The Intrepid Adventurer: Mike Sheep Makes a Reappearance

I'm sending my thoughts and love to everyone in Boston that was involved in the explosions. I cannot say elegantly what I know in my heart, so I will leave it there...I'm also sending love and healing thoughts to the families who have lost their loved ones in the earthquake; and also everyone else who is suffering loss or hunger or strife in our world.

And now, I will let you continue on to something with a ligher theme!

WiP: Marion by Andi Satterlund
In-Progress, but on hold: Itty Bitty Baby Cardigan
FOs: none

Reading: A Most Dangerous Method by John Kerr

Still dazzled by his previous experiences in the Canadian Rockies, recovering from being called a "Shrome" by Navene in WDW, AND still coming off of his delight with the experiences that he had in Japan and Singapore, Mike Sheep made an adventure out this week to the Calgary Stampede's Aggie Days.

This event was crowded with families, mostly those families with small children, so although Mike Sheep was fine, the one who was carrying him - me - was looked at suspiciously.

Mike loved the combine, though!

Hence, after I was able to convince Mike that we no longer needed to stay at Aggie Days, we traipsed to The Loop in Kensington, where I was able to finally procure a decent Royal ball winder! Thus began a weekend where I read to my heart's content (Finally finished Yann Martel's Life of Pi) and worked on the Marion cardigan, which so far has been a delightful and quick knit. Although I think that the next thing I knit needs to have bright spring colours in it! 

This seclusion was partially implemented due to that, when I woke up, this was the view out my front window:

And our building's landscapers had been there only minutes before! Although most of it has now blown away or melted...It's going to be a messy drive to work tomorrow!

Hope all is well for you! What did you do this weekend?

Katie =^..^=

That Kind of Week...Again

WiP: SSP, slippers

Well, yes, it is Thursday. Not dead, quite healthy, in fact...Just haven't written. And right now, I really don't have much to say.

It's spring, but it's snowing again.

This weekend is Dallas and my 4th-year anniversary (yay!)

And I've done some spring cleaning of my room and our bedroom, which feels a lot better. I will be posting pictures of my craft room at some point.

And that is all.

Have fun, my knitties!

Katie =^..^=

Where's Spring...?

WiP: SSP, slippers!
FOs: None

There's been at least another 2 inches of snow since last nice.

It's this time of year that I really start wanting spring and summer. But the one drawback to living in Calgary is that the "safe-plant" date is June 1. Which is still no guarantee against frost and snow in June and July and August, but at least you generally can leave your plants out overnight.

Anyway.

Lots of knitting.

Lots of wool/silk/mohair blends.

Spinning.

And maybe, perhaps, my shawl. We'll see what the weekend brings.

Have a lovely evening, my knitties!

Katie =^..^=

Snow!!

WiP: Super Secret Project (from now on SSP)
(Mostly) FO: Mittens to felt

Yes, that's right. 11 cm of snow overnight and most of the day Sunday. It was the heavy, sticky stuff, too. (That's my truck and the front yard of our complex when I got downstairs around 9am. It kept snowing until about 4pm on Sunday.)

But it means that I got the mittens finished this weekend! These are new item for the shop when I start doing updates again.

So it was a good, relaxing, weekend. Just hunkered down with my wool this Sunday and knitted.

I did go out Saturday and got myself a Schact Kate (I don't like lazy in front of that) for my spinning wheel, so I plied yarn on Saturday, but I don't have pictures, sorry!

I guess, really, it was a productively relaxing weekend. Exactly how I like them!

Have a lovely day, my dearies! :)

Katie =^..^=