still here...

trevi fountain - Rome 2007

I can not believe that my last post was way back in October... sorry about that... since then I've been to Rome, had a terrible cold and busy knitting away Christmas gifts and watching a lot of Dark Shadows....

Christmas was very quiet. Yesterday we had Ginger Glazed Ham with Spiced Peaches (that Nigella Express cookbook was really handy) sprouts and roasted butternut squash... Peter also wanted a roast chicken... for dessert we made Nigellas Mount Blanc.... sooooooo goooood!

Glorious Autumn

I do love this time of year.... There's a delisious fog going on this morning... I'm tempted to go out for a walk... but my camera isn't charged *bugger*

Things have calmed down on the family front, so I'm hoping to put in some serious studio time... I'm really looking forward to our little trip to Rome next month...

hopefully I'll be able to get a pair of these from Irregular Choice.... yum!

Keeping Up Apperances...

Gee... I really should break out of this habit of posting once a month. I have been busy... honestly!
We have a lot going on family wise, with my father-in-law planning to remarry, selling the house and moving to London. It's been pretty world wind as he will be moving into a smaller place, Peter trying to save our items and suitcases that are stored into the loft by the end of the September.... it's a good thing we just live down the road.

I'm currently in a art slump.... unable to create any art. I have been very busy with my knitting and I've become obsessed with Ravelry.

Oh and guess what... we are going to Rome November 26th-30th...

Should be fun... I've always wanted to go to Rome... other Italian locations are Florence and Venice.

I have so much to complete today, it's not even funny...

out from hiding

well I haven't been hiding really... just trying to cope with everything that life has been trowing our way as of late.... everything is fine now, it just got a little stressful around here... I've also been in some sort of artist rut... still working with it... oh well

So we've seen the 5th Potter film and finished the final book... didn't like the film but looooved the book! the book ended pretty much the way I thought.

Knitting has once again saved me with the on going stresses in life... I'm happily chugging along my Clapotis in Noro Cash Iroha, the Chevron Scarf in Lorna Laces Black Purl and a pair of Slytherin Socks....

...update...

I can't believe almost a month has gone by without me posting... we've been so busy with work and all... I've finished re-reading the 6 Potter books so I'm ready for book 7... I've started another knitting project... and i'm curretly fighting a terrible head/sinus cold... that's it really... oh and I found purple peppers in the supermarket...

caffeinated happiness

We bought our 2nd coffee maker yesterday... Something very simple with a timer and makes filtered coffee... (I couldn't be bothered with one of those pod thingies) So now I'm totally buzzing on my second double coffee....
Coffee makes me so happy... I am not looking forward to the crash though

knitalong

So I decided to make the Two Toned (one tone) Fitted Shrug, my first project Buffy Knit Along project... hopefully that will encourage me to finish it, since I started in March.

I'm such a slow knitter... or I've taken on a lot of projects to do with my busy schedule... what I really should be doing this week is clean out my studio and stock the etsy shop...

As for the Knitting the Classics knitalong I'm almost done reading The Inferno, and I'll probably cast on the project end of the week.

the quiet weekend...

This was suppose to be our RPG weekend (I play Dark Ages Vampire with my husband as the Storyteller, and two other friends) but it was canceled... So I spent most of yesterday and a earlier today bumming around eating brownies that I had baked for the game, with lots of earl grey tea... (earl grey my new bitch these days) and I knitted...


this pic was taken few days ago... the heels are completed now. The Pattern is the Nautilus by Anna Bell. I'm soo liking this pattern... I'll start the celebrations for my first "two at the same toe-ups" once I've finished... but it is looking good :)

well I better get back to cooking dinner. Tonight we are having Tuna Pasta Salad with Mediterranean Style Seasoning...

The Potter Post

Get this and other HP countdowns at LeakyNews.com

OOOh! Can't wait! and to Celebrate I've just ordered some yarn in the Slytherin House Colours Green and Grey (Silver) to knit me a pair of Socks... I'm such a geek!


What I really want to do is throw a Harry Potter Book Party... hmm we shall see...

Joy Luck Buttons

Last weekend I joined Knit the Classics.... What happens is each month we all read a "classic"/popular novel and knit a themed project... actually we can also crochet or sew... anything using fibers... you get the point...

This months book is the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan... so Monday I managed to find a copy at our pathetic library and finished it yesterday... I wanted to consume it in one sitting, but it has been a fairly busy week. I few ideas jotted down for projects... nothing finalized as yet. Our read for next month is The Inferno by Dante... I should be getting that today from Amazon along with some of the past titles that they've read before... I've taken it upon myself to read and do projects for some of the titles I missed.

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous the past few days... I think we have another couple of days before we get our official April Showers... so I'm going to take advantage of it.

I'm putting the final touches on my submission on the ArtErratica Button Swap.... I've included one red and one pink Italian etched shell buttons and 2 vintage plastic buttons (they are stacked together on the card)

Socks

Well... I finally did it... I Knitted my first pair of socks! Yippee! I actually finished this pair last month and I'm currently working on my second pair, but still.

The original pattern is from Sensational Knitted Socks which I shortened the leg section ...
Yarn: Merino Cashmere Sock in Exotic from The Knittery. I still need to buckle down and photograph my past projects though.

I've been knitting on and off for the last 10ish years... While I was studying at the Ontario Collage of Art and Design (OCAD) I took a knitting class ... we were taught basic knitting, crochet and knitting with a knitting machine. The main focus of this course was knitting as a fine art than wearable art... so I spent my knitting experience knitting scarves... lots of scarves... and jewellery... never really having the time to get into serious socks and sweater knitting... That all changed last year (almost six months ago) when I had my hysterectomy due too fibroids... I needed something to do while I was recovering in the hospital and while I was at home.

good friday

We wanted to take it easy this week-end... we just have so much to do... yikes!
proper update soon... I promise

doing well - feeling fine

So sorry that I haven't updated here... I've been sick for so long and my surgery 12 weeks ago was one huge step in feeling better. Before I had no energy to do a thing... Now there isn't enough time in the day to do all that I want to do! I'm still sore around the incision (and I have a nasty scar) But I feel great otherwise.

I've been keeping myself busy with some knitting, crocheting, baking, designing and taking part in a few swaps.... These bird nest are a simpler version of a best and branch pin that I made way back in 2004... The eggs are made out of freshwater pearls... I made 34 of these for the ArtErratica Valentine Swap I should get about 33 back...

Tonight is chick flick nite... Devils wears Prada was released yesterday and my darling husband bought me a copy... He is so sweet... and he is willing to watch it with me... what a doll