tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31820313325767620512024-02-07T16:38:32.348-08:00PurldailyOne Crazy Woman's Journey to the 2017 Harrow FairMary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-55271499872072091742018-08-31T05:12:00.000-07:002018-08-31T05:12:44.643-07:002018 results<a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=15aauJU8ZibeRTEbCSEctjPuIzPFkd1Rv" target="_blank">2018 results</a><br />
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Above is a link to my results for 2018. The yellow highlighted lines are the ones that I have not won a 1st place in since 2016 when I started keeping track. It is just my incentive to try harder and improve my own work.<br />
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For those that like summaries, I have 13 1st places, 12 seconds, 3 thirds and 3 entries with nothing. 90% of my entries won a ribbon.<br />
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I was not the only one who entered multiple Christmas entries in the various categories. I have never seen so many Christmas quilts. I hope to be taking some photos today of the needle crafts to show you.<br />
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A, if you are reading this get to the Fair. You are going to love it!Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-24494652059112356412018-08-30T09:43:00.001-07:002018-08-30T09:43:39.230-07:00Out of My HandsI have a recurring fear that something is going to happen and I won't be able to get my entries to the Fair in time. A year's work wasted. To ease my fear, I arranged to have the day off work. My plan was to check all my entries, ensure I had them all and do any finishing necessary. I was going to be at the fairgrounds by early afternoon. I would be relaxed and there in plenty of time. I would be organized. If only. Instead, yesterday felt like my fears were coming true.<br />
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I woke at 5:30am and wove the ends in on the last entry. I was going to take a picture but it was still dark out.<br />
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One of the rules of the fair is to have a sample of the yarns used for each entry attached to that entry. I keep the yarn samples I need in envelopes for each project so I have them available to attach to the entries when I deliver them to the fair. I counted the envelopes. There were 32. I had put 31 entries on the entry form. I started going through the envelopes to see if I had forgotten to list an item on the entry form. I was a quarter of the way through when I realized I had two envelopes for one entry. Problem resolved.<br />
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I updated my spreadsheet tracking my projects' progress. The computer where I have the spreadsheet is not connected to a printer and I do not have a wireless printer at home. I had to figure out how to convert the spreadsheet to a pdf file and email it to myself. I could then access the email on gmail from a different computer hooked up to an ancient printer. I printed the list of completed projects so I could check off each entry as I packed it to take to Harrow.<br />
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I walked the dogs. Harley was showing signs of difficulty getting up stairs and jumping onto furniture. I called the vet and made an appointment for him.<br />
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I went to a funeral.<br />
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I came home to find the dogs had peed in the kitchen while I was out. I cleaned up.<br />
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I made myself lunch.<br />
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I started putting the yarn samples on safety pins. I had so many projects with red, white, green and black yarns I had to come up with some way of organizing the yarn samples so the right sample went with the right project. I pined each pin with yarn to the printout of the completed entries. I started but could not finish before it was time to go to the vet's office with Harley.<br />
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Harley got checked out. He is fine. We came home with some pain meds and he is doing better.<br />
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My brother called to wish me happy birthday. He said he sent me a package. After the call I checked for mail delivery and found the box from my brother on the porch. Of course I had to open it (a jigsaw puzzle). I texted him my thanks.<br />
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I finished pinning the yarn samples. I had two more envelopes than I had entries on my print out. Another reconciliation later; I had missed updating the spreadsheet for two entries. I wrote those two down on the printout by hand.<br />
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I cleaned out a laundry basket and started packing up the entries. I put them into the basket in order of entry number. I checked off each from the printout as I put them into the basket. I pinned booties together and booties to hats. I pinned socks together. I pinned whatever I needed to pin to keep entry parts together.<br />
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I put the basket in the car. It looked like rain. I put a garbage bag in the car to cover the basket in case it rained. I grabbed my purse, texted Hubby to say I was heading to Harrow. I texted my boss to thank her for the birthday wish text.<br />
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I was half way to Harrow when I remembered I had forgotten the stand for the doll. The entry is not acceptable without it. I turned around and came home. <br />
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By now it was close to the time Hubby normally gets home. I called and texted and called again to say I came home for the stand. Since he would be home shortly he could come with me to Harrow and help me with the entries. I put the stand in the car.<br />
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I fed the dogs and gave Harley his pain medication.<br />
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It felt like forever before Hubby came home (it was 10 minutes).<br />
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We got to Harrow just after 6. There was no line up for the tickets for the entries. There was no line up to drop off the entries. Hubby and I spent close to 1/2 hour attaching the tickets and yarn samples to the entries. I organized the tickets and matched them to the entries. He undid the pins from the printout and handed them to me. Since I had them pinned to the sheet in the order of the entry numbers (except for the two I hand wrote on the list) he was able to find each one as I needed it. Since I had packed the basket in order of entry number we looked like a well organized team. I had 31 entries. There were 31 pre-printed tickets. My fears dissapated.<br />
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We went out to dinner. Happy birthday.<br />
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Here are the pictures of the last entries finished.<br />
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I finished the vest. There is a pocket inside to hold the battery pack for the lights.<br />
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I finished the shawl.<br />
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Knit up a pincushion.<br />
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I somehow missed taking a picture of the finished item. Here it is in progress.<br />
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I finished the cowl.<br />
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Again I missed taking a picture of the finished item. I meant to when I tied in the ends. But it was still dark out and I thought I could do it later. The day got away from me and it was packed in the basket before I remembered the picture. I was afraid to unpack the basket and find it. I had visions of arriving in Harrow having left an entry behind or the entries were so mixed up we could not match the items with the tickets.<br />
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I finished the reindeer.<br />
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This was one of the earliest entries I knit. The reindeer has been knit for months and months and not assembled. It took me a full day to finish the assembly and make the scarf. But he is done and is delightful.<br />
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I made something beaded.<br />
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I finished the poncho. I knit this last September. I forgot about it and all I needed to do to complete it was cast off and sew a short seam. The original plan was to make it and wear it last winter. It wasn't even planned as an entry. Since I didn't finish or wear it then, I finished it now and added it to the entries.<br />
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Here is my entry for a dressed doll on a stand.</div>
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It is Barbie on a shelf elf outfit. I used an existing pattern for the dress and pants (with modifications of course) and made up the collar, hat and boots myself. Hubby made the stand for me out of trophy parts.<br />
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I am writing this entry to keep me from pacing, fretting and otherwise driving myself crazy until I can go to the fair tonight to get the judging results. It is not working.<br />
<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-72155324401485424692018-08-19T14:24:00.000-07:002018-08-19T14:24:08.464-07:00Statistics and DeadlinesThe Harrow Fair entry form has to be into the fair office by 8pm on Saturday August 25. My plan is to head down to Harrow tomorrow afternoon to hand in my entry form and pay my membership fee. <br />
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I have filled out the form and have 31 entries listed. Of those, 23 are fully completed, 3 have not yet been cast on, 3 are still on the needles and 2 are cast off but need to be assembled and the finishing completed. I have 10 days before the entries must be delivered to the fair grounds.<br />
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Since last week's post I have finished these.<br />
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I started and finished these.<br />
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Preemie hat and booties made with James C. Brett Baby Shimmer D.K. 90% acrylic and 10% viscose. I can't tell you what the pattern is. It is something I photocopied many years ago and it just says hat and booties. There is not even a picture. I didn't photocopy the pattern well either. The first three sentences on the top of each page were missing so I had to wing it.<br />
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I started this on the bus to Listowel.<br />
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It is a small shawl in DK weight. The yarn is Truffles, 80% wool and 20% cashmere. It has been in my stash for a while so I don't know if the yarn still exists in the outside world. The pattern is Bellis and I have knit it before.<br />
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Here is what I picked up at the Spinrite tent sale.<br />
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This from the outlet store in Listowel.<br />
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More photos from Listowel.<br />
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Those are empty boxes spilling out from the tent.<br />
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We stopped at Mary Maxim's in London and I brought these home with me.<br />
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The Listowel purchases went under the bus. The rest came inside with me. I used the seat belt to keep things from flying around.<br />
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I am going to leave you with pictures of my garden and dogs to keep you amused while I go back to my comfy chair and knit like mad.<br />
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<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-62561627920857918002018-08-12T12:24:00.002-07:002018-08-12T12:24:54.412-07:00Almost TimeThe Harrow Fair entries have to be in to the fair on August 29. That is only 17 days away. So far I have 24 entries. 21 are completed, one is in knitting progress and 2 still need the finishing touches. I have a list of 6 items I would still like to make. If I don't, the world is not going to end. There is always next year. I have loaded my file for the entries <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v-0wwpJKG4MgAV0nbBU-e9xUhjABtojP" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I completed a non-entry.<br />
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Paton's Kroy in Camo Colors, my sock recipe. I just had to complete my "take everywhere" socks as I needed the needles for this.<br />
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I started a pair of children's socks. I am making it up as I go. Here is a close up of the patterning.</div>
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In keeping with the Christmas theme I am adding evergreen trees to both the front and back.<br />
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I made myself felted slippers earlier so I made children's slippers for the slipper category. They are green<br />
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to keep with the fair theme. I also have pooches on my mind (see below).<br />
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The design is from one of my favourite pattern books for children and babies. <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/cutest-ever-baby-knits/patterns" target="_blank">Cutest Ever Baby Knits </a>by Val Pierce. I have knit a number of the patterns in this book. My only complaint is that each pattern is only one size. <br />
