It's not an illusion

Canada is one of the best countries in the World!Thanks to Gwen for her lovely sample .

Have a lovely day Celebrating being Canadian!

This Week:

Warning ...Rambling ahead:

Yesterday was runaround day, today it is nice to just stay in one place!

Tonight is Knitt'n Night, the shop is staying cool, but if you are coming you may want to bring a cold beverage.

Tomorrow and Thursday are early escape days, a reminder that I close at 4pm and then Friday is July 1st!

Saturday the shop will be open from 10 am - 4 pm.

I started a few knitting projects and have managed to be overwhelmed with my stack of WIP's. This week I plan to finish something!

The boss is looking grumpy..back to work!

See You Soon.

Another Sidewalk Sale done!

After a busy week...I am happy for a couple of days to recover!

Do you realize that it's 6 months until Christmas?

Don't say I didn't warn you!

See You Tuesday.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1,

Getting ready for the Countdown Sale.

Yarns you will find in the sale:
Creative Focus Super wash was $10.95 now $5.00
Sirdar Bigga...very thick was $12.95 now $5.00
Beach.. was $12.95 now $4.00
Mesa Chunky was $7.95 now $3.00
Tempo Chunky was $5.95 now $3.00

Odds and Sods of lonely dye lots and a few straggler yarns $1.00 and $2.00

Assorted Pattens $1.00 and $2.00
As baskets empty other yarns will take there place and sometimes the baskets get dumped into the next lowest dollar basket. You might end up with a $12.95 yarn for $1...if it lasts that long.

Sale runs:
Thursday 10 am - 6 pm
Friday 10:30 am - 9 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 4 pm.

Mission Falls Clearout

I keep looking around the shop, trying to come up with more space for the new yarn I have ordered.

I love Mission Falls yarn, but they stopped making it and the stock is becoming less available. Starting Thursday all Mission Falls yarn (1824 wool, 1824 Cotton and the 136 Merino) is on Sale. 25%-50% off the regular price. Full bags of 10 in one colour will be 30% off and I can special order full bags!
(orders take about a week to arrive)

Come in this Weekend for the best selection.

It's Sidewalk Sale and Summerfest. The street will be closed to vehicle traffic and the downtown will be filled with all things Summery!

See you Soon

Norm

Today we said goodbye to Norm. A lovely man, the Grandfather, Father and Father-in-law of friends. Described by many as Goofy, Funny, Lovable....we will miss him. We worked together for a little while on a big project, he called me MUM because I kept reminding him to be careful.

I was lucky to have known him.

See You Tuesday.

Well, that was fun!

A couple of weeks ago I went on a road trip and came home with a few bags of yarn! Included in this was a discontinued yarn that was hand dyed pure wool that looked very interesting. The more I looked at the 200 gram skein I knew what I wanted to do with the yarn.


I have done a little bit of felting but haven't done very much lately because just before I opened the shop we purchased a new laundry team that included a front load washing machine. (Being on a well that was known to run dry it was the best option.)



The more I looked at the yarn the more I thought "what the heck, I'll give it a try". I looked at all the usual places and began the project with an nice square bottom. I found my 6.5mm circular 32" needle. Cast on 32 stitches and knit until I could count 32 ridges. Leaving the stitches on the needle I picked up 32 stitches along the edge, picked up 32 stitches along the cast on edge and another 32 stitches along the last edge and started knitting. I knit for a while and decreased 8 stitches along each side then knit a bit more and did the same decreases. Then kept knitting until I had enough left to do a garter stitch edge for 10 rows or 5 ridges ( the final length was about 18 inches...not sure I didn't really measure?)

I cast it off and made a long I-cord rope out of the remaining yarn.

Then I threw it into my front load washer (inside a pillow case) with 3 pairs of The Boy's old jeans. I set the machine for a quick wash with hot water and medium spin. I checked after the first wash and it was just about right but it could use a little more. I managed to stop the machine just before the final rinse and checked again. That's when I got out a plunger (it was new!) and put the project into a basin with hot water and plunged away for about 5 minutes. I did this in the laundry tub, it was a little splashy! I think that helped get rid of some of the creases that developed.

Then I squeezed out as much water as I could and found the perfect box to shape it and let it dry.

It took a couple of days to get it dry and I poked some holes through the bag and threaded the I-cord through the holes.

Pretty neat eh!

There are 2 more colours.....I need to perfect the pattern.

What did you do that was new to you?

See you Soon.