Knitting and Gardening

Ok, I am combining posts here. Weekends, apparently, can be very busy with little time to sit down and write!



I am currently knitting Clapotis. It is coming along quite nicely. I am really enjoying this pattern. I did one extra repeat on the increase section to hopefully make it a little wider. I have to admit, I was a little frightened of dropping the stitches in the beginning, but now I am looking forward to that part. I am using the Lorna's Laces that I got at Value Village. I love thrift stores!!




Well, there wasn't a lot of gardening today as I woke up to this!




We were supposed to drive up to Banff this weekend for DD#2's climbing competition, but at 6am there was still too much ice on the roads to get out of the city. Good thing she had gone up yesterday with another family so she still got to climb.

We did get to Seedy Saturday yesterday though. It is a place to buy or trade heritage seeds. What fun!! We got a few different kinds of tomato seeds, beans, cucumbers and spaghetti squash seeds. It is a good start to this year's garden!!



Hope you had a good weekend!!

Don't Cry over Broken Casein

Ok, I'm trying not to :( I love my casein knitting needles! They are so smooth and warm up in your hands while you are knitting. The yarn moves so nicely on these needles. But they are getting harder to find. I heard that they may stop making them! I broke my 3.25mm one yesterday, they come in sets of 5, but this is the second one that I have broken. Now I don't have enough to knit with. :( Next time I am at my lys, I will see if she has more, but I know her stock was getting slim. I think I will try to find some online. I had to get some new 3.25mm needles so that I can knit my Coffee Condoms. I found these at The Store Upstairs in Airdrie. They are so cute and look like drinking straws.



They are nice, but the yarn doesn't move as smoothly as on my casein needles.

I did cheer up a bit after my visit to VV Boutique! They have been moving things around and sections are a bit mixed up right now. I happened to go down the sheets and blankets aisle and found some more craft supplies. I opened up the black binder on the shelf and found this!!



A binder full of wrapped DMC floss!! I was so excited, I quickly put the binder in my basket. As I moved down the shelf a bit I saw some more black under some towels. I move them out of my way to find another binder!! Full as well!! I was just so excited. There are 360 different colours all wrapped on these very cute teddy bears! And there was only one "naked" (as DD#2 put it) bear in the lot!! This makes me itch to get back to my stitching!!!

Thrifting is so much fun!!!

Gocco

Yesterday was a good thrifting day. We took DD#2 to the naturopath who happens to be right beside Good Will. (Lucky, I know!) I was wandering around and picked up a couple of coffee mugs. Then I turned down one aisle and there it was!!!!



I was so excited! It was open, but it looks like it wasn't used. Two of the light bulbs are missing, but all of the inks are still sealed. The pen is missing though, but that is alright! There were also 3 tubes of pearl ink! All of this for only $35!! I was just beside myself. When I got it to the car and showed DS the original price of $139 he looked at me and said "Start the car! Start the car!!" LOL!! That is exactly how I felt!!

I love thrifting!!