Life LackaDaisiCal

In the early days of my knitting career, my reputation was...cast on, knit, knit a bit more, lose interest...pass it on to my Mom to finish.  My Mother, I am sure, despaired at how quickly my enthusiasm turned to empathy;  how a new project would catch my eye and the old project be relegated to a dark corner somewhere.... Then there were the years that I didn't knit at all...life somehow got in the way. When the knitting gene resurfaced back in the late 80's, I vowed to become a monogamous knitter - to cast on, knit knit knit (exclusively) and finish that project! I learned new techniques (stranded knitting), attempted things that caused my poor Mother to gasp. (Gosh, the first time I cut my knitting, I took my Philosopher's sweater to my Mom's house. On her dining room table....we lay the tube of knitting, my Mother handed me the scissors.....and I cut! We both needed a reviving cup of tea.) I know that my Mom was proud of the new knitterly me! I even knit her a

The shop was decorated, Susan Gudrum (owner of DocKnits) and Peggy (centre) and Jeffi (right) the DocKnits team, were there to welcome their guests! I was thrilled when Susan invited me to share the new Autumn/Winter 2015/16 Rowan yarns at  an exclusive event  to celebrate the second anniversary of DocKnits! Magazine 58 was on hand for those who wanted a sneak peak! Yarn tasting stations were set up around the store! I had started a swatch for each yarn, and made sure that the corresponding   pattern books were handy! Cheryl here is "tasting" the new Hemp Tweed yarn! (Everyone was invited to dress up and wear a hat - I think Cheryl took the hat thing to another level!) Angela is a crocheter (love her shawl).  She was interested in the crochet designs in the new magazine! (I couldn't help but show her a few of my favourites from past magazines too!) "Afternoon Tea" was served. (It was the social event of the year :) and w

Marilyn ! I have contacted you via Ravelry! Thank you all for entering! Stay cool everyone! Anne   In case you didn't know, Shaun the Sheep and his gang of wooly friends have made a movie....and it is coming to Canada on August 7! (I was starting to worry that it wouldn't come here....so I am very excited about this!) Rowan partnered with Shaun, so that all of his admirers could knit their own Shaun the Sheep. I am delighted to offer my Canadian readers a chance to win a "Shaun the Sheep" kit (pattern with two balls of Rowan Pure Wool DK - one each of Snow and Black). I know everyone is busy in the summer, so let's make this easy! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post. This offer is open to my Canadian Blog Readers only! (Go ahead and tell your friends :) ) Please make sure that you leave your Ravelry name or your e-mail address so that I can contact you if you are the winner! I will on August 1 - good luck to you