LOL Robyn the scale I have is the one your family gave Yannick and I as a housewarming gift, so you can ask your mom where it’s from. 🙂 It’s by Salter I think, and gives digital readouts in
both lbs and kgs. On Tuesday when I started I was _.08 lbs, yesterday _.06, today _.02. So something’s working. (It’s probably just all the fiber LOL).

Our photographer is Michael Perl. I think he used to be big here, then moved away, now is back. In any case, we met with a few and some had some really nice stuff and good prices, what made me choose him was how hands-on you get to be and how involved he is with you to get the best photos.

For hair I’m waiting to hear back from Christina who used to be from Amici on Jean Talon (now bankrupt). Or there’s my mom’s guy for my hair but I don’t like how they do updos, or there’s my hairdresser who does great updos but I’m not as crazy about how she does hair when it’s down, or my SIL’s guy who does hair shows… give me your girl’s name if you want, it couldn’t hurt!

I’m so proud of the Glam Coat I’m knitting for Yafit. I put it on my Zaida’s dressmaker’s form and put the ruche on today to see how it looks, I swear you’d buy it in a store for mega money! I’m so absolutely thrilled with it! I think I’ll get my sister to try it on, see if she wants one maybe.

Gotta leave for work…no more knitting ’til later. 😦

LOL Robyn the scale I have is the one your family gave Yannick and I as a housewarming gift, so you can ask your mom where it’s from. 🙂 It’s by Salter I think, and gives digital readouts in
both lbs and kgs. On Tuesday when I started I was _.08 lbs, yesterday _.06, today _.02. So something’s working. (It’s probably just all the fiber LOL).

Our photographer is Michael Perl. I think he used to be big here, then moved away, now is back. In any case, we met with a few and some had some really nice stuff and good prices, what made me choose him was how hands-on you get to be and how involved he is with you to get the best photos.

For hair I’m waiting to hear back from Christina who used to be from Amici on Jean Talon (now bankrupt). Or there’s my mom’s guy for my hair but I don’t like how they do updos, or there’s my hairdresser who does great updos but I’m not as crazy about how she does hair when it’s down, or my SIL’s guy who does hair shows… give me your girl’s name if you want, it couldn’t hurt!

I’m so proud of the Glam Coat I’m knitting for Yafit. I put it on my Zaida’s dressmaker’s form and put the ruche on today to see how it looks, I swear you’d buy it in a store for mega money! I’m so absolutely thrilled with it! I think I’ll get my sister to try it on, see if she wants one maybe.

Gotta leave for work…no more knitting ’til later. 😦

LOL Robyn the scale I have is the one your family gave Yannick and I as a housewarming gift, so you can ask your mom where it’s from. 🙂 It’s by Salter I think, and gives digital readouts in
both lbs and kgs. On Tuesday when I started I was _.08 lbs, yesterday _.06, today _.02. So something’s working. (It’s probably just all the fiber LOL).

Our photographer is Michael Perl. I think he used to be big here, then moved away, now is back. In any case, we met with a few and some had some really nice stuff and good prices, what made me choose him was how hands-on you get to be and how involved he is with you to get the best photos.

For hair I’m waiting to hear back from Christina who used to be from Amici on Jean Talon (now bankrupt). Or there’s my mom’s guy for my hair but I don’t like how they do updos, or there’s my hairdresser who does great updos but I’m not as crazy about how she does hair when it’s down, or my SIL’s guy who does hair shows… give me your girl’s name if you want, it couldn’t hurt!

I’m so proud of the Glam Coat I’m knitting for Yafit. I put it on my Zaida’s dressmaker’s form and put the ruche on today to see how it looks, I swear you’d buy it in a store for mega money! I’m so absolutely thrilled with it! I think I’ll get my sister to try it on, see if she wants one maybe.