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These are also from the same book.<br />
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I started this Christmas Theme item below way back soon after the 2017 fair ended. It stalled as I tried to decide what to put on it. I recently decided it is done. My friend A. agrees. There is no pattern. I just kept using patterns I had for the various components except the ring cover. That I made up to fit the styrofoam ring I bought at Michael's.<br />
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The little guy in the background is Hamlet. He is the latest addition to our family. <br />
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He is a cairn Terrier 9 going on 10 years old. He is a rescue from the Ontario and Eastern Region of the Cairn Terrier Club of Canada. He and Harley are getting along fine although there are times they are still working it out. (Sometimes it means that they are peeing it out - males!!!). It helps that Hamlet is a go with the flow kind of guy.<br />
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I am delighted with this baby blanket.<br />
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I could not find a pattern for what I wanted to make. Instead I found this <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tunies-christmas-tree-wall-hanging" target="_blank">pattern</a> for a wall hanging and added rows to the bottom and top and stitches to each side. Somehow I halved the rows needed for the top and bottom twice and blanket was coming out wider than tall. I had lunch with my friend A. I was outlining my options for fixing this near fatal mistake. I did not want to have to rip back and start over. I was thinking of cutting off the garter stitch bottom border and picking up stitches to add rows going down. A. suggested I simply add more sky and more snowflakes to that sky. So I went home, charted it out and added sky. The blanket came out square more or less which is just fine.<br />
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The yarn was a special purchase at Mary Maxim's a couple of years ago. It is their Mary Maxim Baby DK Sport, 55% acrylic and 45% polyamide in white.<br />
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This baby will be winging its way to New Brunswick after the fair to warm my great grand baby. I became a great grandmother as of a few hours ago. Its a boy, no name given yet.<br />
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I have wanted to make this one for many years now. It is a vest.<br />
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Under the tree is a pocket for the battery pack for the lights. They light up! I found a chart for the tree on a pattern for some other sweater I found at Len's Mill Store in London. The presents are from a chart in one of my stitch pattern books. I used a basic vest pattern also picked up at Len's Mill Store with some modifications. My friend A. is getting this after the fair. She has been my Christmas consultant for the last year and her enthusiasm for this theme has kept me going. She has chosen the decorations to be added to the tree. It is one of my works that still needs to be finished.<br />
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All the yarn is Paton's Classic Wool Superwash DK although some is their former discontinued same yarn different name from my stash.<br />
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I am heading to the Listowel tent sale on Thursday on a bus trip. I always think of a trip to Listowel to the Spinrite factory outlet as a yarn orgy. It is so much fun at the time. Afterwards you feel a bit sick. The only thought running through your head as you try to find space to store it all is, "What was I thinking?" I can't wait!<br />
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<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-32147886307034708782018-07-15T18:33:00.000-07:002018-07-15T18:33:02.448-07:00Catching UpIt has been a long time since I posted. My busy season at work hit and I was working 7 days a week until the end of April. Any free time was for napping and knitting.<br />
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I went to part-time in May but ended up sleeping my days away and trying to catch up on bills, gardening and appointments. I found I wanted to knit more than write about it. June pretty much followed the pattern set in July.<br />
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I took some time to fly to Baltimore to visit my brother. I spent most of the time sleeping. He came down with a cold and wanted to sleep. Suited me fine as that is exactly what I wanted to do too.<br />
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Hubby and I welcomed Harley into our lives. He is nine years old and is a mixed breed. I mixture of what we can only guess at. His personality is all terrier.<br />
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We are still getting to know each other. We have given him two nicknames so far. Squirt and Mr. Crankypants. Only he knows what he calls us.<br />
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The problem with taking this much time between posts is that I can't remember what items I have posted about. I have put items away in the drawer and don't know if I took photos first or blogged about it.<br />
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This was a pattern on the Lily Sugar'n Cream website. Too bad for them I used Bernat Handicrafter. I swear everytime I made a trip to the city, I stopped at Michaels for more of this cotton. I was having brain farts and could not remember what colours I needed so I would pick up different colours. I have enough yarn for this category for the next few years now.<br />
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The pattern is <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/reyna" target="_blank">Rayna</a>. It uses one skein of fingering weight yarn, approximately 400 yards. I used a skein of Yarn Indulgences, yarn from and indie dyer, I picked up in Picton. Oh yeah, in May my friend C and I went to the Picton Fibre Fest. We spent the weekend in Picton in a house we rented and had just a lovely time. I got a lot of sleep including an afternoon nap on Saturday.<br />
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I find I like to wear a small shawl to work rather than jewellery and this shawl is a perfect size for that.<br />
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These are elf slippers from the <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Bulk-Buy-Spinrite-Patons-Slippers/dp/B0033PG0VW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1531700316&sr=8-10&keywords=patons+next+steps" target="_blank">Patons book Next Steps Four</a>. Ignore the price at Amazon. This booklet is widely available. I think is is $6.99 at Len's Mill Store. I used Patons Classic Wool from my stash. I made the extra large size and ran it through my washing machine twice to make sure the fabric was fully felted. These are for me. I wore out my last pair this spring.<br />
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I am expecting a great grandson at the end of July, beginning of August. This pattern is the jacket on the cover of a King Cole booklet 623 I have had for years. I can't find a link for this booklet and I put the booklet away and can't find it either! I used Patons Classic Superwash DK in Denim for this project. I went to visit my Mom the first week in July. We seached all over Niagara Falls and St. Catharines looking for the right buttons. I found them at Len's Mill Store in London on my way home.<br />
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This is the Jewel Wrap. It is a triangle shawl. I picked up the pattern and yarn as a kit at the Picton Fibre Fest. It was a quick knit. Again I plan to wear this in place of jewellery. I also plan to knit more from similar yarn in my stash.<br />
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I am quite proud of this little number. I used a basic vest pattern from Little Sweet Peas published by Sirdar. I added the tree from a chart I found on Ravelry. I finished it off with various buttons I had acquired along the way and some jingle bells I had in my sewing supplies.<br />
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The yarn is more of the Paton's Classic Superwash DK.<br />
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I may have missed some projects. I know I knit some socks along the way. I suspect I gave them away before I got out my camera.<br />
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I plan to send this one to the great grand baby after the fair.<br />
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I found a pattern for a wall hanging for a tree. I took the pattern and worked out how to add extra width and length for a baby blanket. I am using Mary Maxim DK. The yarn is 100% acrylic. The colour is Aran but my camera wants to make it blue. I am 3/4 done. I keep knitting on it instead of working on other things I should be doing.<br />
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Oh I did forget one project that is finished. The novelty purse category:<br />
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The purse is a mixture of patterns I put together. The yarn is Patons Country Garden superwash DK (alas, now discontinued) and Patons Classic Superwash DK. The bag is lined with cotton from the Sewing Store in Essex.<br />
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Hopefully I will have an epiphany on what to write about next week while I am walking Harley.<br />
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<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-9678185139829681682018-03-04T14:14:00.003-08:002018-03-04T14:14:48.794-08:00SerendipityI wanted to knit a boy's sweater. In keeping with the Christmas theme I thought a sweater with snowflakes on it would be fine. Dark blue background and snowflakes across the shoulders. I was absolutely sure I had such a pattern. I searched my books and booklets. I searched my library on Ravelry. I could not find what I was sure I had. <br />
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Time for plan B. I searched my library on Ravelry for a child's sweater and colour work. I found something suitable but not what I had in mind.<br />
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Now I love the library search feature in Ravelry. I have entered as many of my patterns as possible in Ravelry. If I can't it is usually because my book or booklet or leaflet is so old that it is not listed in Ravelry. One feature I would love to see added to the library on Ravelry is a box for "where the heck did I store the damn thing in my house". According to Ravelry, I have 10,324 patterns in my library. That is a lot of patterns to manage, store and locate when I need them. I also know that I have more patterns than that.<br />
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Once I found my alternate pattern choice I had to start searching my physical library for it. I could not find it. I searched high and low but nope no where. However, I did find a Paton's Classic Colors booklet for the Classic Wool DK Superwash I have been stocking my stash with. I could not remember any of its patterns coming up in my Ravelry library search. So I opened it and thought that pattern number 2 would be a fun knit. No snowflakes but it was stranded.<br />
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Next step, search my inventory listing for suitable yarns. I started pulling up the various colours I have in the yarn the pattern called for. The Pattern called for Gold, Cork, Deep Olive and Pumpkin. Pretty soon I realized that I had Gold, Cork and Pumpkin in my stash. No Deep Olive but I had brown. I had the inventory records all in front of me and started to laugh. Hubby had brought all of the yarns back from the Listowel Tent Sale in 2016. He brought me back the sweater. Knitting it now was serendipity.<br />
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I cast on the sweater Sunday night so I had something to knit on Monday night at the game in Dresden. Essex lost 1-0. Essex was leading the best of seven series 3-1 at that point. Knitted on the sweater again Tuesday night at the next game. This one Essex won and finished the series with Dresden. I had finished the body and one sleeve. The second sleeve was done before the hydro came back on Thursday night. All that was left was to join the sleeves to the body and knit the yoke. The fun part really.<br />
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I had Friday off work. I woke up early and starting knitting. I could not put it down. I had so many other things I should have been doing but my knitting mojo was finally back and I was really enjoying myself. The sweater was done by dinner time. All that is left is the blocking.<br />
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I like the dark brown in the sweater. Also somehow I mixed up contrast B and Contast A. It was totally accidental. I misread the pattern. I also like that better too.<br />
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Here is the original in the pattern for the <a href="http://www.yarnspirations.com/catalogsearch/result/?cat=&q=Child%27s+Sunny+Yoke+Sweater" target="_blank">Child's Sunny Yoke Sweater</a>.<br />
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With the knitting juices flowing and a hockey game tonight, I started a new project this morning. I just intended to knit the ribbing so I could just work on stockinette at the game. I could not stop knitting on it.<br />
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The pattern is Berrylicious Baby knit in Paton's Classic Wool DK Superwash. I know, I know, I have a lot of it in my stash. This time the yarn is from purchases I made a Len's Mill Store some time ago.<br />
