Three boxes from Berroco arrived today
Norah loves cables and this sweater is amazing. Knit in Peruvia you can find the pattern in Norah Gaughan Men.
Emma was in on Saturday with this amazing shawl she knit in Fleece Artist yarn. Sorry, I didn't get the name of the pattern she used-I was having too much fun playing with her son Dexter. Emma is having her second child very soon so I think it would be nice of her to give me Dexter. :) 
I showed you the Spud and Chloe pattens last week. This is the box that we have to display them.
The top comes of and all your patterns are organized inside. There are dividers as well so you can personalize your own box. We are sold out of the boxes but more are on the way.
It is now Saturday evening. This blog post has been started and restarted about 4 times over the past 3 days. Every time the post was done I didn't like it and hit delete.
Socks in Fine have gone to Ann.
Rhonda picked up the yarn for the Uptown Downtown Jacket yesterday afternoon. Sweater is the yarn used for this.
Wannietta has two garments to knit. The Candy Stripe Jacket but I have changed the colours-also knit in sweater.
The Sidecar Jacket in Outer. I think she can get this done in less than a week.
The patterns come in an envelope just like a sewing pattern.
The actual pattern is written on one sheet of paper that folds up-just like a sewing pattern except the paper is much better.
A small amount of progress has been made on the Jane Slicer-Smith Boxed Drape Vest. The yarn is called Zara Print Tweed. You can see that there is a fleck of colour in the yarn. In many tweed yarns (think Donegal Tweed from Tahki) the fleck is a nepp of colour that can be pulled out of the yarn. With the Zara the Tweed is a dab of colour right in the yarn. Wow, these are very technical terms I am coming up with here!!
Before we could knock a hole in the wall it needed to be braced. My dad worked on this while we were in Columbus.
I purposely took a bad picture here. There is a lot of junk still in this room that will be going in a dumpster when we start knocking out walls. This area is going to become the library.
The top part of the book shelf is going to be cut in half lengthwise. Each half will be mounted on the wall in the new library. 
Bev came in yesterday afternoon with a vest that she just finished but she wasn't sure how to wear it. This is the picture on the pattern from Naturally. (Where did that hair cut come from??) 
The cardigan was finished before TNNA but there wasn't time to get a picture. As you can see I have a friend. The minute Beth or I step outside he is right there with a ball in his mouth. It doesn't bother me when I am in jeans but I am in black dress pants. They are no longer black but are now furry beige. I have spent the last hour trying to pick the hair off my pants. Thank Roko!
These are front and back of the same garment called Boxes Drape Vest. A self striping yarn was used (think Naturally Vero or Noro Silk Garden). 
It can also be knit in a DK weight yarn. The same number of stitches are used so the DK version will be shorter. I have started using the new Zara Print Tweed from Filatura. The picture turned out bad (can you tell that my day isn't going well so far?) so I will try again after a few more rows are knit.
I was sick on Monday morning with a migraine so Beth went to the show and met with Cookie for me. At the retreat we like to have games but not everyone has our sense of humour. Beth and Cookie talked for a bit and Beth came back saying that Cookie won't have any problems with the events we cook up.
Yesterday was very busy at the show. The highlight was meeting Jared Flood (Brooklyntweed). Jared has designed a pattern book for Classic Elite and was in their booth. We had time to talk and he would be interested in coming up to Canada and teaching at our retreat in 2010. Happy dance!!!
I spent a while in the Della Q booth ordering bags and needle cases. This is called the Straight Roll. It will hold 60 pairs of straight needles. There are three slots for each size (because we all have more than one pair of every size needle).
Annie Adams shawl pins and key chains were ordered as well. This is the new yarn ball key chain. What a great gift for a knitter in your life.
Beth and I went to the zoo yesterday afternoon. As we walked in the front gate there was a sign saying "Baby Elephant Viewing 10-2pm". It was 1:00 so our first stop was decided. As we arrived at the elephant pen the mother and baby were just coming out and walking around. We watched for almost an hour and both took many, many pictures. This shows how small the 2 1/2 month old baby is. He would walk around the pen and come across a small bump in the dirt which would cause him to topple over. He would roll around for a minute and then jump up and be on his way. It was so cute.
I am definitely not into reptiles but these tortoises were great. Beth's question was "If they need to get them indoors, how long would it take to get them to move?"
Just after entering the park was a stand selling Funnel Cakes. That was our stop on the way out. Who can resist the cake with ice cream and strawberries??
Normally we would be driving today but there are business meetings set for this afternoon. Beth and I spent the morning touring around and doing a bit of shopping. This is the back wall of The Cheesecake Factory. I would love to have this on my dining room wall.
Craig's Crazy Carrot Cake Cheesecake to go. YUM!!!! Who can resist carrot cake and cheesecake in one desert?
Shopping did result in two pairs of shoes. Macy's was having a sale-it wasn't my fault. The picture is very small for a reason. Small shoes are cheaper than big shoes. :)
This is a new fabric called Ritz. I can't wait to see this bag in person on Saturday!! 
Maude is one of my favourite bags. This new fabric is called Plaza. I wonder is she will make me some pillows in this fabric because they would go great in my house.
This is Wannietta and Amanda (who didn't want her picture taken). They drove down from north of Barrie to work last night and today.
This was about 6:45 last night.
The door opened at 7pm.
Susan came into the store today wearing the cutest little cardigan that she knit. This is from the Debbie Bliss Spring/Summer 2009 magazine and is called Cropped Rib Jacket (who would have guessed that?) She used Debbie's Prima.