Gotta leave for work…no more knitting ’til later. 😦

All I keep thinking of is new stuff to knit or finish. I really, REALLY need a week off to try and clear some WIPs, not that a week would even make a dent. I think I have about 30 wips in various stages from only needing buttons or blocking, to only having a sleeve completed, or something. Now that winter’s back, I really want to work on the Enchanted Forest sweater, as well as work on my Perfect Knitting Bag. I want to whip up a few scarves for myself since I’m ashamed that as a knitter I go out with a store-bought woven one, and a pair of gloves would be cool too. I really want to knit my Noro Tasha Tudor, but did I mention I’m still finishing the Glam Coat and then have my MIL’s Christmas gift to knit before I can think of moving on? On top of that, I came up with a new design today that I’m just ITCHING to knit. It’s too bad the knitting machine can’t do garter, or I’d try to whip that up just to see how it comes out.

All I can think about lately is knitting. Is there a knitting hormone?

In other news, we booked our photographer. Now I’m trying to find good hair and makeup people.

In yet other news, the diet has started. I’m finding it easy to find foods I enjoy. .06 lbs lost so far, but probably water. I won’t get excited until it’s at least a full pound. 🙂

All I keep thinking of is new stuff to knit or finish. I really, REALLY need a week off to try and clear some WIPs, not that a week would even make a dent. I think I have about 30 wips in various stages from only needing buttons or blocking, to only having a sleeve completed, or something. Now that winter’s back, I really want to work on the Enchanted Forest sweater, as well as work on my Perfect Knitting Bag. I want to whip up a few scarves for myself since I’m ashamed that as a knitter I go out with a store-bought woven one, and a pair of gloves would be cool too. I really want to knit my Noro Tasha Tudor, but did I mention I’m still finishing the Glam Coat and then have my MIL’s Christmas gift to knit before I can think of moving on? On top of that, I came up with a new design today that I’m just ITCHING to knit. It’s too bad the knitting machine can’t do garter, or I’d try to whip that up just to see how it comes out.

All I can think about lately is knitting. Is there a knitting hormone?

In other news, we booked our photographer. Now I’m trying to find good hair and makeup people.

In yet other news, the diet has started. I’m finding it easy to find foods I enjoy. .06 lbs lost so far, but probably water. I won’t get excited until it’s at least a full pound. 🙂

All I keep thinking of is new stuff to knit or finish. I really, REALLY need a week off to try and clear some WIPs, not that a week would even make a dent. I think I have about 30 wips in various stages from only needing buttons or blocking, to only having a sleeve completed, or something. Now that winter’s back, I really want to work on the Enchanted Forest sweater, as well as work on my Perfect Knitting Bag. I want to whip up a few scarves for myself since I’m ashamed that as a knitter I go out with a store-bought woven one, and a pair of gloves would be cool too. I really want to knit my Noro Tasha Tudor, but did I mention I’m still finishing the Glam Coat and then have my MIL’s Christmas gift to knit before I can think of moving on? On top of that, I came up with a new design today that I’m just ITCHING to knit. It’s too bad the knitting machine can’t do garter, or I’d try to whip that up just to see how it comes out.

All I can think about lately is knitting. Is there a knitting hormone?

In other news, we booked our photographer. Now I’m trying to find good hair and makeup people.

In yet other news, the diet has started. I’m finding it easy to find foods I enjoy. .06 lbs lost so far, but probably water. I won’t get excited until it’s at least a full pound. 🙂

I didn’t ask permission from Jackie or Kevin to post this picture here, but I fell in love with it when I saw it on their Kodak site, so I uploaded it here. He’s so beautiful, and the light is so soft on him. So here he is.

Looking forwards to the weekend and finally sleeping in! Spent most of the workday typing up GI info for my dad who thinks he’ll be trying it too…if only it didn’t limit most of his favorite foods and the coffee he drinks 24/7. This should be interesting.

Didn’t really get to do anything last night. Yannick got home really late so we went for dinner about 9:45. Went to what used to be called Argento’s, not sure what it is now. It’s a resto/bar in a gym off St-Charles, in Beaconsfield. Last night was a costume contest for Hallowe’en and it was really funny to turn around at one point and see a full-grown (read: big and tall) man wearing an exact replica of Mr. Incredible’s leotard. Complete with foam muscles and black eye mask. Entertaining. While Yannick was in the bathroom I read a bit on my Palm. In addition to reading through Poe I want to read all the Sherlock Holmes stories. I’m missing the first one but have the second so started skimming through it. I can’t belive I forgot that Sherlock is a morphene and cocaine addict!

