Almost 10

I love SPRING!!!  It’s almost 10 degrees outside.

I just came in from taking the dead stuff out of my flower bed.  I found these:

I didn’t cut down my tomato plants last fall.  I ended up with this gross water-filled-balloon-life thing in my little garden.  Yuck.

It’s been a busy month.  I’m trying to think of what’s been going on…

Went to this cafe in Ottawa with my mother last week.  It’s called Grounded.  It was so awesome and hip that I took pictures of it.

On the same day, we stopped at Wool-Tyme and I got yarn I didn’t need.  Again.  My mother and I made it through the whole store and I was never (really) tempted.  Then I found Noro Retro on sale.  DANG!  The colors were just too pretty to pass up.  I think I’ll design some mittens for this yarn.

I re-knit Zaden’s socks.  They’re not tube socks anymore.  Troy (Dad – the guy I work with) said they fit perfectly and that Little Z loves them so much that he wants to wear them all the time.

I’m happy to report that I’m almost done knitting for other people.  I just have to put the hair and sew on the face for my Princess Puppet – which I will report on later.

I finally finished my Fiddlehead Mittens:

I’m not sure why I waited so long.  The lining was the easy part!

What else…. Oh yes!  With the Shetland that was donated, I spun and knit these squares for a our Guild blanket.

I can’t wait to see what everyone else’s squares will look like and the resulting blanket.

I did a lot of spinning when I got back too.  This is just one of the samples that I spun up from my Phat Fiber Sampler box.

It’s a mixture of Falkland, Polwarth and Firestar.  The color is called “Squash Blossom”.  You can find her stuff on Etsy at KnittyAndColor.  (PS:  I just went to her shop to find you guys the link and spent $65.  Bugger!)

I’ve been moved to a day-time position for at least the month of April.  I don’t know if I like it.  I don’t like having to get up early every morning.  And, it seems that I always have things in the evening.  I just started this week and it seems I was never home before dark.  Makes for a long day.  BUT, the hours are steady.  At least I can count on that for now.

Well, I feel that I’ve told you guys enough for today.  I’m kicking myself for having waited so long.  If I blogged more regularly, it wouldn’t take me hours to do it when I did!

I promise to make an effort.

Hope everyone has a good week!