Up next are the gifts from my parents’ trip. Those who were following along knew that they took a cruise to the South Caribbean (sp?) over Christmas, and tonight they gave some of us our gifts. First there is a lovely blue shawl, really silky and very finely woven. My mom said it was so I could have one that I didn’t have to make for myself! 🙂 Next is a case for my cell phone with a “J” and a little mug on it, perfect reminder for me to go grab a cup of tea! The blue necklace is strung with shells of a really soft, pale blue that goes so nice with my eyes (if I do say so myself), and then the REALLY large black bag from Curacao that will be perfect for holding, guess what? Knitting! There was one other gift, shown below this pic.

Up next are the gifts from my parents’ trip. Those who were following along knew that they took a cruise to the South Caribbean (sp?) over Christmas, and tonight they gave some of us our gifts. First there is a lovely blue shawl, really silky and very finely woven. My mom said it was so I could have one that I didn’t have to make for myself! 🙂 Next is a case for my cell phone with a “J” and a little mug on it, perfect reminder for me to go grab a cup of tea! The blue necklace is strung with shells of a really soft, pale blue that goes so nice with my eyes (if I do say so myself), and then the REALLY large black bag from Curacao that will be perfect for holding, guess what? Knitting! There was one other gift, shown below this pic.

Up next are the gifts from my parents’ trip. Those who were following along knew that they took a cruise to the South Caribbean (sp?) over Christmas, and tonight they gave some of us our gifts. First there is a lovely blue shawl, really silky and very finely woven. My mom said it was so I could have one that I didn’t have to make for myself! 🙂 Next is a case for my cell phone with a “J” and a little mug on it, perfect reminder for me to go grab a cup of tea! The blue necklace is strung with shells of a really soft, pale blue that goes so nice with my eyes (if I do say so myself), and then the REALLY large black bag from Curacao that will be perfect for holding, guess what? Knitting! There was one other gift, shown below this pic.

Last but not least, a gorgeous pearl bracelet from Iles de la Marguerite or somewhere. They even come with a certificate proving their authenticity. Isn’t it gorgeous? 3 different shades. My sister and I both got the same bracelet (so we wouldn’t fight about whose was nicer!)

Last but not least, a gorgeous pearl bracelet from Iles de la Marguerite or somewhere. They even come with a certificate proving their authenticity. Isn’t it gorgeous? 3 different shades. My sister and I both got the same bracelet (so we wouldn’t fight about whose was nicer!)

Last but not least, a gorgeous pearl bracelet from Iles de la Marguerite or somewhere. They even come with a certificate proving their authenticity. Isn’t it gorgeous? 3 different shades. My sister and I both got the same bracelet (so we wouldn’t fight about whose was nicer!)

Unfortunately this is the only pic I managed to get that night, a funky tangle of Mona’s and Molly Ann’s yarns that looks strangely like an art sculpture.

This has been quite a knitting week. After barely getting anything done last week, my fingers have practically been flying…

Monday Yannick and I met up with my parents to check out some display stores. Before hand Yannick realized he needed some stuff he’d left at our store, which meant that we had to drive all the way down to work just to go pick it up, and drive all the way back…a 40+ minute round trip. Guess who brought her knitting? 🙂

Tuesday night was the Montreal Knitting Guild meeting. We had a speaker there, a woman whose name I forget right now but she makes and sells these wonderful felted bags, really inspiring. I worked on Yannick’s Mega Socks. I was worried because the last socks I’d knit him had 17 sts to the ndl (4 ndls) and after getting my gauge and following the Simple Socks Plain & Fancy directions I had 21 sts/ndl. They looked huge! Later that night I had him close his eyes so I could try it on him and still end up with somewhat of a surprise…sure enough they were WAY too big. I pinched the extra and counted the stitches…guess how many sts I need to remove? Enough to end up with 17 sts/ndl! RRR

Wednesday night was the meetup for the Montreal Knits girls. I really wanted to go this time, and since Yannick promised me that Wednesday nights were for him to work on my little blankie, he agreed to come with. :]]] Then, after mentioning it to my cousin Robyn who knits and crochets, she decided to come too! So we were there almost all night, I think we only left around 9:30 or so. I had a really fun time, although either they raised the music volume, or I’m going deaf, ‘cus I could barely hear anything said more than 1 person away from me. Next time I’m sitting in the middle! 🙂 I only got one pic of all that knitting Wed, the one I just posted.

Unfortunately this is the only pic I managed to get that night, a funky tangle of Mona’s and Molly Ann’s yarns that looks strangely like an art sculpture.

Unfortunately this is the only pic I managed to get that night, a funky tangle of Mona’s and Molly Ann’s yarns that looks strangely like an art sculpture.