This is a really short blog today. I was skimming through my FB wall and came across a post by another knitter, Annie Modesitt. She was mentioning that her daughter had shown her Gizoogle. Go to the site. You may have to wait. Key in your blog address and see what comes up. You’ll be […]
I am just winding up a weekend at the Fern Resort near Orillia ON. It’s a delightful place with great accommodation, excellent food and wonderful company. A group of us helped organize a knitting retreat – 3 days of teaching, eating and FUN. Here are some pictures. Lyn looking lovely as always Jennifer looking lovely
My previous post was about Alchemy – the art of changing something worthless into something valuable, such as gold. There is, of course, the old fairy tale about the spinner who needed to turn straw into gold. Magically an elf heard her cries and offered to give her that power, in exchange for her first
I know that it is easy to have preconceived ideas about people in certain occupations. For one thing it makes life easier to believe that doctors exist to heal, teachers live to educate and writers strive to create, chronicle and/or entertain. However, we have all met doctors who are artists, teachers who are entrepreneurs and
Tricoter is French for knitting – pronounced “tree-co-tay.” OK with my last post I am “out of the closet.” I knit. And for some reason yesterday was a very busy day for posts on FB related to knitting. Here’s what happened: 1. WWF – World Wildlife Fund has been promoting National Sweater Day – not
I am part of a knitting designers’ group. We meet once a month to network and help each other achieve our business/design goals. Last spring we decided that we would like to host a knitting retreat. It’s a fabulous get-together at a resort with exciting classes, great food and tons of fun from Friday night
I was concentrating so much on the novel challenge that I forgot to post for two of my favourite days. Nov 25 and Nov 30. Here is a re-post for Nov 25. Catherine Wheel Crochet Stitch as Worked November 25 is the feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria. In Christian lore, St. Catherine was martyred
More on seeing what isn’t there. Here is a picture I took this summer after some rain. It’s a spider’s web with rain drops. I think that it looks like lace with beads. My photography group, which anyone can join with any type of camera, is doing some interesting postings in black and white. I
Odin was a powerful god in Norse mythology. He governed the realms of wisdom, cunning, sorcery, and death. Just like Zeus, Odin had the power to transform himself into various creatures, which enabled him to wander about the earth undetected. Interestingly enough, both gods often chose bird forms, as disguises – perhaps to make a
The first stitch I posted a picture for was the Cloisters. I really just looked at the stitch and admired how it resembled the arch of a cloister. Here is the stitch again. I have since then done some research on cloisters to add a little more meaning to the stitch. Cloisters are essentially covered