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While my mojo was taking a snooze I have been working on socks at the hockey games. The first sock is done and I am on the gusset of the second. <br />
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Kroy sock yarn, my recipe.<br />
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Tonight's game will be exciting. It is the first game in best of seven for the division final. Essex plays Lakeshore so we stay close to home.<br />
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Just to reinforce that knitting the yoke sweater was fate - I found the second choice pattern when I was putting Classic Colors booklet away. Turns out that I had not even entered the Classic Colors booklet in Ravelry. Sheesh!Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-69589473567339545332018-02-11T13:31:00.001-08:002018-02-11T13:31:07.637-08:00Flu SeasonBack in February of 1996 I came down with the flu. I was sick for weeks. It was just awful. I swore I would never get the flu again and have faithfully gotten the flu shot each and every year since. I made a point of visiting a local pharmacy in November of 2017 to make sure I got my flu shot for this season. Despite my precaution, I got the flu. While I have been quite sick, it has not nearly been as bad as '96. I am getting better but this bug has left me weak, tired and still coughing.<br />
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I missed some hockey games, missed two and half days of work and did not feel much like knitting. I just keep going to bed earlier and sleeping as much as I can.<br />
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I wanted to post to bring you up to date on what I have accomplished in the last few weeks.<br />
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I finished the Christmas sweater.<br />
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I used the chart from Santa on Bike by BlondeMoments69 available on Ravelry. However, I made the body of the sweater to my own specifications. All yarn was Paton's Classic Superwash DK.<br />
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I finished a child's hat and mittens.<br />
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I used the children's mitten pattern from The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns. The hat is also from the same book but with modifications. I love the fake fur pompoms and I keep buying various keychains just to obtain them. The yarn is Paton's Classic Wool DK Superwash in Autumn Spice. Hubby brought it back for me from the Listowel sale in August.<br />
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I am still working on the Christmas wreath. It still needs more decoration.<br />
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I started a new pair of socks.<br />
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I am still on the first sock of the pair.<br />
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Paton's Kroy sock yarn in Grey Brown Marl colourway.<br />
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This flu has an unexpected side effect. I can't seem to eat very much and everything I do eat turns to gas. I need to end this post so I can leave the room and breathe again.<br />
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<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-9667907277091684262018-01-21T13:28:00.002-08:002018-01-21T13:28:42.368-08:00Moving OnI want to thank you for your condolences made in the comments and emails to us. Hubby and I appreciate your thoughts and kind regards. We are still grieving but continuing to carry on. We miss Reba. I still hear her. I hear her soft snoring. ( I think it is Hubby). I hear her toenails on the sides of her crate while I lie in bed. (This is truly remarkable since her crate is two floors below in the basement stuffed with her dog beds.) I hear her dog tags tinkling as I sit knitting in the chair she used to claim as her own.<br />
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I know I am not hallucinating. The sounds are real. It is just my brain falsely interpreting the sounds to help me remember my girlie.<br />
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After her passing I gathered all her stuff to pack away. I was amazed. I found 7 knitted sweaters, 2 knitted blankets, 9 dog beds (we ended binning two that could not be saved by washing) one dog towel, 5 dog crates of assorted varieties, 3 fabric cone collars and a large assortment of dog bowls.<br />
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Almost everything reminds me of her. I look at the squirrels sitting on their haunches on our back deck stuffing themselves with sunflower seeds, the alert ears and bent front paws - so Reba. She loved to eat. If you told her to sit pretty up on her haunches she went front paws curled close to her chest. I see paw prints in the snow and remember how much Reba loved to go for walks.<br />
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I finished the front of the green sweater (no picture yet). I delayed blocking the green sweater. I was just too emotional to touch it.<br />
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I knitted it over Christmas while Hubby and I discussed her condition. I tried to block it before now but I turned into Niagara Falls. I could have generated electricity from the stream of tears flowing over my cheeks. I armed myself with tissue today took a deep breath and plunged the bits and pieces into the sink. Now it is spread out to dry on the spare bed.<br />
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Just before Christmas, our office had a gift exchange. Turns out booze is the most popular gift item. It is what I came home with.<br />
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I knit a hat to bring. It was the first one opened (I did a lovely job of wrapping). No one stole it or traded it. It stayed with the original giftee. Turns out my co-worker's daughter's favourite colour is purple. It was on her head 30 seconds after it came home.<br />
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Knit with Paton's Classic Superwash DK wool. The pattern is from Ann Budd's The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns. I made the brim double in lilac to keep the ears warm.<br />
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I don't know why there are spots in the photos. They were not on the hat.<br />
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After we lost Reba, I needed a diversion from grief so I set up my rigid heddle loom in the basement and wove a scarf.<br />
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Then for fun I threw it into the washing machine and felted it.<br />
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Made with Paton's Classic Wool that Hubby picked up at the Listowel tent sale for me. I can't tell you how soft and thick and warm this scarf is. I love the striping pattern. I just love everything about it. I just can't wear it. It is like wrapping myself in my grief .<br />
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Back in the fall when I went to Little Red Mitten while Reba was in treatment in London (seems so long ago now), I bought two balls of the Mally Locks Sockwool in the Christmas colourway. I knit one into the socks for the 2018 Fair. I made the other into this.<br />
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After all I already had the loom set up.<br />
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I finished these socks. They are in the drawer for the nieces. <br />
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It is Regia 4 fadig Color. I bought it a couple of years ago on sale at our local fabric store. (I have yarn for the next pair ready. I really need to stop with the socks and focus on the Fair projects. Maybe I should seek therapy.)<br />
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I finally settled on a wreath for the Fair Theme category. I could not find a pattern I wanted to knit so I am going without an overall pattern or plan. I got the styrofoam ring covered.<br />
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This little guy, when completed along with some other stuff will be attached to it. I am winging it as I go so the end result will be a surprise to you and me.<br />
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Somehow I acquired a couple of booklets of patterns by Alan Dart. This is a Swedish Yuletide Gnome. I really want to knit both books in their entirety and use up everything in my stash. Do you think they will all fit on the ring? Even Noah's Ark? Will I live long enough?<br />
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<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/irresistible-gifts-to-knit/patterns" target="_blank">Irresistable Gifts to Knit</a><br />
<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/simply-knitting-46-october-2008-advent-tree-supplement/patterns" target="_blank">Advent Tree</a><br />
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PS While I am coping with our loss by knitting. Hubby is coping by buying bird seed and feeding the birds, squirrels, mice and rabbits that are populating our back yard. We assume there are mice but have not actually seen any. Why else would we be hearing an owl in the oak tree. We also assume that there is a hawk. We haven't seen one of them either but we have seen scattered bird feathers.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-27750617965450760392018-01-06T12:57:00.000-08:002018-01-06T12:57:06.381-08:00RebaI don't know how to write about this yet. <br />
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Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-611818018657987312017-12-10T10:54:00.001-08:002017-12-10T10:54:54.194-08:00What Would You Do?This weekend I travelled to Niagara Falls to visit my mother. London is about half-way and a good spot for a break. Sometimes I stop to eat but more often I detour to shop. Len's Mill Store this trip. I wanted to pick up some rip-stop nylon if possible. My mother likes to make aprons for her church bazaar. She still thinks it is 1975 when it comes to how much cotton fabric costs. I look for deals and pick up fabric for her. Len's is always a good place to look. Found some pretty cotton mill ends. I picked up some rip-stop nylon in dark blue and bright yellow. Also found some heavy nylon fabric I thought I could use. Even located some flannelette I liked for a nightgown.<br />
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While at the cutting table I spied the notice for Len's unusual sale. Sing four lines of any Christmas song at the cash-out and get a 25% discount on your entire purchase. That means I could get a discount on regular and sale items. It meant anything I wanted in the store was 25% off! I did what any one else would do. I picked up a couple more items I wanted and tried to remember the words to a Christmas song - any Christmas song. It is harder than it should be. Now a 25% discount is a 25% discount. What would you do?<br />
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I got to the cash. There was one lady in front of me and no one behind. The lady in front wanted purple sequined cushions which the cashier located for her. She cashed out - no singing.<br />
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I stepped up and asked, "How loud do you have to sing?" <br />
Cashier: "No mention of volume."<br />
Me: "I should warn you I can't sing."<br />
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I break out with Feliz Navidad. Somehow of all the great Christmas songs this is the only song I can think of at that moment. <br />
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My goodness, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen has been around since 1760. Silent Night has been a favourite since 1818 and all I can think of is Feliz Navidad and I am not in any way any part Spanish!<br />
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Once I start I have to finish the whole first verse. I just have to be sure I cover four lines - I don't know how much represents a line of song. Sometimes I can be such an overachiever.<br />
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Me: "Is that enough?"<br />
Cashier: "Oh yeah!" <br />
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I look around. There are now at least 6 people in line behind me; all staring. As I said I really can't sing. I say, "There's a 25% discount." The next lady in line says she doesn't know that song. I say it can be any Christmas song.<br />
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I turn to the cashier and ask, "Do many people sing?" She drops her head and I watch the white pompoms on the ends of the two cabled tails on her Santa hat swing back and forth as her head signals no. (I want her hat!)<br />
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I get my 25% discount which comes to over $25. I feel like I just got paid to perform. Does this make me a professional?<br />
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On the knitting front ...<br />
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I finished the character hat. I saw a reindeer tea cozy in Christmas Knits Book 2. I thought it would make a great hat. I really didn't think it through though. On an adult head what should be the front of the hat will actually be on top of the head. Someone has to be taller than the wearer to see the character on the hat. This of course is not a problem if a child wears it.<br />
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An adult has to wear it backwards. The adult now has eyes in the back of the head or people laughing behind their back.<br />
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I used one ball of Cariboo by Hikoo (too bad I bought 3) and some left over red and brown Paton's DK for the nose and antlers. The eyes are plain black shank buttons.<br />
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Progress on the sweater back.<br />
