Blog entries - July 2007

Feeding the Sewing Bug

Shelley — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:48:52 +0100

My Sewing Bug had been a bit neglected lately. My Knitting Bug has only been around for a couple of years, making it much younger, but somehow it has nearly taken over. I think it may be the portability of knitting and the way it can almost always be done sitting on the couch watching a movie. It’s easier to stop and start a knitting project - there is less equipment invo...

Aren't They Pretty

Shelley — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:01:54 +0100

I got needles in the mail today. Some, such as the ones pictured above, are for our sweaters, and the others are for my Lace Tank. The needles above are 12 and 8 mm Surina needles that I ordered from Dream Weaver Yarns. They feel just as beautiful as they look and I’m excited about finally swatching for our sweaters.

While I’ve got you here ... this...

Booga Bag in Pub

Shelley — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:16:50 +0100

Katy, Liette and I are doing a Booga Bag Knit-A-Long - yesterday we met in the pub for some knitting and dessert. This has been a long awaited project - Katy had to come back from school, I had to get married, Liette had to find her needles - and now that we’re started we are just whippingalong. After just one evening of knitting (and a few minutes after we finished ...

Married!

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:58:16 +0100

We got married on Saturday, July 14th at 3:00 pm. It was a lovely sunny day and we were surrounded by friends and family. The ceremony was short and had everything important and meaningful without being flowery or wordy. This was very good since I was impatient to see Rob; Saturday morning wasincredibly long from my point of view (I’m sure the people setting things up w...

Now that I have time for blogging...

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:55:41 +0100

Now that we are past all the wedding preparation I finally have some time for blogging a few of the other things that have arrived in the past week.

These are two new sewing books that I had ordered a couple of weeks ago. The both include patterns and instructions for variousprojects and are spiral bound so they’ll lay flat on my work table (Yay!).&nb...

Mystery Yarn

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:52:36 +0100

My mystery yarn arrived on Wednesday night but I haven’t had time to wind it into balls yet. It’s hand dyed yarn from Fleece Artist. Suri Blue in fingerling weight. The colours range from whites to pale browns and some light greys. It feels incredibly soft and squashy. I’ve got 3.00mm Addi Turbo Lace needles to knit it up with (you can just see them ticking out in...

Some More New yarn

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:50:18 +0100

This also arrived last week - three skeins of allhemp3 and this pattern from Lanaknits in BC. The yarn feels kind of like twine at the moment but I could feel it softening up as I was swatching and it will go through the washer once it’s all knit up. I ordered the pattern on the long weekend when I realizedthat only two of my hot weather tops were of natural fibres and thus actually...

Something Old, Something New...

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:44:40 +0100

This is my wedding bouquet. I’m certain that our photographer has some lovely pictures of it so I’ll save detail shots until then. It is made of felt, beads, wire, floral tape, lace, silk and yarn. I spent most of Friday working on it and I was really pleased with the way it turned out. Robhad a matching boutonniere of a small white flower and a couple of the tiny blue fl...

Learning

Shelley — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:39:11 +0100

Look look! This is my very first ever cotton yarn. There is about a metre more of it on the spindle shaft behind the whorl. This fibre was a birthday present from Erin who advised reading up before trying to actually spin it. It took me while but I finally found some information on spinningcotton with a Navajo spindle and on a style of middle eastern drop spindle (thoug...

Canada Day

Shelley — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:12:57 +0100

This entry is a week late but here are some pictures of our Canada Day cook up.

We all drove out and met up at one of the barbeque spots along Cameron River. The weather was a bit changeable but we had a nice breeze to keep the bugs off and never actually rained so we enjoyed ourselves. This is a short photo essay of our day.

Liette, Katy and Richa...

One of Those Days

Shelley — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:08:58 +0100

Do you get those day? The ones where your brain has chosen a topic but you don’t really have the energy to do anything about it.

I really wanted to do something crafty on Wednesday but didn’t really want to put any effort into it. A new book would have been perfect- you can just look at the pictures and read over the projects and decide which ones...