls from Cheryl Oberle and is called Simple Garter Stitch Prairie Shawl.The colour is Ruby...
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Who Knew?
I received an email this morning about Rowan Kidsilk Creation. There are new solid colours-007-012. Who knew?? I didn't. They are ordered and we should have them next week. Still lots of time to get a...
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Covent Garden
I was late leaving the store tonight. The scarf was almost done so I decided to stay and finish it. Does this count as a finished project? If so then I get to start something new. :)Yarn: Covent Garden...
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