Olympic thoughts ....

Citius, Altius, Fortius

and the Canadian team now has a button !

Thank you to Kelly for creating this fab new button.
Hey, how great is this ? ! Her site is named after Marmelade.

You can contact Kelly at her blog to tell her
that you're part of the Canadian Knitting Olympic team.
That is if, indeed, you are Canadian, and you are
taking part in the Knitting Olympics.

The Knitting Olympics

it's Official:

i've finally decided WHAT
to make for the Knitting Olympics.

Mansocks.

i figured this is the only way my guy will GET
a second pair of socks. and i'm starting to feel
twinges of guilt that he loves his first (and only)
pair so much and he's too polite to hint about a second
pair.

And he'd really like to have more hand knit socks,
but they're just so Not Fun to Knit because they're
as Big as Sweaters.
The first ones seemed to take forever,
since they are (of course) so big.
I really want to make the mittens,
but the Socks will truly be an olympic feat.
(oh, i made a funny).

so i'm considering to actually make Mansocks
from a Mansock pattern.
Have a look at this Thuja pattern from Knitty.

And Linda from the comments :
you're right
about the colours. Must think of a way
to avoid Knitting-without-colour-fun. but
i really think the mansocks are the way to go for the olympics.
maybe i'll start Mittens for Moi in the meantime !
ha !

tag of fours

Happy sunshine-y Thursday.

Aha ! i've been tagged ...
thanks to K. and Karine for sharing ...


4 places you've lived:

1. Hamilton Ontario
2. Toronto Ontario (for one week)
3. first apartment in Montreal
4. again, in Montreal. All addresses in Canada


Four Jobs You Have Had In Your Life:

1. model for an art class
2. program administrator for federal government
3. model for a painter
4. jewellery artist


Four Movies You Could Watch Over and Over:
(ok, over & over ? ?)

1. Love, Actually
2. Breakfast at Tiffany's
3. When Harry Met Sally
4. Singin' in the Rain


Four TV Shows You Love To Watch:

1. ER
2. Rumeurs
3. Absolutely Fabulous
4. The L Word


Four Places You Have Been On Vacation:

1. Aruba
2. Paris, France
3. Guadeloupe
4. Banff, Alberta, Canada


Four Websites You Visit Daily:

1. librivox
2. supermitaines
3. knitty.com
4. grumpyshopkeeper


Four of Your Favorite Foods:

1. Cake
2. Pie
3. Cookies (this is an easy list)
4. steak
5. and Indian food


Four Places You Would Rather Be Right Now:

1. Paris
2. at a table next to the window
at Le duc de Lorraine, having a bol de café
3. in a yarn shop with unlimited funds
4. having a soak in the tub

Four Bloggers You Are Tagging:

1. Sally
2. Helen
3. Mona
4. Michelle

***

wild weather day

The wind is absolutely wild.
It's late afternoon & the wind is
howling as if we're secretly in "the wizard of Oz". the black & white part of the movie. Even the knitting companion wanted
to come back inside. Everything is icey
and dangerous. It's a good day to be inside.


Thank you to mme. Kelli Ann for your comments.
i really didn't think that i'd hear from K.A.
for quite a while. two boys at home; la belle-famille en plus,
and her baby is no doubt
humming a little tune before the big birth day.

To answer K's questions about the marmelade:
Yes !
le chef used Seville oranges to make "the" marmelade!
he boils them in a very large pot before doing
anything else to them. Not a secret recipe at all.
i'll find out though, where the recipe comes from.




Knitting Olympics:
i'm trying to decide what to make.
Mansocks ? (for the chef who only has one
pair of hand knit socks )
or a challenging mitten pattern ...
(which is a
challenge for someone without fair isle experience).
The mittens in question are the
Pirate mittens, that i wrote about earlier this week.

???

Upcoming olympic events

Upcoming events:
Chinese new year happens on January 29th.
and the Olympics are coming next month.
Not sporty, you say ? Ha. neither am i.

but wait:
Stephanie, the Yarn Harlot
is hosting THE 2006 Knitting Olympics ! ! !



i've signed up. and just trying to decide which project
will officially become my Olympic knitting Challenge.

Good all around

Last night, i got back to knitting my
Mountain Colour Bearfoot sock.
i'd stopped for a while, because this latest skein is much thinner than
previously purchased lofty soft wool. It is really a
sock weight. It's still wonderful of course, but i prefer
working with thicker wool.
My hands get very sore quickly if i
knit with thin wool and small needles.

So my treasured wool (was a Christmas gift)
is being knit very slowly. Here's where sock
number one stands so far:



Now, while this wool & mohair blend
was being knit up, there
was a good deal of action in the kitchen.
Sticky Action.
My guy was making marmelade. You can see the action right here.



Wow.
and yes, my job was to stay out of the way
and not offer advice.

Monday. Brr. !

it's biting cold today in Montreal.
The wind is howling, nasty and quite serious.
wear a toque ! a scarf ! mittens !
Bundle up ! the wind chill is about minus 30 C. right now.

Pirate Mittens ! !

Pirate Mittens !



Isn't this the best ?
i just found this Free Pattern (pdf version available! )
at This Site ! !

*http://www.helloyarn.com/piratemittens.htm*
i think these mittens would be So much fun to wear.

this is from the "hello Yarn" blog.
See the post for December 1, 2005
for the "We call them Pirates" cap.