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The sock is longer.<br />
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My mother goes to sleep early so after I checked into the hotel I went for a walk. It has been 30 years since I lived in Niagara Falls and that long since I walked along River Road to view the Falls at night. I took my camera. I don't take night scenes very often. I could not remember the right white balance setting for night lights. In fact, in the dark I could not see the camera settings at all. The only light available to me was the Christmas lighting in the park. Good thing I do not really care what strangers think of me. I take my camera up to the light display and hold it right up against the light string to see what I am doing. I picked a setting for the ISO and white balance and hoped for the best.<br />
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I was sorry I did not bring a tripod. The exposure lengths I needed really necessitated one. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. Here are my really bad night scenes of Niagara Falls Festival of Lights.<br />
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Braced on a garbage receptacle.<br />
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Braced on the limestone fence blocks at the cliff edge,<br />
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Braced on the telephone infrastructure box in front of the Niagara Parks Police headquarters.<br />
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Braced on the ugliest fence I have ever seen to keep the tourists from falling into the fake pond.<br />
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After the fence stopped vibrating after the boy ran into it.<br />
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Braced on the fence surrounding the war memorial at the base of Clifton Hill.<br />
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This is all the time I have for this post. I am off to the Party Store. Closing sale - 35% discount and I don't have to sing (if I don't want to)!Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-53658783373156070422017-11-26T13:19:00.003-08:002017-11-26T13:19:19.581-08:00The Joys of an Old DogSince my last post, Reba had her follow up visit with the local vet to check on her progress. Our vet recommended we go for a 5th amino acid treatment. Last week I took Reba to London for the day. She stayed at the vet clinic. I went shopping, had lunch with a friend and did my errands for the next month.<br />
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There is some minor improvement to her feet. The clinic also prescribed medication for yeast infections in her feet and ears. Reba has never had a problem with her ears before this. Now I am cleaning them and putting drops in daily. I am soaking her feet in special shampoo to control the yeast. She smells better!<br />
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The fungus and previous infections in her toenails has a side effect. The nails growing in are brittle and damaged and keep breaking off. Reba was in to the local vet this week to have a toenail removed. It had partially broken inside the toe and I did not want to pull it off. Hubby and I went together to see Dr. Stephanie. She was able to remove the nail easily and Reba has stopped limping.<br />
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We know Reba has gone blind in one eye and is sight impaired in the other. Her sense of smell is not what it used to be. She has trouble locating food on that has fallen on the floor. She can hear but seems confused as to what direction the sound is coming from. I will call her name from one part of the room. She will turn to look at Hubby in a different direction.<br />
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We have been letting her go outside on her own again. Sometimes we have to go out and look for her when she becomes lost and can't find the door. If she finds the door on her own she just stares at it. She used to bark to come back in. For a while we thought she might have forgotten how to bark. Then one day I heard her barking away standing in the middle of the back yard. I think the squirrel startled her and then she set off the chorus of dogs in the neighbourhood.<br />
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When Reba became sick, Hubby and I lost the heart to correct her behaviours. What was the point, her remaining time with us is limited. We no longer make her sit and wait until we tell her she can eat. In hindsight this might have been a mistake. She has taken up barking at me while I am preparing her food. It is like she is saying "Hurry up, I am hungry." Lately I just have to open the fridge and stand at the counter to set her off. Poor Hubby no more sleeping in for him!<br />
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While I waited for Reba last week I went to Len's Mill Store and picked up yarn for a Christmas sweater for the Ladies Sweater category. I decided that I would start with the sleeves. (Since I took this picture I finished the first sleeve and am about half-way through the second).<br />
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I am going to do the back next. I am saving the front where all the action is until last. There will be an intarsia picture for the front. I hate intarsia. I don't know why I keep choosing patterns that call for it. I figure if I have the rest of the pieces done I will have the incentive to finish the front. If I started with the front and got frustrated, I just might end up throwing it at the wall and just give up, not making the sweater at all. This plan includes a back up plan. If the picture piece goes flying I can always just knit a plain front; I will still have a sweater and since it is green, still suitable for the holidays.<br />
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I made a mug rug.<br />
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Look - it is reversible. I used a couple of motifs from Christmas Knits Book 2. I added a couple of layers of cotton quilt batting to make it puffy and protect the furniture from a hot mug.<br />
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I finished the Girl's Sweater category.<br />
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I picked up the buttons at Len's Mill Store and I am thrilled with the results. The finished project drawer now holds two more entries.<br />
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I also finished the orange socks. I am still not sure if these are going in my sock drawer or the gift drawer.<br />
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My sock recipe made with <a href="http://minevillewoolproject.com/" target="_blank">Mineville Wool Project</a> in #2909 - Sock Yarn.<br />
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And then I cast on another sock. I just don' t understand why.<br />
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My grandmother made this for me. She took up crochet again later in life. She was taught by the nuns in grade school in Montreal. She made doilies and lace as a girl and young woman. When I was a child she made me hats. My favourites always had real bunny tails as pom poms. Sometimes she added one and sometimes two to the hat. Each time she made me a hat, the pom poms came off the old and onto the new. Sometime in the 70's when her friend Barbara developed arthritis in her hands, her doctor suggested she crochet to keep her hands limber. My grandmother thought it a wonderful idea for her hands too and started crocheting again. Mainly she made these afghans. All her grandchildren got them in various colours in the same stitch pattern. She passed away in January 1980. <br />
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This afghan and I have a long history together. I lived in Winnipeg when she made it for me. The colours are classic '70's and so is the yarn. It was for its time cheap acrylic probably purchased at Woolco. (Woolco was later bought out by Walmart.) The colours have faded a bit but there are no holes or other evidence of wear and tear. This is an acrylic that archeologists a thousand years from now digging up land fills will find in still pristine condition. I wonder what they will make of that.<br />
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The original purpose was as an afghan to protect against the winter cold. I used it as such for many years. Also, for many years it slept in various cupboards as I moved from home to home. I found the colours tiresome after time but could not bear to part with it. For a few years it even served as a blanket for the dogs. No damage done.<br />
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It has been through the washer and dryer countless times. Now it has gained a new purpose and gets pulled out when ever we need something to sit on. I foresee that we are going to spend the rest of our lives together finding new uses as we age. It will be my executor who will decide its final fate. I won't be able to bring myself to part with it. This afghan is everlasting thanks to the acrylics of the 70's. I bet there are still countless balls in stashes and countless afghans still in use.<br />
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I haven't quite shaken the cough. It is still with me but not as bad as before. I have one antibiotic pill left but the rest of the meds are done. I think it just has to run its course.<br />
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Because I haven't felt great this week, I wanted some comfort knitting and to me that means socks. I started these thinking I could work on them from time to time. Instead, I simply could not stop until they were done.<br />
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See done!<br />
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I added the loop to the Christmas stocking.<br />
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I assembled the tea cozy.<br />
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The shape is meant for a standard small brown betty tea pot. I don't have one of those so my camel tea pot stepped in as model. The tea cozy is symmetrical in real life and not misshapen at all. I am excited though. I can add 2 more finished items to the fair storage drawer.<br />
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The fronts of the girl's sweater are done and the sleeves cast on.<br />
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I think I want to finish this sweater before I start a new fair project. The reindeer is in the exact same state of assembly as last week. At my rate of assembly of this one, I worry I will be in a panic the night before the entries are due trying to sew it together and hoping it does not look like an 9 year old did the stuffing and stitching.<br />
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Reba had her last amino acid treatment. She is showing real improvement. Hubby and I know that the treatment is not a cure but it should make her more comfortable and stave off the inevitable for a maybe a few months to a year. I am cooking for her and she is eating really well. She has returned to her usual piggy self. It is just fascinating to see her veterinary care team get excited about her gaining weight. Who would think that this is a good thing in an already fat dog.<br />
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While I have been off work sick, I managed some knitting. Not as much as you might think. I was coughing so hard I pulled a muscle under my right arm and lost the use of it for 2 days. No knitting time there. I have also been very tired and did not feel like knitting. I have still not worked out how to knit in my sleep. Despite the limitations, I did make some progress towards the 2018 Harrow Fair.<br />
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I was feeling really good about that progress until I updated my excel spreadsheet. I have only truly finished one entry.<br />
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Knit from Ferner Wolle <a href="http://littleredmitten.com/shop/yarn/weight/sport/mally-socks-christmas-trio/" target="_blank">Mally Socks</a> sock yarn. I picked this up from the <a href="http://littleredmitten.com/" target="_blank">Little Red Mitten</a> while Reba was getting her first treatment in London. I bought a second ball as well to weave with. The pattern is my own sock recipe for toe up socks.<br />
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This one is close to being done. It is still drying and needs a loop added to the top. The loop is knitted already and waiting to be sewn on.<br />
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The pattern is Old-fashioned Christmas from the book<a href="https://www.leisurearts.com/the-stockings-were-knit-ebook.html" target="_blank"> The Stockings were Knit</a> by Mickey Landau. This was fun to knit. It needed big needles and worsted weight yarn. I used Paton's Classic Wool. I suspect that the red is a discontinued colour as I picked it up at the Len's Mills tent sale in London in the summer. Off-white is always available but the white for this project came from Michaels.<br />
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The soft toy entry is coming along. It will be a reindeer when it is done. I have finished knitting the parts and have started to stuff the pieces. It is fussy work and I can only stand doing so much at a time otherwise I will hurry the process and make a mess of the assembly.<br />
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The pattern is Best Friends from the booklet <a href="http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/christmas.html" target="_blank">Jean Greenhowe's Christmas Special</a>. I used a discontinued DK yarn from my stash. An almost equivalent yarn is <a href="http://www.yarnspirations.com/yarn/classic-wool-dk-superwash.html" target="_blank">Paton's Classic Wool DK Superwash</a>. The the old discontinued yarn is Merino wool whereas the new DK Superwash is no particular breed.<br />
