Sunday, July 30, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Art Show III
SP8 mini survey
1) What is your favorite season of the year? As mentioned in a post below; the off season, when things are cheaper. And downhill ski season (but not necessarily winter). 2) Where is your favorite vacation spot? For a "holiday" - Club Med Turks & Caicos. And I don't even eat the chocolate bread (well, I did before they started using white chocolate). If I want to "travel", New York City. 3) If you could visit any place in the world, where would it be? Each of the metropolitan centres of Europe. 4) If you were a specific kind of yarn, which brand and kind of yarn would you be? Damn, I hate these kind of questions - it sounds like one of those internet quizzes that assigns you a label based on your responses to a short questionnaire. "What type of condiment are you? You are mustard - bright and tart, as comfortable at a ball game as you are in the back seat of a Rolls Royce. Hot and sweet, a picnic just isn't the same without you". [Sometimes I scare myself - if only I could harness this power for the forces of good] I dunno - how about Habu Textile's Copper Boo? Firm on the outside, soft on the inside. Not what you expect at first glance. One of a kind. Tricky to care for. [actually, I just like the doofy name] 5) If you won a shopping spree to your favorite yarn store, what would you get? A sore back from carrying my haul to the car, and a negative, yet predictable reaction from my hubby (Didn't you already have enough wool?) |
Thursday ramblings
![]() It's all about perspective, isn't it? ![]() Clue #548 that you do not live in a real city - lumber trucks driving down the main thoroughfare. ![]() Speaking of where I live - there's my house; it's the one on the hillside across the lake. No, not that one; that's the house down the street with the tacky statuary. To the right. In fact, I have yet to be able to identify my house from across the lake, or from the bridge. It's a minor obsession of mine - part of the problem being that the relationship to other landmarks changes depending on what angle you are looking from. One day I am going to take binoculars with me and get Kyle to stand on the balcony and wave a flag or something (anyone recall that Survivor episode?) ![]() ![]() I'm on my own until Tuesday - hubby has gone to visit a buddy in Calgary. Tomorrow morning I am going horseback riding at a place just up the hill from us. I am quite looking forward to it. Granted, I haven't ridden a horse in about 10 years, and my muscles are a bit sore from a fairly intense workout earlier this week. This may make for an interesting gait on my part this weekend. My goal is to get a bunch of small things done this weekend: start preparing the next set of mailing for my various Plus, I have to get Art Show III ready for tomorrow... |
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Karma
I stopped by a thrift shop that is run by a local "charity" (who manifest their godliness by picketing our hospital every Tuesday. Or maybe it's Thursday - it's so hard to keep track). They were having a 50% off sale, and I picked up a bunch of yarn. This is what I got: ![]() Here's the yarn score: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My plan is to use the rug yarn and shaker yarn for felting (as long as the hickory-like strength and infinite moth immunity allow the felting process to proceed). If they don't felt, then I will use the yarn to make a yoga mat bag. Because tomorrow after work, I am going to go to Lululemon and buy me a yoga mat, because a) I have lived in BC for a year now, and I might get deported unless I start playing the part by owning Lululemon merchandise, and b) today was the first day I did this: ![]() A few blocks down was a used bookstore. ![]() Now, wherin lies the karma? What cosmic force allowed me to get these bargains? Well, the other day, I stopped to pick up the mail and there were 2 packages for me from Blue Moon Fibre Arts. I opened the first one, and found my "Socks that Rock" Club yarn for July, as well as the pattern. I thought that maybe the second package contained some type of advertising material. When I opened it, there was my "Socks that Rock" Club yarn for July, as well as the pattern. They sent me an extra. ![]() So, I am now trying to decide what to do with the extra STR package. I might look for a charity to donate it to for a raffle (I'm waiting to hear back from Blue Moon if I can include their pattern if this is the yarn's fate). Otherwise, I will send it to someone like the Yarn Harlot to use as a prize for a charitable act. |
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Secret Pal!
