Sorry, I’ve had to do a bit of catch up because….. 1. Luckily, I’ve been busy since my daughter arrived home for reading week from Halifax. 2. She requested a dinner of tacos & tortillas. We haven’t had this in ages and it tasted great!! 3. It was again a balmy +10C, we could really […]
Sagittaruis Shawl from Queen Anne’s lace It was warm to-day – close to 10C. Here is my luck while waiting for Spring….. 1. I went to a midday meeting wearing a sweater – no heavy winter coat – what luck! 2. Sagittarius is blocked and fortunately, I like it! Now onto Pisces or maybe Gemini!
Today it was about 5º or 6ºC – so mild – so lucky and…. 1. I managed to get almost all of the Queen Anne’s Lace patterns up on Patternfish. I have been meaning to do this for a long time! I just had a lucky spurt of energy! CN Tower – Toronto 2010 2.
It has turned cold again today – but sunny, luckily and today…. 1. I had a nice chat with the 28-year-old at the office – lucky to be able to connect for longer than just “ships passing in the night.” 2. Several shipments came in and patterns went out – I do like the regular
Spirit of Ecstasy What does a hood ornament have to do with knitting? Well, first of all, it isn’t just any hood ornament; it is the hood ornament on a Rolls-Royce. The picture here is of the ornament on the Queen’s Phantom VI. Now I understand that this figure on the Queen’s car actually curtseys.
Well, today is Valentine’s Day, so that in itself is lucky and I… 1. Luckily remembered it was a special day and decided to get something nice for dinner. I went to the “upscale” butchers (Cumbrae’s) and bought a small piece of butterflied leg of lamb for dinner and some prepared brussel sprouts that were
Chocolate Covered Cherries from Heartstrings Originally known as St Valentine’s Day, this day was set aside to honour various early Christian martyrs named Valentine, one of whom apparently wrote letters to parishioners explaining how God loved them. The tradition of sending “letters of love” on this day, obviously caught on and was firmly entrenched by
Today was quite a lucky day in the sense that… 1. It was about +5C and the snow was melting! 2. We had a lovely birthday party to attend in the afternoon! 3. My husband had made dinner the day before, cassoulet; so that was made! 4. We were able to get into my son’s
It was a little grey and overcast today, but milder – it warmed up to zero- that was lucky and my other luck was… 1. We finally threw out the dead Paperwhites that had been on the table too long and decided to see if we could still plant the other 6 bulbs left over
Fulvio Bonavia After seeing this bag which was posted to my FB wall, I decided to look at how knitters have interpreted fruit in knitting. The most classic of patterns is Fruit Caps from Ann Norling. Strawberry Hat from Ann Norling This is a pattern to knit a child’s strawberry hat, with variations that include