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Progress continues on the girl's sweater entry. The back is complete and the fronts are well on their way to the underarm. I am doing both fronts at the same time. Somehow I think it is faster. It really isn't but in my head, since I only have to do the fronts once, it goes quicker.<br />
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This is knit from <a href="http://www.yarnspirations.com/yarn/classic-wool-dk-superwash.html" target="_blank">Paton's Classic Wool DK Superwash</a>. Hubby picked it up for me at this summer's SpinRite tent sale in Listowel. He swung through Listowel on his motorcycle trip in August. As soon as I saw this yarn I knew exactly what I wanted to knit with it. I have now convinced myself that purple is a Christmas colour to fit my overall theme for 2018.<br />
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The tea cozy is still in pieces waiting for assembly.<br />
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I have my next three projects already picked out and have the yarn for at least two of them.<br />
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I am hoping the cough finally goes away soon. I want off the meds. There are leaving me with a horrible bitter taste in my mouth. However, I am one of those people who follows directions and I will be finishing them off like a good girl.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-11229152300164336112017-10-09T14:40:00.000-07:002017-10-09T14:40:24.619-07:002018 PlanI had lunch on Friday with my good friend A. She is the one who just loves Christmas. We searched through Pinterest, Ravelry and my Christmas pattern books for ideas. The plan for 2018 is to make as many Christmas themed entries as possible. Now not all entries with be Christmas related. I do after all want to remain sane.<br />
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I came home and rummaged my stash. A sub goal is to use as much yarn from my stash as possible.<br />
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I got to work and this will be a teapot cozy.<br />
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While it is blocking and awaiting assembly, I created these reindeer parts.<br />
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I cast on this sweater last weekend for my little cousin. When Hubby came home from the Listowel tent sale in August with this yarn I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. This will be my hockey knitting for a while.<br />
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I found red yarn in my stash for a Christmas stocking and I am making a list of yarns I need to pick up in <a href="http://www.fleecefestival.com/" target="_blank">Woodstock</a> for other upcoming projects. So far it is a short list!<br />
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Since my last post, I made Reba a second E-Collar.<br />
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This is from scraps of fabric from my fabric stash (yes I have one of those too!) We have many vet visits in an attempt to help her get better and the staff at the clinics keep asking me where I am getting these collars. Since she wears them 24/7 I picked up more foam for the stuffing to make a third. They are going through the wash constantly and two is just not enough.<br />
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We finally have a diagnosis. She has hepatocutaneous syndrome which is a rare condition in dogs. It is a skin condition that results from poor liver processing of protein. The result is scales and swelling of the pressure points; in Reba's case, her lips, her nose and her feet pads. It is very painful, and there is often opportunistic bacterial infections. The only treatment is an inter-venous drip of amino acids for the scales and anti-biotics for the infections. The amino acid drips only helps in about 60% of dogs and is not a cure. It will only extend her life for maybe a year if it works. However, Hubby and I decided to try it. She was happily eating her meals and has gained back some of the weight she lost when we first determined that there was a liver issue. If untreated it is always fatal in 2 to 5 months.<br />
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I got to spend a day in London as she underwent her last hope treatment. My plan was to spent the afternoon knitting away the day at the Little Red Mitten. That did not work out as planned. There were so many lovely things in the store and before I knew it I was going to be broke if I didn't leave. I did buy stuff before leaving and headed back to London where I parked in the shade of a tree and knit until Reba was ready for pick up.<br />
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I believe I see improvement in her feet but there is always a chance that I am seeing just what I want to see. Her nose and lips are definitely better. I am cooking for her instead of giving her dog food. She is gobbling up everything I put out for her. She needs to eat well in order to heal. Hubby will be taking her this week for her second treatment.<br />
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The extra wide socks are on their way to Calgary.<br />
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I took a break from knitting yesterday and did some dying. Hubby helped me pick up the walnuts from the tree around the corner. I get a better brown colour when the husks are green.<br />
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I used some other dyestuffs from my stash. (Yes I have one for dyeing too!) I also mixed some other dye stuff with the walnuts. Here is what I got.<br />
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A while ago I bought giant 250 gram skeins of dyeable yarn from <a href="https://www.grandriveryarns.com/" target="_blank">Grand River Yarns</a>. I reduce them to 25 gram skeins so I have lots of yarn to experiment with. I used to work with 100 gram skeins but my yarn stash just started to grow exponentially. I could dye so much faster than I could knit or weave with it.<br />
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Not much knitting today either. I woke up with a cold. I am just puttering around cause if I lay around all day, I won't sleep tonight. I decided to put this post together. That meant taking photos and thinking. Enough thinking already, time for more Buckley's.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-43025025770538180122017-09-24T10:00:00.000-07:002017-09-24T10:57:47.094-07:00Thinking and FrustrationsI have been thinking ahead to the 2018 Harrow Fair. The theme for 2018 is "Christmas at the Fair". I am not sure how I feel about this theme. It feels like the ultimate Christmas creep. On the other hand, maybe for others it is the opportunity to complete their Christmas knitting earlier than usual.<br />
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I like Christmas, at least the original spirit behind the holiday. I hate the shopping expectations, the social get togethers and often the weather. Snow is lovely if you are staying home. Usually Hubby and I are driving to spend the holiday with my mother. I actually enjoy parties but why do they all have to fall into the same month? December is normally an extremely busy time for all sorts of reasons.<br />
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More than 20 years ago I decided that I could reduce my stress levels during the Christmas season by not decorating my house. Not only did it reduce my workload before the holiday, it also reduced it after. I did not have to pack up the decorations and put them away. I also have less clutter in my basement as I do not have to store the stuff for the rest of the year.<br />
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Then I stopped baking. In the last few years I have also stopped most of my gift giving. I still make friends and family knitted items, but now I give it away throughout the year. Rather a more random distribution.<br />
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So I am having trouble with the concept of "Christmas at the Fair". What do I make? Do I just enter the fair theme category? Maybe I should embrace the whole concept and knit as many Christmas items as I can for as many categories as I can? I have asked several friends. The knitting friends could not understand how I could possibly knit Christmas related items relentlessly for the next year. Why would you want to knit a kitchy Christmas sweater they asked. Then I asked a non-knitting friend who happens to believe that Christmas is the best time of the year. She practically squealed with delight at the theme. When I said I did not have a lot of red yarn in my stash, she suggested I expand my ideas to include a "Winter Wonderland" theme. I could use white, blue and silver instead and still accomplish a Christmas concept goal. She is a person who claims to not be creative but her ideas came out in a rush and in surprisingly creative ways. I could dress up a Barbie doll as an Elf on the Shelf. I could knit an advent calendar and a Christmas tree complete with decorations!<br />
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I told her that if I proceeded with this crazy idea I was going to need her enthusiasm to keep going. While I say I have not yet decided on pursuing this course of action, I stopped by Mary Maxim in London and purchased <a href="https://www.deramores.com/products/christmas-knits-book-2-by-king-cole" target="_blank">Christmas Knits Book 2</a> and I really really want to knit <a href="http://www.kingcole.com/knitting-patterns/tinsel-christmas-trees-baubles/" target="_blank">this</a> and <a href="https://www.loveknitting.com/us/christmas-santas-in-king-cole-tinsel-chunky-9031-leaflet" target="_blank">this</a>.<br />
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In the meantime I just keep knitting socks.<br />
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These are my basic toe up sock recipe. The yarn is from the now defunct British Yarn organization. I purchased this skein of Bluefaced Leicester at the 2009 Sock Summit. For some reason I thought the basic colour was a pale brown and the skein was stored with my note to make it into basic men's socks. The dominant colour is more or less purple. (I don't know what I was thinking when I made that note). I made them in my size as no man I make socks for would wear this colourway.<br />
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I am currently working on a pair of men's socks for a long time friend of mine with MS. He says he likes bright colours and has wide feet. I may have gone overboard on the wideness of these socks. Again this is my basic toe up sock recipe from my favourite go to sock yarn, Paton's Kroy.<br />
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These socks are perfect hockey knitting. Good thing as the season has started and Hubby and I have already attended 2 regular season games. The first was the home opener. We thought we were in an alternate universe. The referee for the game is usually a biased ref and appears to look for any reason to give the '73's a penalty. Instead he was a pretty fair ref for a change. Too bad the other team forgot this was a hockey game and not a fight. The 'Threes pulled off a win of 5-2.<br />
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Friday night we drove to Dresden for next game. It was the weirdest game I have ever seen. The (different one from the game before) Ref appeared to be trying to help the home team and it was like every time a '73 player touched a King, the '73er ended up in the penalty box. While this was my overall impression, I do realize some of the penalties were deserved. However, there should also have been many more penalties for the the home team. The reffing was only one strange aspect of the the game. By the third '73's short-handed goal I turned to the fans sitting just behind me and suggested the home team ask the ref to stop penalizing our team! They were not gaining anything from the power plays.<br />
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Only two goals for the visitors and one goal for the home team was earned at full strength. Even though the visitors played a good portion of the game short-handed (and at times with only 3 players) the home team only managed one goal in the power plays and that was in the last minute of the third and final period.<br />
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I even got to see what I call a goofy goal. If the goalie had only stayed down there would have been no score. He had the puck between his legs but did not realize it. He popped up exposing the puck and the King player pushed the puck across the goal line between the goalie's legs.<br />
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The '73's won the game 6-2. There was a total of 4 short-handed goals with three of them scored by the same player. As I said, a strange game.<br />
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I have written here before about our dog Reba. Reba is very sick and we don't know why. We have spent the summer trying to cope with one new symptom after another. When we think we have cleared a hurdle and she is getting better another one pops up. Now her feet are inflamed and her nose and lips have crusted over. We headed to London this week to consult with a specialist and had biopsies taken from various parts of her. We have to keep a cone on her to prevent her from licking and chewing her feet.<br />
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I figure a softer cone is more comfortable for her as she wears it to sleep and eat in. However this blue one does not wash well. I spent yesterday at the sewing machine and came up with this.<br />
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Isn't she adorable?<br />
