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Echoes
Kim Hargreaves latest book Echoes has arrived.Let watery hues transport you to a place of calm, delightful relaxation. Influenced by a blend of diverse elements the collection plays with stripes, from...
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Packing
The moving company was at our house at 8am this morning. There are boxes everywhere so we're at the new house to watch the hockey game. I don't have my laptop so I'm writing on my iPad. I had a whole...
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Heritage Days
This weekend is Heritage Days in Ancaster. Wilson Street (the road in front of the store) will be closed from 9:30am-1pm for the annual parade. I will be here around 9:15 if you want to sneak in and...
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We're Home
I was getting coffee at Tim's when the truck arrived. In my mind there was no way everything was fitting in the truck. Everything fit and we were at the new house just after noon. It was full. The...
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New Book
Since most of my yarn and needles and projects are in boxes, I started something new.The Prospectives Cowl (pattern purchased on Ravelry)This lovely textured cowl features a slip stitch pattern and...
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Therapy
Laura Aylor has a new pattern called Therapy. And I need to make it. I saw it on Ravelry this morning and messaged Laura right away to ask if I could use her pictures.From LauraIn the midst of several...
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It's Parade Day
It's Heritage Days weekend in Ancaster and the highlight of the weekend is the parade. I watched the start from the end of our driveway.Unfortunately that means Wilson Street is closed and I'm sitting...
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Fall Rowan - Hemp Tweed
Here is a sneak peek of a new yarn coming from Rowan for fall.Hemp Tweed75% wool25% hemp95m on a 50gram ball19 stitches = 4" on 4.5mm needles$8.95 a ballThere is a great magazine to go with the yarn...
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Zen Yarn Garden Coming Soon
New colours of Zen Yarn Garden Serenity Glitter Sock should be arriving next week. Here are a few of the 16 great new shades.There are semi solids coming as well so we can put together great...
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Getting Ready for Fall
I need to apologize to Janis. She dropped off her amazing jacket for me to see and I haven't blogged about it yet.Roan Knit this women's fairisle cardigan from Rowan Knitting and Crochet Magazine 56, a...
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It feels like fall
I have a busy day ahead of me. Boxes came this morning from Rowan, Blue Sky Alpacas, Zen Yarn Garden and Knitter's Pride needles. Normally we don't see this many boxes in a day until closer to fall....
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Roko doesn't really like the new house :) He loves the tile floor. It is cool to lie on.Melo loves the new TV. We were watching Disaster Decks and he loved it. I know that they say dogs can't see the...
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It's painting day
The Perspective Cowl is growing. With the golf on yesterday and today I sat to watch and knit.The painters arrived early this morning to paint our kitchen. While they are there they are going to paint...
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Hummingbird
I try to blog everyday and wrote this post on Saturday. I thought that I hit publish but obviously didn't. If I get enough knitting done today there will be more pictures later. Otherwise, I'll take...
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Very Bright!
Today I'm working at home. So far four boxes have been unpacked, a load of laundry done, organized the guest bathroom and bills paid. And it's just after 12:30. With the golf on yesterday there was a...
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Cote d'Azure
Zen Yarn Garden is taking preorders for their next Art Walk Series but you don't have to wait. We have this colour in Serenity 20, Serenity Silk Single and Serenity Glitter Sock.The nineteenth offering...
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Unicorn Stripes
The latest Wool People patterns from Brooklyn Tweed came out today. Check them out on Ravelry. I've already packed up a box to go to Lynda.Pattern: Gyre (purchased on Ravelry)Yarn: 3 skeins of Mrs....
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Absolutely Fabulous
We just received a shipment of Ab Fab kits from Colinette.These kits contain 11 skeins of yarn that are hand dyed in Wales. Cotton. Mohair. Ribbon. Great fibers and the colours will make you drool. The...
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Magmatic Boom
This fall we are going to be doing a lot in the store with mini skeins of sock yarn. They are coming from a few different companies in different fibers and colours.These are pictures from...
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The Learn-To-Knit Companion
We just received a new collection of patterns from Churchmouse Yarns. These are perfect for the new knitter but they are also great for those of us who have knit for a long time and have some bad...
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