Gulf Islands here we come

So I’m getting ready to go to our cabin on Galiano for the long weekend and won’t be back till late Monday night. Since our boat is not in the water due some moron stealing the rudder and some maintenance needing to be done, we have to hike to the Point that our cabin [...]

Getting ready

I start school again this year. I’m going back to college to learn how to use technology available to people with visual disabilities in a work setting. When I started working as a legal secretary/admin. assistant I was very new to using programs like JAWS (text to speech program) and ZoomText or Magic [...]

Sockapalooza Socks received

I got my Sockapalooza socks yesterday in the mail! My camera is currently loaned out to one of His Tallest’s co-workers and on vacation in Germany, so I’ll have to take pictures later. They are a lovely aqua blue ankle socks made of out Cascade Fixation. Pictures to come when my camera [...]

Trying to get the Monkey off my back yet again – Monky Sock Swap THREE Questionnaire Answers

Yep I did it signed up for another swap. I thank my sockapalooza upstream pal (yay the socks are in the mail – got your e-mail will reply later!) for being a Monkey Sock Swap enabler. When I was little, my father used to take me to Stanley Park to see the [...]

Chaussettes de singe pour moi!

I finished my monkey socks!! I finished them this weekend, but I didn’t get a chance to post here. I wish Raverly was out of beta so I could just be lazy and link the to the post there, but since I can’t here’s the info and pics here a little later than [...]

Secret Pal 11 Questionnaire

1. What is/are your favourite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? My favourite yarn to knit with is soysilk, silk and bamboo. I don’t like fun fur and other novelty yarns as well as most acrylic yarns.
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? I have a [...]

VVS package received

I received my Virtual Vacation Swap package today. My virtual vacation was to Lexington, Kentucky! I *big grin* was right, see here’s my guess after her first and only clue!
The treats in the package that Kentucky is known for was a little bottle of Maker’s Mark sauce and tasty dark chocolate-covered bourbon cherries. [...]

All packed up and ready to go

So I just put the finishing touches on my Sockapalooza 4 pals package and it all ready to go tomorrow! Here’s a peek at what she is getting I really hope she likes her socks and extras. I put in some pretty merino and tencel sock yarn the colourway is Bird of [...]

Early Bird get’s more tea! – Knit 1 Tea 2 Colour Swap

I’m so excited about this swap and I noticed that the questionnaire is up for all of us too excited to wait, so I took my time and finally finished it.
Here’s my Knit 1 Tea 2 Color Colour (I’m Canadian eh!) Swap Questionnaire Answers.
1. Do you like loose tea or bags, [...]