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I am heading to the basement as soon as I sign off here to see what scraps I have to make another one now that I have the pattern worked out.<br />
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I will be heading to another hockey game tonight. It feels strange to be watching hockey during an unusual heat wave this late in September. We actually have a heat warning! I just don't know what to wear. Although the number of people wearing shorts and flip flops at the arena is just too weird to contemplate further.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-41500034267431780152017-09-04T16:16:00.001-07:002017-09-04T16:16:12.104-07:00Back AgainI am sorry for the long absence. 2017 has not been all that kind to me and fitting in blogging just became too much. Instead I concentrated on finishing what 2017 Harrow Fair entries I could. I managed 10 entries. The afghan took up a great deal of my available knitting and finishing time. It did not help that I misread the size necessary for the the afghan. I read it as 48 by 60 inches. The requirements were 40 by 60 inches. As a result I knit an additional 16 squares plus the additional sewing and knitting around the edge. I think in the end it was worth it.<br />
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I did not have a pattern for this but based it on Floralia by Franklin Habit. The details can be found in Friday's with Franklin, his blog on Maker's Mercantile, in the July 2016 time period. The yarn is various Paton's Classic Wool collected over the years with the exception of the grey. That is Cascade 220.<br />
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Last year a new entry was added. I made one this year. It is a lapghan (36 by 48 inches).<br />
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I entered baby clothing.<br />
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Both patterns are from "<a href="https://www.yarn.com/products/sirdar-332-little-sweet-peas" target="_blank">Little Sweet Peas</a>" and made from <a href="http://www.kingcole.com/knitting-wool/smarty-dk/" target="_blank">King Cole Smarty</a>. I used Neopolitan for the single sweater and Tutti-Fruiti for the 3 piece set.<br />
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My niece asked me for a Harry Potter scarf. She is also getting a hat but I keep the ribbons!<br />
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The yarn is Cascade 220 sport. I made up the pattern for the scarf and the hat is a modified version of a Kate Davies pattern.<br />
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I am a sucker for <a href="http://www.marymaxim.ca/tinsel-chunky-king-cole-yarn.html" target="_blank">King Cole Tinsel</a>. The patterns for this yarn are adorable and I can't resist.<br />
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I did take a vacation this summer and went back to Newfoundland. Managed a pair of socks on the trip.<br />
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I grabbed some Regia Denim Look Color from my stash and some left over Scheepje Invicta Extra for the heels and toes and the white stripes. These are man sized. Hubby doesn't want them so they will go in the mail to the grandson.<br />
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I can't seem to do better than second place on the dish cloth.<br />
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Now, I don't use these as dish cloths. Instead I give these as gifts with homemade soap (bought, not made by me) for use as face cloths.<br />
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I am not disappointed with the second place finish of my shawl. A dear friend earned a first with her lace shawl and I agree that lace well done should top a non-lace shawl.<br />
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Finally, I entered the fair theme category which was Scarecrows and Sunflowers.<br />
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The pattern is one of <a href="http://www.alandart.co.uk/product/all-patterns/scarecrow/" target="_blank">Alan Dart's</a>. I almost didn't make it. I started the knitting late in August. I used bits and bob's of left over DK yarns I had. The pattern was well written. The knitting took very little time compared to the assembly. I finished assembling the item at quarter to 4 pm on the day the entry had to be in. The glue was still tacky when I took it to the fair.<br />
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To round off this post, may I present some random photos of the needlecrafts at the fair. This is only a small portion of the exhibits at the 2017 fair.<br />
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(Warning! The pictures below contain dolls)<br />
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<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-73293677053107367772017-02-05T14:43:00.001-08:002017-02-05T14:43:58.588-08:00Playoff TimeTuesday night's game for the 73's was the last game of the regular season. The results of the game had no effect on the standings for either team. Winning only mattered for the '3s so they could say they won 30 games in each of the last 6 years. They met their game goal but finished the season in second place.<br />
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Friday night was the first game of the playoffs. The 2nd place finisher plays the 7th place finisher so Essex faced off against the Mooretown Flags. The 1st period looked like the game was going to be close and exciting. Essex managed a goal near the end of the period. Essex put another 4 goals in the net during the second period and Mooretown switched their goalies. With Essex leading 5-0 Mooretown become frustrated and the shenanigans started. Essex lost two players due to injuries and Mooretown lost 2 players to gross misconducts. One is on a 7 game suspension for derogatory comments and one on a 4 game suspension for an attempt to injure. <br />
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I agree that derogatory or racial comments should not be tolerated in the game of hockey. However, I find it a little strange that something that is said gets a more severe penalty than an action that could result in an injury.<br />
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Saturday night saw Essex travelling to Mooretown for game 2. Hubby and I stayed home and followed the game on pointstreaks website. It must have been a strange game. Period 1 saw Essex with a penalty shot but no score. Essex spent 33 minutes of the game in the penalty box yet still managed to put 3 goals into the Mooretown net. Even the Essex back-up goalie was in the penalty box according to the pointstreak site but no explanation as to why. This game is one of the only games I can recall where the other team had more shots on goal than Essex. Essex though shorthanded a good portion of the game including a stretch of 7 minutes still shutout Mooretown from the scoreboard. Mooretown is back in Essex on Tuesday night for game 3. I hope Essex takes this series in 4 games.<br />
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Hubby and I were checking out who is playing hockey tonight. Turns out no one is. We thought this strange since Sunday night is a regular game night for some teams. We are so clueless. Tonight is Superbowl Sunday where everyone else gets together to watch the half-time show and commercials. I don't know anyone who admits to watching the game.<br />
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On the knitting front, the last two hockey games saw me pass the half-way mark on the Harry Potter scarf. No picture since it looks the same as the last post only longer.<br />
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My friend sent me this picture and asked if I could knit her a pair of mittens like this to go with her new navy blue coat.<br />
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Now I looked at this photo and rotated this photo and still I am not really sure what she has in mind. This looks felted but I did not have any yarn in my stash that has all these these colours combined. I felt that the colours would be more important that the texture so I started these.<br />
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I finished the world's cutest baby hat.<br />
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The hat is sitting on a piece of fabric I dyed. Hubby thought I was crazy on Tuesday morning. I hopped out of bed and became ecstatic that it had snowed. I quickly showered and dressed. He found me shovelling snow into a bucket and hauling it to the basement. I was snow dyeing. I had read about this technique and wanted to try it. Back in December I gathered all the things I needed; salt, powdered fabric dye and the basket from my freezer then I waited for it to snow and waited and waited. Finally enough snow fell Tuesday morning so I could gather clean snow. <br />
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The fabric had previously been washed so all I had to do was thoroughly wet it. I scrunched it up into the basket and put the basket in the laundry sink so the melting snow could drain. I filled the sink with clean snow, covering the fabric. I sprinkled salt and powdered dye on top of the snow and left it. After the hockey game I rinsed the fabric and used the drain and spin cycle to take out the excess water. I hung to dry. The next day I used the rinse cycle to take off the excess dye. I am really happy with the result. It will eventually be a nightgown for me.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-76634896165311174722017-01-22T11:49:00.000-08:002017-01-22T11:49:30.733-08:00A Tale of Two PompomsBack in December, one of my co-workers on maternity leave brought her baby girl into the Essex office. If you want to see a group of professionals melt into a puddle of gooey sweetneess bring a baby or puppy to the office. My co-workers and I are no exception. The oohing and ahing extended to the hat the baby was wearing. I kept staring at the hat figuring out what stitches were used and where I might possibly find those pompoms. It really was the most adorable hat on a most adorable baby. Another co-worker expecting the birth of a grandchild in April looked at me and asked if I could make her one.<br />
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Sure no problem. I headed out on a search for yarn and pompoms. The hat needed two and they had to be fake fur. I decided the yarn had to be chunky. The hat had to have enough bulk to support the pompoms. A fine weight yarn would be two wimpy and the weight of the pompoms would pull it down. I found the yarn I wanted at a Stitch in Time in Leamington. <br />
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I started searching the net for pompoms. Every site I went to were sold out or only had fuschia pink. Not that there is any problem with pink but I wanted something a little more neutral. After all I had settled on a beautiful deep red for the hat.<br />
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On Christmas Eve, I found myself in Mary Maxim in Paris looking for pompoms. The sales staff said they had been sold out for quite some time and were not expecting any additional shipments. My heart sank. I was late tuning into a trend - it was now over. She did however suggest that they still had some key chains with pompoms on them in the gift department. I headed over. The pompoms were gorgeous. A deep burgundy red. Perfect I think until I looked at the price. $15.00 a piece. Now there are times when I am downright crazy but not so much that I would put $30.00 worth of pompoms on a baby hat that may only have a life expectancy of 5 minutes. I left disappointed and pompomless.<br />
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By the time we reached St Catharines we needed gas and found a gas bar across the street from Michaels. I headed in on my quest for 2 pompoms. I found one royal blue one. Just one. I carried it around the store looking for a clerk. Maybe they had some more in a different part of the store. Alas, no, the young man who checked for me said they were all out; this was the last. One pompom was not going to do it.<br />
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I headed for the exit and there in all it's glory was a display of keychains with fake fur pompoms. I could have done cartwheels if I was capable of doing cartwheels without landing on my head. I made my selection. At $5.00 per piece they were within the budget. I go to pay and bonus - they were half price.<br />
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You would think this would be the end of the story but not so. On Boxing Day I was in the Windsor store they had 2 count them 2 royal blue pompoms. Before I even realized it they were in my basket and I was at the cash register. They too were on sale. Then the next time I was in London atLen's Mill Store they had 2, unbelievably 2 deep burgundy red pompoms. I could not resist and 2 more pompoms made it home with me.<br />
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I was pretty sure the original hat used the brioche stitch. So for the last 2 weeks I have been casting on and ripping back trying to make this hat. Too big, too small, can't count stitches, can't remember how to knit the brioche stitch and on and on. Finally got it. I hope it is okay.<br />
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Yarn is Life Chunky by Stylecraft - 75% acrylic and 25% wool in Cardinal. 48 stitches on 5 mm needles. About 7.5 inches in length before knitting 2 rounds of k2tog to finish the top.<br />
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The hat is to have 2 pompoms. See ....<br />
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Hubby's ex-wife also attends the 73's hockey games. This year I noticed that she seemed cold and was clutching her hands to her chest at the games. I figured she might like a pair of mittens. Something in the 73's colours might be suitable. I went into my stash and came out with some black, white and an orangey peach in a discontinued DK superwash wool. I added some Cascade 220 Sport orange wool and came up with these.<br />
