did you get yours

the latest issue of Interweave Knits has arrived.
this is a terrific issue.

A cow lives in front
of the Museum of Fine Arts in montreal.
I had a lovely visit last month to see the
Exhibition of work by Emily Carr
when CanKnitian came to Montreal to visit.

Here, you can enjoy the luscious summer
colours of a skein of silk.
I received this suprise gift recently.
there's enough here to make a slim scarf.
Just beside the skein, you can see a bit of the
completed, green silk & cotton scarf. It's a wonderful
"summer weight" scarf and has been very handy.










i have a novel to recommend.
it's not often that i take the time
to read novels these days.
I used to be an Avid reader, but stopped because
all the time i spent reading, i wasn't doing my
own creating or designing.

last month i read this marvellous novel
"The Kite Runner", lent to me by my very generous
neighbour.

notes from the Mary Poppins Patrol

When you're far too grown up
to have your photograph taken
before your first day of school ....

you look like this.

Guard Dog takes a break

here is the very happy
Knitting Companion / Guard Dog
having a little break while we were away
House sitting (etc.) this week. He had a
marvellous time during his Very Exciting
Getaway. We all did.

Across the finish line

Above, a cotton Blend sock made from Opal's Cotton blend yarn.
You cannot really SEE that it's a pair of socks
because it's not being modelled. You'll just have
to take my word for it. Summery socks with little
lacey holes.
and there is some Lorna's Laces yarn
next to the completed sock.

and below:
does this not look like
a very happy foot ? i think so.





a little catch up this morning ....
some finished pieces.
this pair (shades of Brown)
is made of Lorna's Laces (shepherd sock wool)
and wow, do they ever feel fabulous.






Vogue's september issue
is out. It's truly enormous. It's perfect
for curling up with a Knitting Companion.
Hopefully we'll do that some time over the
weekend.
Now, i have a lot of catch-up work to do.

YUM !

today i went to the iranian grocery store
and bought a very generous bag of
pistachios. Salted, in their shells.
I brought them home and ate
enough to make myself VERY
thirsty.

That was really fun.


And a little box of turkish delight.
Wow.

So yummy.

Action ... more than we'd imagined

Zoom. Swish.





There has been more action around the
Poodle domicile than i had expected.

There is unwelcome construction going on
behind our house. This comes complete with lots of noise,
large machines, big trucks and lots of earth-moving.
Earth-moving in two senses:
the earth is being moved around to build
an arena (groan) and
the ground is moving enough that our
whole house is shaking. It's quite
unpleasant of course.

Also, this week, the Knitting Companion
and i have had an SOS-Mary Poppins situation.
We packed up to house sit &
act as temporary Nanny-team.

We're back at home now & the Companion
is definitely tired out from the excitement
of our shared adventure.

The next few days will be
busy with preparations for next week's
conference in denver.

I've received
at least six emails with questions
to answer or tasks to complete
before i go. (ew, homework ... !)

And i've received the yarn for the
fingerless gloves that i'm going
to make for my Grandma.
Of course, i cannot find
my pattern notes from the
already completed pairs of Fetching.
This is Murphy's Law in Fine Form.
(and unwelcomed as ever).

On a more peaceful note,
the yellow Pompom flowers
in the garden are still full of cheer.
They've been pummelled by several rain
storms and have worked
valiantly to maintain their upright position.

Bravo.