Finally, I finished my Ella Phint, an adorable toy designed by Ms. Knit fish. I didn’t have anything to make the eyes with, so she was waiting until I could pick up some black yarn or floss, which I did on Saturday. Eventually she’ll end up with one of the new babies out there.

Until [...]

The last couple of days, I swear there’s been something in the air that tastes of Fall. I hasten to point out that Summer does not officially end until weeeelll into September. But there is that change in the air that so often accompanies the first days of September.
The birds, for example, are in on [...]

I believe they are called “clouds.” Hello, old friends!
On other topics: I finally joined Ravelry today! I resisted for some time, not because I don’t think it’s a total work of genius, but because I know I will not be able to keep up with it. If I can’t find the time to do [...]

My mom lives near a store called the Fabric Place, which is always worth a visit when in the neighborhood. They have bins of great remnants from the home dec department. These little remnants were the right size to take home, and at only 50 american cents a piece, they were truly cheap and cheerful. [...]

Morning! Is it rude to be cheerful about baseball the day after the Canucks last game of the season, and possibly Trevor Linden’s last game ever? I’m sorry.
But its coffee and Red Sox baseball this weekend, with the Sox in Toronto for a weekend series. Better yet, next weekend its a Yankees home series. [...]

Never the swiftest of knitters, I only just finished my Monkey Socks about two weeks ago when my mom was here. Interestingly, I can’t seem to photograph the color of these; it just does not seem to be in the gamut of my digital camera. I think it’s called crabapple, and its a lovely variegated [...]

It’s pouring outside. But snug in our house, we are coming to the tail end of our wonderful, epic 2007 Christmas. We’ve travelled from coast to coast and back again, dodging ice and snow and airport snarls all the way, spent time with friends and family, opened presents, made and eaten Christmas dinners, and now, [...]

. . . and one to go! Last weekend while we were in Vancouver I knitted and frogged a heel (aka nosewarmer) on scrap yarn until I finally thought I had it figured out. Why didn’t I think of doing that earlier? I looked at a couple of online tutorials and some other patterns and [...]

Happy Thanksgiving, all you Canadians out there. I’m adjusting a bit to the seasons here, on my second time through them, but I’m still not into the swing of Thanksgiving in October. For one thing, it doesn’t seem to be a big thing with the Canadian side of the family, so there’s no impetus to [...]

Sometimes its good to make things without a set goal. Just go by instinct and your emotional response. I was pretty stressed out during September. I think its the long days of running around trying to meet deadlines. By the time I get out of there I’m way more wound up than I should be. [...]