Another FO

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!

Dog hair can cause problems when visitors come to the house. We remind them not to wear black but for some reason they all do.

After a newsletter is sent out I can see statistics like readership and bounces. Every time one goes out there are many that come back 'non-existent email address'. Don't forget to sign up again if you change your email address!!

I am watching golf and working on the website. The latest newsletter (just sent out this morning) has information about the new Spud & Chloe yarns. These should be on the site later today.

Very Frustrated

No knitting last night. Beth's birthday is coming up (a very big one) so Mom and Dad decided to give her an iPhone-she has been coveting mine for a while and it's time she had her own. I got home from work and she begged me to go with her and get one. Off we go to the Rogers Store on Upper James. It takes forever to buy a cell phone but we did come home with one. Now the fun begins because I need to set up iTunes on her computer. By bed time I had everything up and running for her.

I started picking up stitches around the neck on my cardigan when I got to work. I was done the right front, back and part of the left front when I took a good look at what I had done. The right front stitches looked awful. I took these out from the beginning and picked them up (going in the wrong direction which wasn't easy). The pick up should have been done hours ago-very frustrating. Three rows are done now.

We are having family night out tonight. Dinner at Jack Astor's and then we are having family pictures done. This is traumatic for Beth and I. When we were young our grandmother made a huge deal out of pictures. Lean a little to the left, smile, fix your hair, etc, etc, etc. Now we don't have pictures taken!!

Finally finished the second sleeve

I was busy all morning but can't tell you what I did. There are some more boxes packed for the tent sale including all our stock of Noro Silk Mountain.

Last night I sat down and worked on my Noro cardigan and almost finished the sleeve. I just cast off the stitches and am about to start joining the shoulder seams.

This is turning into another all day post. I got both shoulder seams joined and now can pick up for the neck band.

Nothing much planned for tonight. There are about 5 CSIs on the DVR to watch. I will also fast forward through today's Y&R to see if there is any news from Paul.

Coach doesn't lie??

Do you know how hard it is to find size 2 pants that don't cost a fortune? I needed new mannequin clothes for the Frolic and started at Winners. Outrageous prices-my girls didn't need $80 pants. I hate shopping at Winners as well which didn't help. Then off to Cotton Ginny. I didn't know the store in Ancaster had closed. The last resort (because it was Thursday night and I was out of time) was Zellers. They have a large section of men's and children's clothes but the ladies section was very small. I did find some cute pants but the only colour that would work was black. The lime, orange and hot pink were cute but none matched my sweaters. This girl is wearing size 2 but they only had one pair so my other girl is wearing a 4 with lots of pins.

Speaking of the Frolic, I need to thank all the volunteers from the DKC for their work putting on this amazing event.

The sweater is from Sirdar-knit in their new Juicy.

Coach sure is a piece of work. He has preached for the past how many weeks that he was going to play the game and not lie but he sure got caught last night. I think voting Sierra off was a great move. Coach and Debbie think they are golden but hopefully that changes next week.

I did not shed any tears when Andrea left Hell's Kitchen last night. My prediction is that Paula will win.

A new shawl newsletter went out this morning. A general newsletter will go out next week. Monday I am off to Toronto to see the new yarns for fall from Noro and Sirdar. Then I will see the new Rowan on Tuesday so the newsletter is put on hold until I have some exciting news for you.

The first sleeve of my Silk Garden Lite cardigan was cast off this afternoon and the ribbing is started on the second sleeve. Somehow some yarn jumped in my knitting bag as I was walking out the store. A shawl is in the near future.

Knitting for the Frolic

Since I finished a project I let myself start something new. This is a really important project-I need something to wear to the Frolic. I am using Silk Garden Lite-a new colour 2048. This is the first front of a cardigan that I started on Friday night. Now I am working on the ribbing for the back.

I am using a Sirdar leaflet-9164. My cardigan will have short sleeves.

There isn't much news here. Just watching NASCAR and waiting for tonight-Amazing Race and Celebrity Apprentice.

The store is now closed on Mondays until the end of August but I will be going in tomorrow. I have a feeling a few customers will forget that we are closed. There will probably be some quiet time to get a few newsletters written.

There are now a number of boxes on the way to Myrtle Beach. Lorna's Laces, Noni patterns (new patterns for spring) and Moving Mud glass shawl pins.

I am just about to hit 'publish' and Beth yells from upstairs "We don't have Amazing Race on tonight-Country Music Awards". This doesn't make me happy!!