248. My Horrible Photo

I’ve got a friend in town for a little while. He took a photo of me while I was sitting on my bed. Great photo quality, horrible subject.

-Cheers folks!

247. My Afternoon in the Park

I went out today to get some mail from my old house. (yay for knitting needles from a Raveler!) I then decided to sit by the Canal for a while and knit. I got right up to the point where I needed to change to the contrast colour for my Daybreak shawl. I then biked over to get some supper. I’ll admit, I got fast food, but it was Wendys. It was tasty, and delicious, and now I want more fries. Damn. I then biked back over to my side of the river, but I still didn’t want to go home quite yet, so I went to Hog’s Back Park. Well, that area. I’m not sure if I really was in Hog’s Back Park where I was, but that was the last sign I saw. As I was sitting there, leaning up against a tree, laptop on my lap reading the pattern and knitting, there were quite a number of the huge black squirrels jumping around. There were also two that kept chasing each other and scaring the bejeepers out of me when they’d make loud noises then clamber down a tree trunk and run around. One of my favourite squirrels was that guy. He didn’t so much walk, scamper, crawl, or whatever it is that squirrels do, he hopped. It was like he had little springs under his feet. I couldn’t help but giggle every time I saw him doing it. Hoppity hoppity hoppity.

-Cheers folks!

246. My Progress

Oops. The Cast On Bug bit me last night. I broke down and started Daybreak. I’m not a fan of actually needing to count, but that’s okay, because I’ve now got into the rhythm, so it’s all good. The Araucania seems a little rough, but I’m certain it will soften up with a wash. I’m nearly done the first section, I’ll probably end up finishing it tonight, and then, of course, I’ll keep going and start with the color section. I can’t wait for another shawl to wear. My circular shawl is a little bulky for the weather we’ve been having. And my Adams shawl (as amazing as it is) gets a little boring after a while. I need to finish off my Laminaria too. And my Lizard Ridge. And the socks. And the toque. Ugh, so many works in progress.

-Cheers folks!

245. My New Best Friend

This is Kitty. It don’t know it’s real name, but it’s adorable. She comes into my room fairly often, I think it’s the smell of the yarn that attracts her. I should also mention, I’m not sure if it’s a she or a he, but I like calling her a she. She runs and plays with anything on the floor, attacking my toes if they’re tapping to a beat. She pretty much is just adorable all the time. I love kittens. she also loves my mirror. I often find her sitting in front of it, then looking behind it, trying to find where the other kitty is. But she never does. Poor thing, she just wants someone to play with. I guess I’ll have to do as a kitty substitute.

-Cheers folks!

244. My Awaiting Yarn

Once again, sorry it’s late, I just got wireless at my new place.

I got a ball winder today, and boy oh boy, I’m ecstatic. All I need now if a swift. I think I might make one later on, not right now though, I’ve got enough on my plate as is. I did manage to wind up two skeins though. Both I need for the Daybreak shawl. I’m trying really really hard to not cast on, but I don’t think I’ll win the fight with the Cast On Bug. the colors are horrible because it’s lit by an incandescent bulb, but it was the best I could do. I’ll try to get better photos later, maybe of a work in progress? Because that cast on bug is biting hard.

-Cheers folks!