Me: Rainy Days and Mondays...

Oh the rain... One of the many wonderful (and depressing) things about the west coast of Canada. SO much rain. The dreary grey clouds and dark days... Definitely a day to stay inside and get cozy (cue "Rainy days and Mondays" by The Carpenters.)

But it also makes it a great day to put on a pot of coffee and knit, knit, knit! Yay!

I'm just passed the halfway mark on my Strathcona scarf by Jane Richmond. I was a bit nervous because I thought the ssk (slip-slip-knit) stitch would be really complicated but it turns out it's quite simple. I really shouldn't be afraid of learning new knit stitches.  :)

SO here we are coffee, knitting and (for the 4 year old crowd...) Dinosaur Train! :D

Me: Wrong Side Of the Bed...

Sometimes I just need to stop for just a moment... Today was definitely no exception.

I woke up exhausted and grumpy. Oddly enough it was from too much sleep. Who would have thought? So as the morning goes on I can feel myself getting more and more annoyed. My foul mood is just getting worse by the second. So as I'm angrily doing dishes I look on the window sill and what do I see? My calm jar. It's sitting there on the sill and the sun is shining through it. It's so beautiful. I pick it up, give it a shake and just watch... I watch the iridescent hearts and glitter swirl around and slowly fall to the bottom of the jar and it makes me stop and think for a moment. One moment. I take that moment to just take a breath... I take that moment to close my eyes and just let go...

And then suddenly I'm in my happy place...

And once I'm there... Everything is alright.

Knit Project: Strathcona... Again.

So here is my SECOND attempt at the Strathcona...
I realized I read the pattern wrong and messed up the stitches in the first one :( But it still looked ok so I'm gonna finish it as is... But I at least wanted to knit one up properly. So, after consulting my knitting teacher/friend Rebecca & talking it out with my hubby, I figured out what I did wrong. And so here is the start of my new properly knitted Strathcona scarf.

The yarn is Cotton Cascata by Regia in the "Tugela" colourway. I totally fell in love with the colours and it's knitting up so nice. And now that I'm knitting it up properly... I can't wait to finish it!

Woot!

Knitting: Funny... Because It's True

YES! This just says it all for me... ^.^

Knit Project: The Strathcona

So here it is... The Strathcona by Jane Richmond. I must say... I am loving this pattern. It is so light and airy and the v- shape of it is so unique. It will be perfect for summer.

I'm not sure if I have enough yarn to make the full sized scarf but I just wanted to try it. So I chose to use a Mericash fingering weight yarn by Punta Yarns (80% merino/ 20%cashmere) in "baby pink." It will be a bit shorter but I think it will look great. And since it's such an open mesh it will probably give a little warmth without being too stifling. So it'll be perfect for our cool Vancouver Island breezes :)

So far it's knitting up pretty smoothly and SO soft!

So once again... Great pattern, Jane! ~.^

Knitting: My Rae Collection... So far... ~.^

I just absolutely LOVE this pattern! The Rae scarf is still one of my absolute favourite scarf patterns. However... A close second is one that I just started knitting up yesterday... The Strathcona... Stay tuned to find out how it's going... :D 

Jane Richmond is just fantastic!

Knitting: Knit Wear Magazine! Woot! I got it!

Here it is! The latest issue of  knit wear (spring 2013) and I am so excited.
The family and I spent most of the day downtown. Our last stop was to the Beehive Wool Shop and there on the magazine rack I spotted the magazine. I looked through it and immediately thought that I needed to have it... But it is a bit pricey... So I wandered around the store and browsed around at all the pretty yarns. And all I could see was all the wonderful knitted projects from that magazine... all knitted in every colour imaginable. So I decided that I would just get the magazine. :)

Then we stopped at Michaels because some of the Lion Brand Sock Ease yarn was clearance-priced and I was searching for --> THIS colour green (called "Green Apple".) They had three balls left so I scooped them up! Woot!

On a completely different note... We stopped at the Curious Comics downtown and I couldn't believe my eyes. There in front of me were two My Little Pony comic books... Sooo we scooped them up too ~.^