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One pair of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cloisonee" target="_blank">Cloisonee</a> mittens. I gave them to P at the last home hockey game against the Blenheim Blades. Essex won 6-3. She immediately put them on and seemed genuinely delighted with the gift.<br />
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Essex only has two games left to play in the regular season. Looks like the team will end up in second place this year going into the playoffs.<br />
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My niece asked me if I would make her a Harry Potter scarf in the Gryffindor colours. I said yes but only if she took a hat too. She would have to wait for it until September. I would make it as another Harrow Fair entry. I special ordered the yarn from <a href="https://sue2knits.lightspeedwebstore.com/" target="_blank">Sue2Knits and Yarn</a> in McGregor and started the scarf.<br />
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Cascade 220 Sport in Goldenrod and Ruby. It is a giant tube closed at the bottom and will be closed at the top. Fringe to be added at the end. This will be a great hockey knitting project. I get almost one repeat done (5") at a game assuming the game is not edge of your seat exciting.<br />
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I have two more requests but I am still working out what I want to knit in what colours and how I can turn them into another entry. I may be a soft touch in the gifting department but more than happy to comply where it also suits my needs.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-83837275906923982902017-01-08T12:02:00.001-08:002017-01-08T12:02:46.279-08:00Finally!I don't know where December went. I was sick, then it was Christmas. I took some time off work and attempted to clean up my house. Not that it is a total tip but I like to get my house ready for tax season early. Sorry for the silence. <br />
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I have been working on the lapghan. The pattern is out of my head and I made it up as I went. For me there is a pattern of behaviour in every project. I start out with great excitement. Once I figure out what I am doing then comes this long period where knitting on it is a slog. I am forcing myself to keep going. I want to knit on anything else. I want to start 16 other projects. In this case I picked out patterns and I picked out yarn. I even bought more yarn. I did not however dig any of the yarn out of the stash and I just did not feel up to rooting through my circulars to find the correct needles. So I just kept on slogging on the blanket.<br />
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The next stage is when you can actually see the end of the project moving closer. At that point I cannot stop myself from knitting on it. The final glorious moment is starting the bind off. Here I used a three stitch i-cord bind off. I can't believe I talked myself into such a long slow never ending bind off choice. Once I am into the bind off I have to talk myself into going to bed, staying in bed, following basic hygiene practices and using the toilet before I leave a stream all over the house.<br />
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At last I am done. Well it still needs a bath but please don't burst my happy bubble.<br />
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Now to choose the next project. I need something I can knit at the hockey game tonight. These are the final few games before the playoffs. The 73's are currently in 2nd place in the league. Essex, Lakeshore and Amherstburg have been battling it out recently for 1st place. The various teams are acquiring players and releasing players; getting the final lineup for the playoffs. Whenever possible, Hubby and I have been attending the away games. Tonight we are driving to Amherstburg.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-74784104298721489512016-11-27T11:53:00.003-08:002016-11-27T11:53:32.250-08:00Somewhat Random1. When I want to put off doing something I find all sorts of other things to do. I don't get what I am putting off done right away but I feel like I have accomplished something. In the end I do the right thing and complete what I should have started with. So today I felt I needed to blog but was stuck on what I wanted to write about. I did not quite run out of other things to do but my house is in better shape this afternoon. I stopped when I decided I would just write about a few random things.<br />
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2. Done while coughing and sneezing over a week ago one dishcloth.<br />
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From the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Color-Splash-Dishcloths-Knit-Designs-Leisure/dp/1574868780" target="_blank">Leisure Arts book, Color Splash Dishcloths</a>, #3 Soap 'em Up. Knit with Lily Sugar 'N Cream cotton bought at the 2013 Listowel tent sale by the cone. I bought the book back in October when I stopped into Mary Maxim in London for a little inspiration. The sheep were a Christmas gift from a friend and they frequently sneek into my photos. They are so cute I had to take more than one.<br />
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3. Finished and photographed one pair of socks for a friend.<br />
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4. Since I finished the socks, I needed some simple knitting for the hockey game on Tuesday. I started the lapghan. It needs to be 36" x 48". There is no pattern, I am just making it up as I go using various sizes of domino squares.<br />
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The yarn is Paton's Decor (75% acrylic, 25% wool) in colourway "Mountain Top Varg". I assume it is discontinued as this has been in my stash since the 2008 Listowel Tent Sale. Hubby picked it up for me on a day trip on his motorcycle. [I have stash that is ageing, just like me]<br />
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5. I needed a simple project as the other one in progress is a pair of socks from the yarn left over from the Building Block Shawl.<br />
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The pattern is Ripple Socks from Socks Socks Socks by Knitter's Magazine. The pattern is not difficult, but I do need to concentrate - incompatible with cheering on a hockey team.<br />
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6. Building Blocks is done. I made the small size which is still generous. However it also meant lots of leftovers. See 5. above.<br />
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Hubby did a photo shoot for me outside. He says he doesn't have to be good (he really does not know anything about photography) he just has to take lots of pictures. I put the camera on automatic just for him.<br />
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7. Next week I am taking a weaving class at the Little Red Mitten in St. Thomas. I have to go with the loom warped and ready for the class.<br />
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Its a 20" Ashford Knitters Loom in case you were wondering. Most of the tying on was done this morning as I procrastinated.<br />
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8. My Christmas decorating is done.<br />
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Yes, this is really all I do. Only the one Christmas cactus is blooming. Half of it fell off in the summer when I brought home my great-grandmother's cactus. What is left is producing lots of buds and blossoms. My great-grandmother's cactus has produced a lot of new greenery this summer but I can only see one bud on the entire plant. Maybe it is still too early for it.<br />
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9. I finally finished the fingerless gloves I started back in September. I consider them a failed experiment. They were too small for me and the design on the back did not turn out as I hoped but I finished them anyway. <br />
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I thought my boss would like them. She likes bright colours and they are very colourful. She took one look, squealled then put them on. They fit her perfectly. She is absolutely delighted with them. She texted me yesterday to say that every time she looks for them to wear, she finds them on her son's hands. His favourite colour is green. His hands are warm and he can text at the same time. I texted back that I was happy the gloves were a hit. She texted back that they are "IN DEMAND".<br />
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This is why I finish not frog.<br />
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10. As of writing this the Essex 73's are in third place in the league just 3 points behind Blenheim which is in first. I am not concerned, as the top 8 go on to play in the playoffs. There are only 9 teams in the league. <br />
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11. My cold is still hanging on. I am calling this one Nigel.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-78758871565388477502016-11-20T13:19:00.001-08:002016-11-20T13:19:16.823-08:00Best Laid PlansI had a wonderful blog post planned in my mind. I was going to do a photo shoot to show you the Building Block Shawl. I took your comments to heart and cast off for the small version. I was going to photograph the lovely face cloth I knitted up and the swatches for the next big project. I was going to go to Michaels and pick up the two colours I need for the afghan I am planning. I was going to have a lovely photo of the socks I started from the shawl leftovers. Too bad none of these things happened. I have come down with a nasty cold again and all my energy is going into just surviving. I managed making some soup and that is about it.<br />
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Here's hoping I stop getting sick and get on with knitting.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-33521939533963868392016-11-06T09:14:00.002-08:002016-11-06T09:14:15.039-08:00Mojo I Miss YouSince I came home from my trip to Newfoundland, I feel like I left my knitting mojo back in St. John's. I have been knitting but more often than not it is just sitting in my lap not being worked on. I had high hopes that the current project would rekindle my desires. Sadly it is one I am not enjoying. Don't get me wrong. The pattern is lovely. I love the yarn I chose but it just is not sparking me to finish. I refuse to start something else as I am afraid if I stop knitting on it I will set it aside and never finish.<br />
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Here is my progress on the Building Blocks, a mystery knit along from Stephen West. I have participated in his mystery knit-alongs before and each time was fun and exciting. Each clue brought something new I was not expecting. I could not put the knitting down. I needed to finish the current clue before the next came out. When I knit the Colour Craving mystery knit along, I was so enthused I knit two over the course of the knit along. Not this time. Here I am just starting Clue 3 and the final clue has been out now for 10 days.<br />
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I have to decide if I want a small, medium or large shawl. The small ends after the current section. If I stop, the shawl will be approximately 68" wide. If I go one more section, then it will be approximately 78" wide. I think I have enough yarn to make the large but will it be too big for wearing? Decisions decisions!<br />
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I have been knitting at hockey games. I have to pay too much attention while knitting this shawl so I have been working on socks. I started the second sock on the drive to Blenheim on Sunday evening. (Hubby drove) Essex won 4-2. I got some more done Tuesday night at the home game where Essex lost 7-5 to Amherstburg. Hubby and I drove to Dresden Friday night for another exciting game where Essex lost 5-4 in overtime.<br />
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My vanilla sock recipe using <a href="https://www.shelridge.com/" target="_blank">Shelridge Farm</a> Soft Touch Heather (85% wool, 15% nylon) in colour 08007. The yarn was purchased so long ago I can't remember when or where.<br />
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I can't make it to Tuesday's game so these socks too have stalled for another week.<br />
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At a game a couple of weeks ago I picked up a new project bag. Hubby thinks this story is embarrassing; I think the story is funny so here goes.<br />
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Regularly at the home games there are give-aways from sponsors. I was sitting in section 110 and the give-away was some bags. Some were from Ken Knapp Ford. Others were orange bags from the 73's team. A member of the 73's management started throwing rolled up bags into section 110. I was not lucky enough to catch one but the lady sitting to my left down the row did. She unwrapped the elastic from the tube to open up the bag. She looked at it and I could see from the look on her face she was at a loss to see how she could possibly use this tiny bag. It was way too small for groceries.<br />
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She looked in my direction. I smiled at her then looked down at my knitting. I looked back at her smiled again with raised eyebrows and eyes wide. I held up my knitting for her to see; looked down and up at her again. She looked at the bag then at my knitting. She raised the bag a little and again looked at me; at my knitting. I nodded and she handed me the the bag. Living with Reba for the last 13 years taught me a few things. I told the story to Hubby. He snorted, rolled his eyes and exclaimed, "You begged like a dog? I am glad I wasn't there!"<br />
