Lovely Lace Leafs

Need.To.Block.

I am having my personal "white-out". Good thing I am not someone who gets easily depressed. No, being grumpy describes it very well.

Someone.Make.The.Snow.Stop.NOW.

Do you "Lee Valley"?

Let me introduce you to Lee Valley. If you already know them you'll go "aaah, yes", if not, go and take a look at their site. Lots of cool stuff (most of it I'll probably never need since I am neither a woodworker nor gardener, but nonetheless), including this:


As someone who hates doing anything destructive to her books (even putting post-it notes in them might cause slight nausea), these are the perfect solution. I was able to procure 10 of these beauties mounted on paper in a "Barnes & Noble" in Southern Illinois for a ridiculous high price - now look:


There are fifty of them in a stylish tin box (I mean, this looks so Art Deco, come on!) and for a mere 9.95 CAD you can go crazy doing this:





Now you tell me that is not fab!!


Last note: "It's snowing, it's snowing, God, I hate this weather!" ("New York City" - They might be Giants)

C'est si bon - c'est fini. C'est quoi? Clapotis!

One afternoon of sitting on my couch, watching TV (Stargate, a Cadfael movie and "My cousin Vinny" for the umphteenth time 'cause I love it) and it's finished. I have decided that I won't give it away, no, I'll keep it. The colour just screams my name and, heck, I knit it, I can do with it what I want, can't I?


Picture with me wearing it will follow - eventually.


Talking about sitting on couches: I found one that I would love to have for our new living room:


This one is from "The Art shoppe" and the only thing I would change is the colour - maybe. The chaise longue attachment is just brilliant.

Exposed

Margaret took a picture of me, indeed. I have been debating posting it since it is not really flattering. Which is not at all her fault and only partly blamable on the angle the picture was taken in. That's all I have to say about it.

"Get this party started" - Pink

Sunday afternoon, 2 p.m. Lee Ann did just this:


Lemon loaf, chocolate cake and a chocolate/raspberry with ganache. As you can see it was also catered to the more savoury taste.

I have been taking pictures so I am not in them. Margaret has been taking pictures, too - so I might show up in one of her photos, I have to ask her. Véronik successfully dodged all tries to get her as usual and, last note: I stink at taking photos, just you wait and see...


This is Lee Ann - one day she might even get her own blog to entertain us with her knitting and other adventures, she really should 'cause she is good at writing. In the meantime I have to tell you that she is working on a hat with periwinkle blue Debbie Bliss' Cashmerino....hmmm, nice and soft.


That's Margaret and Roz (who we got to meet for the first time - Roz, not Margaret). Reina is in that photo, too, but since I disregarded an important rule of photography (don't do it against the light) she is barely visible. Sorry! Reina started knitting only recently, that doesn't keep her from inventing her own patterns as Svetlana told us.


Here's Roz and Deborah - and, yes, I did it again 'cause there is another window in the back...Roz brought some bulky yarn and asked for ideas what to do with it, I hope we could help and she decided what to knit. Deborah was working on a design from Phildar (I think), I seem to remember a hoodie. (Feel free to correct me.)


To close off our little knitter round let me show you Kajin and Molly Ann, well, kind of, since this pic is a bit flurry. Kajin was working on a sock with Opal yarn (nice pink colourway) and Molly Ann is needling away on her cashmere sweater on 3mm needles. One day she might actually finish it - when she is done with all her school assignments and other work, right? And, there are Véronik's knees and some of her knitting visible, oh my, I hope she can stand having her knees on my blog.


This is what I have been working on. The right front of my Mackintosh Cardi.

Special note for Deawn: We missed having you there - please come back from stinking boring Omaha and knit with us again! (No offense to all of your fabulous relatives, I am just being egoistic.)

Hold that thought: Special note for Jo, too. The poor girl had planned to come but had to work instead. Hope to see you soon!

Talking about getting things started: Last night I had an urge...I started opening all cupboards to find something to munch on. Since I have stopped buying empty calories I found nothing - good thing, too. What did I do? I opened my yarn stash drawers and looked there. I found Baby Silk, six balls of it. Just enough to start this:


Looks familiar? Of course it does. You'll find this all over the place. Which makes it nonetheless a nice little project.

I was tempted to post another pic - it is snowing again. Then I decided you can just have a look at this since it looks exactly the same.