Hollyhock

I haven’t shared my knitting lately. There was a lot of knitting last night watching hockey. It turned into a late evening with one of the early games going into overtime. I did not stay up for the late game.

I’m about halfway through the last two balls of Dream State. I really like how this Inclinations Shawl is coming out.

We just received an order from Rowan and have the last colour to knit the cover vest. Hollyhock was designed by Brandon Mably and is knit in Rowan Summerlite 4ply.

This summer vest makes a bold statement, effortlessly combining charm with modern style. Its striking checkerboard pattern of multicoloured squares gives this summer vest a retro-inspired yet contemporary look.

See all the shades of Summerlite 4ply.

Here are the yarn and needle requirements for the vest.

I’m in my ‘getting ready to go away’ mode. The store is in good order right now so I’ve been placing orders.

We are running low on Lantern Moon Interchangeable needle sets and they are now on order. They should arrive the week of May 11th.

Get ready to brighten up your knitting with the vibrant Grace interchangeable knitting needle set! These needle pairs are tucked away in a cranberry-colored Khadi silk case and radiate elegance and finesse.

With 5 pairs of 4" (10 cm) long needle tips, this set is perfect for knitting smaller projects in the round. And with 2 stainless steel swivel cords in lengths of 16" and 20" (40 and 50 cm), you'll be able to tackle hats, loops, or even baby sweaters with ease. So why wait? Bring some delightful energy to your knitting with the Lantern Moon Grace set!

The Grace Set contains

5 pairs of 4" Interchangeable Tips
US Sizes: 2.5, 4, 6, 7 & 8
MM Sizes: 3.00, 3.50, 4.0, 4.5 & 5.0mm

Nylon Coated Stainless Steel Cords & Accessories
2 Swivel Cords of 16" (40cm) & 20" (50cm)
(Cord length denotes complete needle length)

4 Wooden End Caps, 2 Tightening tools & 5 Colorful Tassel Stitch Markers

See what’s in stock. All out of stock sets have been ordered.

I had a nap after work and dinner is now finished. It’s time for Survivor and knitting.

Touch of Sparkle

 

Estelle 50 Cotton Lux should be arriving the week of May 11th could be arriving tomorrow. I’m excited to see the yarn in person. It is available online for preorder. 

The food on the train was amazing!

This is called Hells Gate. I was out on the platform while we were passing and we could see smoke in the air. Then we could smell a fire. A few minutes later there was a helicopter flying over the river picking up water.

The next day we saw on the news that there was a forest fire in the area. One of the first of the season. I just checked online and the fire is still going. I have a few more hours of photos to share tomorrow. 

On Saturday a customer came in and told me that our phone wasn’t working. The situation has been remedied. Bell was here and somehow our line was disconnected at the Bell offices. Very weird and they couldn’t explain it.

Yesterday was spent doing everyone’s tax returns. They are finished and mailed. Then I had to remit my HST which is done. A newsletter was written. It was a busy day and I didn’t make it to the store. There was an afternoon nap. I’m still trying to catch up on the sleep I missed last week. 

If you didn’t receive the newsletter here is a link to it.

Now it’s time to put my feet up and knit. Dad keeps commenting that my knitting isn’t growing. I’m working on Inclinations Shawl #1 right now. You need to work 2 rows to get one row finished on the shawl. It takes extra time. #2 is put away for next week while I’m away.

Thursday on the Train

The start of day two. We were in the hotel lobby by 7am to catch the bus to the train.

Here is the kitchen staff.

Emily, Laura and Matt who looked after us in the dining room.

Kristi and Ky who were our hostesses upstairs.

We were offered coffee, tea, water, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages throughout the day.

The terrain on Thursday was totally different.

We went through a lot of tunnels.

My dad is pretending to nap. I tried to get him to close his eyes for an hour because we weren’t getting much sleep but he couldn’t in case he missed something.

All these pictures are before 1pm on Thursday. I will show more tomorrow. There is about 7 more hours of pictures to share.

Thank you for a great LYS Day

LYS Day yesterday was amazing. The store was busy all day with happy shoppers. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and everyone who ordered online. I need to also say thank you to Lynn, Alex and Beth for their help yesterday. By the end of the day I was exhausted.

Here are pictures from Wednesday.

This was 5:53am on my way back from Starbucks. Our hotel was in a great location on the main street in Banff. I walked down to get a tea before 5:30 and I felt perfectly safe.

6:23am

We saw Elk on our way to the train station. The Rocky Mountaineer is a well oiled machine. The bus picked us up at our hotel at 7am. We left our luggage in our room and it was trucked to Kamloops where it was waiting in our room for us.

Our seats. We were Gold Leaf so we sat upstairs and then went downstairs to eat.

We had a huge observation deck. I wanted a chair so I could sit out there.

This was looking out the upstairs front window. We had a clear view.

We’re getting ready to go through a tunnel.

Dad and I on the observation deck.

Desert after lunch. They kept us well fed.

The stair case on the train is steep and circular. They have a lift and dad used it. It was so slow that I could get him on the lift, use the washroom and run up the stairs to meet him.

I didn’t knit much on the train because I was so busy taking pictures. We were almost in Kamloops when my ball fell apart and we had a mess. After trying to clean it up for about 15 minutes we cut the yarn. 

By the time we got to our hotel in Kamloops it was almost 10pm. The trip doesn’t usually take that long but we got caught behind slower trains. Because of the timing they fed us dinner on the train. When we got to our hotel rooms we went right to sleep. There was no thought of blogging. We had to be in the lobby by 7am to picked up again. 

I have lots of pictures from Thursday that I will share tomorrow. For some reason I was up before 6 this morning. I think it’s time for a nap.

Jackson is guarding my knitting.