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Perfect size for holding the Building Blocks shawl and pattern. It says Ken Knapp on the other side.<br />
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<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-82045823176137540742016-10-16T11:44:00.001-07:002016-10-16T11:44:26.932-07:00I'm BackWhen I last posted I was not sure what I wanted to do for the 2017 Harrow Fair and whether to continue this blog. My mother and I went to Newfoundland (had a lovely time) but I came home with a nasty virus. Then I accidentally ate some gluten and for the last few weeks I have been incapacitated.<br />
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I am now feeling better and plan to continue this blog. I may not post as regularly as last year but I think I still have a few things to say and hopefully make you laugh in the process.<br />
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For the 2017 Harrow Fair the plan is to again enter items. I don't plan on entering each and every category again - at least not until I fully retire and have the time. The plan is to knit what I want to knit and to concentrate on the categories I could not enter last year but can this year and the ones where I did not win first prize in 2016. So of course my first project is one that doesn't fit this plan.<br />
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On the sidebar you can link to a progress report for 2017.<br />
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I hope you will join me on this latest journey. There will be knitting content and I plan to do some sewing this year. I want to dust off my rigid heddle loom. I stocked up on undyed yarn at the Woodstock Fleece Festival yesterday and plan to heat up the dye pot for some colour play.<br />
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I started the Stephen West mystery knit-a-long "Building Blocks". I chose the yarns in St John's Newfoundland at <a href="http://www.castoncastoff.com/" target="_blank">Cast On Cast Off</a>. I wanted to capture the colours from the trip for this project. I wanted to purchase the yarn while the colours were still vivid in my mind. Therefore I walked the 4 kilometres to the store from the hotel. My mother stayed behind and took a nap.<br />
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I did some knitting on the trip.<br />
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The above is a no-pattern hat knit with <a href="http://www.briggsandlittle.com/products/wool-knitting-yarns/" target="_blank">Briggs & Little Hand Painted Softspun in Eggplant.</a> I purchased the yarn on the trip at the gift shop at the <a href="http://www.grenfell-properties.com/" target="_blank">Grenfell Centre</a> in St Anthony, Newfoundland.<br />
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The socks above and below are from my basic sock recipe I created. The yarn above is Patons Kroy Sock Jacquard in the colourway Summer Moss Jacquard - now discontinued. Hubby picked it up for me at the 2015 Listowel tent sale. The colours in the photo are much nicer than actual.<br />
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The above striped yarn is from my stash. I only had one ball and I seemed to have lost the ball band. It is likely discontinued as I think I purchased it at the <a href="http://www.needleemporium.com/" target="_blank">Needle Emporium</a> Tent Sale several years ago. The red is Paton's Kroy in the colourway red. I bought this yarn sometime last year at the<a href="http://www.marymaximretail.ca/portfolio.html" target="_blank"> London Mary Maxim</a> store on sale.<br />
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The socks below were started on the trip but finished after coming home. Patons Kroy Socks FX in Camel Colours - can't remember where or when I acquired this yarn. <br />
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The above photos were taken on Signal Hill in St. John's. I had to hunker down below the rocks to keep from being blown away. Luckily the wind was blowing away from the cliffs otherwise I might have gone over diving for my knit wear as it blew away.<br />
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Here they are finished. I am keeping these babies for myself.<br />
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On the trip, there was knitwear just about in every gift store. I loved so much of it but managed to limit my purchases to these. My fellow passengers thought it was funny that the knitter on the bus was buying knitted items as souvenirs. Makes perfect sense to me. I admire the knitter's work. Why wouldn't I want to support their efforts?<br />
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The sweater I ordered from <a href="http://www.nonia.com/" target="_blank">NONIA</a> should arrive in a few weeks.<br />
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I had this idea on how to use some of the stripy sock yarn I wasn't fond of. While the idea was good it did not come out how I wanted. Just the ends have to be tied in and it will be done. These are too small for me so I am looking for a recipient.<br />
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I will tell you and show you the results, but first a few thoughts. This past year was a challenge for me. I met the challenge and entered 42 items in the fair. I think I am still too tired from crossing the finish line and attending the fair to decide if I am happy or not. My first thought after handing in my entries was what do I do next.<br />
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Patons Kroy sock yarn in a discontinued colourway. Hubby brought it back from Listowel for me last year.<br />
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The writing of this blog for the past year was part of the challenge of making the entries. I am trying to decide if I am going to continue writing here. I know I will continue making entries for the next Fair but don't plan on entering every knitting category I can. At least not until I am actually fully retired! If you have been reading this blog and think you would enjoy continuing to read about my thoughts, my life and my knitting, please add a comment, send me an email or contact me in person.<br />
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My mother and I are going on a trip together to Newfoundland next week so I will have a break to think about what challenge I want to give myself for the 2017 fair and whether there is any interest from you my dear readers in this blog.<br />
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To my faithful friends, Msmaltesecross, LaurieM, SVB who made a point of commenting regularly, I thank you. My friend Amanda sent me regular emails to comment on my posts. I am grateful. Your comments let me know there were readers out there. I would also like to thank the ladies of the Essex County Library Knitters Group. I can only attend irregularly but they treat me like a regular member. The ladies commented through Ravelry and in person and your support was much appreciated. I thank the other readers out there. Some of you I know. I also read blogs but rarely comment. Most of all I want to thank Hubby. He thinks I am crazy for what I have done this past year but throughout it all, he supported me and helped out whenever and however he could.<br />
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But for now, back to the Fair. I volunteered in the Needle Arts building answering questions but mainly telling people not to touch the exhibits. There was so much to see in the Needle Arts building. I swear, each time I went in, I saw something I hadn't seen before. Here are a few pictures.<br />
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One couple wandered down the knitting isle. The gentleman went down the row saying my name out loud as he read the tags with the red ribbons. He turned to ask me a question then said,"I sure would like to meet Mary Jane ...". I held out my hand and said my name. He was impressed with my work and really liked the vest I made for Cody. <br />
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I talked with some of the volunteers who helped the judge with the entries. Apparently, after judging a few of the categories, the judge recognized each of my entries in the subsequent categories. The assistants quickly had my exhibitor number memorized too. The general consensus among the volunteers was the judge was very good and most agreed with her choices.<br />
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My mother and brother came to see my exhibits. Both were impressed with the Fair itself. We toured the exhibits and stuffed ourselves with fair food.<br />
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I introduced my brother to one of the volunteers and said that the man's sweater was for him. She said,"That explains why it is so big"! My brother used his phone to take pictures of his sweater to send to his daughters and friends.<br />
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The head of the needle arts told me there were 982 entries registered this year. Not all registrations made it to the fair but at any rate there were more than 900 entries stuffed into this building. I don't know how those ladies managed to fit them all in and at the same time set up such attractive displays.<br />
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Here are a few more.<br />
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I don't know what was going on with this teddy bear. Each time I visited the needle arts building he was a little closer to the belly dancer. He was certainly giving her the eye.<br />
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My dancer did not win a prize. She was greatly admired but the consensus seems to be that she was in the wrong category. Soft toys implies that the item is a child's toy and her hardware certainly is not soft. However, toys do not equate to children. My mother took one look at her and claimed her as her own.<br />
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The Fair is more than just the needle arts. Here are some photos from the rest of the Fair.<br />
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At the Fair, there are rides to be ridden, things to see, activities to participate in but I just love how this one child knows how to create his own fun.<br />
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Now for my entries. This part is hard for me. My aunt says that if you don't toot your own horn who will? Yet the following photographs seem like bragging to me. I feel I did very well.<br />
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First the specials. The specials represent the best sweater at the fair and the best pincushion. Not just the best knitted pincushion but the best of all the pincushion categories. I was the only knitted pincushion entered.<br />
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Below are the other 24 first place finishes. There were a few categories where I was the only entry but according to my sources if the judge did not think it worthy, she would have given a second or third place or even none at all. However, I think it is easy to get a first when you are the only entrant.<br />
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One of the volunteers helping the judge said that I just missed out on the best Christmas stocking special. It went to the entry that was cross-stitched. I can't say I disagree with the judge.<br />
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Looks like I forgot to include the ribbon in the photo below!<br />
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Here are my three lovelies that did not place at all. There were a lot of super slipper entries so my really basic slippers did not stand a chance. I think the judge felt my other slippers were not felted enough. All the prize winners were felted to the extreme such that no knitting stitches were visible.<br />
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I am going to close with a few photos from the Border City Barker's show. The MC for the show told the audience that he attended the Michigan State Fair this summer and the Harrow Fair was far and away a better Fair. We had more participants, more animals, more things to see and do.<br />
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<br />Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182031332576762051.post-43668424997857460832016-08-31T17:41:00.000-07:002016-08-31T17:41:04.386-07:00Done!Done!<br />
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One Boy's Sweater. My design based on a basic child's raglan sweater pattern. Made with Mary Maxim Ultra Mellowspun DK - 70% acrylic and 30% nylon in black, hot orange and off white. Finished securing the ends and the knitted neck opening this morning.<br />
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One knitted scrapbook cover. The category is Fair Theme. The theme this year is Farmer's Bounty. I cast off this baby at 2 am this morning. Then I cut the steeks and blocked it before collapsing into bed at 3. This is my own design. I used motif's from various sources and modified some to fit. Some I created myself. The finishing is not up to my usual standards for myself but after midnight my right hand had cramped up. I had trouble getting the needle into the next stitch and kept missing the needle as I tried to wrap it for the next stitch. I started this baby Monday morning and knit on it for a total of about 30 hours. I should have made a hat.<br />
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42 knitted items packed and ready for the Fair. I headed over around 3 this afternoon after finishing the last 2 items, packing the goods and getting the yarn samples ready for each item.<br />
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The judging is tomorrow. In the meantime I am done. My house is trashed but I am heading to bed.Mary Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811338061782790694noreply@blogger.com1