Package from my Blogger Secret Pal came earlier this week:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Monday, July 24, 2006
Swap meet
I have joined another swap - the Favorite Colour Exchange. 1. What are your top three favorite colors? Good thing the question is for top 3, because it occurs to me that I don't have a hands down favourite. Lime green, Teal, and Red (blue-toned rather than orange-toned) would be the current top 3. 2. What crafts do you really enjoy? Knitting. I am thinking of doing some knitting with beads, as well as some dyeing. I have no plans to start spinning. I fully intend to get a sewing machine one of these days and start to sew again, but I don't forsee it happening for at least the next year or so. I am making stitch markers with beads, but don't have any plans to do beading for the sake of beading. 3. What products do you really covet? Stitch markers, general knitting notions other than straights or circ needles(I have 1 CHIBI, 2 old tape measures, and a 3mm crochet hook - no partridge in a pear tree, no needle gauge, no cable needles, no row counters, etc). I am magic looping my first sock, and would like to try knitting socks on dpns next. Some basic beading supplies would be handy as well - I am using a needle nose plier from the hardware store. I would like to find a pattern for a completely beaded purse or wallet that would involve knitting with small beads rather than sewing beads on the purse. 4. What other activities do you enjoy besides your favorite crafty things? Skiing. Reading. Napping. I also enjoy travelling to large cities and checking out the cultural happenings and public art, trying new restaurants, etc(and the yarn shops, of course) 5. Is there anything you collect? Dust. (See question 9) 6. What is your zodiac sign and/or Chinese zodiac symbol? I am a Libra. I believe that I am a Sheep in the Chinese zodiac. 7.What are your favorite… …scents/smells? lavender, cloves, jasmine, chai tea blends. …types of music and/or bands? 80's music, current indie stuff (no urban or country please) …authors? Somerset Maugham. Marian Keyes is the only modern author who comes to mind in terms as someone who's books I specifically see out. …animals? My cats. …places to shop? I love shopping in consignment/clearance stores, or in the sales racks of regular shops. Love getting those bargains. And yarn shops. …season? The off season. Shoulder seasons might be the best way to put it - late enough in spring that you can break out the summer clothes, and early enough in autumn that the leaves haven't fallen off the trees yet. The time of year that children are in school, and not travelling. …yarn/fabric/paper/other craft supplies? I am crossing over to the dark side [sock knitting]. I would looove to try some bamboo or soy sock yarn (if these things exist). I tend to avoid novelty yarns. Am also trying out dye-ing yarn; any (non-Kool aid)dye things that will colour plant or animal fibres would be cool. …candies or goodies? Dark Chocolate. Almonds:plain/smoked/spiced/chocolate covered/marzipan, etc. 8. Do you have any wish lists? World peace, chocolate that burns fat and lowers cholesterol levels, for my cats to stop shedding, for DH to put the blasted toiled seat down, a cure for chronic cough, and that all the master tapes and copies of "Lady in Red" be collected, stacked in a pile, and made into a huge bonfire. Oh, you mean a shopping list type wish list? I am in the process of setting one up on Amazon.ca. 9. Are you allergic to anything? No, but one of my cats has food allergies, and I think the other one may be allergic to housedust {which would be quite ironic since a large proportion of house dust is shed human skin cells - which would imply that my cat is allergic to me} 10. Do you have any pets? What are they? 2 cats, who are my child equivalents (just waaaay easier to fit into my lifestyle than actual children. We can leave them locked in the house with food and water if we go away for the weekend and they are fine. Just try doing that with kids. All of a sudden, you are on the front page of the local newspaper.) 11. Please include anything else you would like your secret pal to know about you- anything that would be helpful in finding you little gifts that you will really enjoy. Coming soon...By the way - my SP8 questionnaire might be in my blog archives. |
Lazy Hazy Sunday
A roundup of stuff from the last week:![]() Spent some time in the evenings working on my sock. Here's where it was at on Friday. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Amusing story for the weekend: To celebrate our anniversary, we went for dinner at a winery. It was damned hot out on the patio, even though it was 7:30 at night. We got a bottle of champagne to have with our dinner, and DH wasn't that crazy about it - it had a bit of a brandy-like aftertaste. I, however, quite enjoyed it, and ended up finishing the bottle. (keep in mind that dinners at wineries are always long, leisurely affairs, which last a few hours). After we went to bed, I started to notice that the room was spinning...I then proceeded to spend the next hour and a half on the bathroom floor. Kyle was trying to help me out - giving me gravol (which didn't stick around long enough to work), and finding an elastic so I could tie back my hair. He finally decided that reinforcements were necessary, so he went downstairs and brought Greedo up to cheer me up. Greedo of course was very confused because we always yell at him if he comes into the bedroom. So that's the memory of our 6th anniversary that will always stick in my mind - Kyle bringing me a cat to make me feel better |