Robyn: I looked at Alyssa’s blog, will add it to my bloglines, thanks! I’m going shopping tomorrow, so will look for the Crispy thing. What aisle is it in? Is it like a rice snack? Oh, and I answered your crochet question in your blog, but the general answer is YES. 🙂

Secret Pal – I admire projects that have real skill required. Actually, I admire anything handmade, but if you mean “admire” in the “ooh and ahh” sense, then I like stuff that looks…I dunno how to describe it. Like, a lot of people love the Charlotte’s Web shawl. I might make one some day, but when I look at a picture of it, I’m not blown away. Show me the Pi Shawl in EZ’s book, though, and THAT I admired. I admire “girl from auntie”‘s patterns with cables. I bought the Rogue pattern a year or so ago but haven’t fit it into my knitting rotation yet. I admired the Vogue Enchanted Forest cardi for the same reason, which is why I’m making it. I like stuff that really looks (and possibly is) difficult. 🙂 I don’t know what my next technique would be, but the only thing I haven’t done yet (I think) is intarsia. I have felted projects on the go and waiting, I bought a Philosopher’s kit which will be my maddening fair isle project, I do cables in almost everything, I have no fear of shaping or even designing. I think intarsia is probably my logical next step. Re: knitting blah moment, I will cast on something that has either color or feel to cheer me up. I love sunrise and sunset colors, fall leaves colors, blue/green ocean colors, or even blue/green/purple/pink angel wings colors. If the colors call to me, I’m happy with it. But, since I’m usually knitting a gift for someone, my ultimate anti-blah knitting project is to knit something for ME!! And the GI diet starts Tuesday November 1st so I’ll be keeping everyone posted!

…my cousin’s knitting! Yay! Baby steps people, first the family, then the world!

Yay Robyn! Re: what stitch: if you’re putting the right-hand needle into the 1st stitch on the left-hand needle from front (side closest to you) and sticking out the back (reverse side of fabric) then you’re knitting every stitch. If your needle goes in from the back and comes out the front, you’re purling. Unless you deliberatly twist each stitch, which could be accidental. I’d have to see how you’re doing it.

Considering the fact that I’m ALWAYS in the middle of a knitting project, if you ever want to come over and hang out and knit, or me come to you, or learn a new technique, shaping, whatever, let me know! The more people I can infect with my favorite hobby, the better!

Oh, and if you ever want, since you live close by, come to the Montreal Knitter’s meetups! Here’s the website:
http://www.montrealknits.blog-city.com/
and here’s the Yahoo group where we chat, arrange meetups, etc…
http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/montrealknits/
We meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday at the Second Cup on Monkland, and the 2nd and 4th Sundays at a coffee shop somewhere more downtown, but I’m too chicken to drive out so I don’t usually go to the Sunday meetings.

There’s also the Montreal Knitting Guild
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/montrealknittingguild/
but these meetings are in the West Island. Only the 3rd Tuesday of each month, though. I go to these too.

It kinda bugged me to call knitting a “hobby” up there, but I couldn’t think of an appropriate word. Any suggestions? It’s more life-changing than a hobby. It’s brought me peace, calmness, a community of friends, an office with more yarn than books (and with me, that’s saying a lot!!), and on top of all that, I get clothes and gifts out of it. I guess it’s not a hobby. It’s my life.

To my Secret Pal: I will never get ladybugged out. As long as there’s always one around my neck, they will be in my life. I wouldn’t, for example, wear a sweater with a giant one on the back, but I do wear them as pins, have them around my house, etc… My dream is to get a red Volkswagon Beetle and paint it to look like a ladybug. I’m just quirky enough to pull it off, and wouldn’t be too embarrassed to drive around in it.

The only ladybug thing I have that I don’t wear is an absolutely gorgeous pin I got from two of my best friends, Jackie and Kevin, as my bridesmaid’s gift when I was in their wedding. It’s completely encrusted with white stones (like rhinestones) and is so stunning…but it’s bad luck. Every time I wear it something horrible happens. Yannick and I get into a huge fight… my dad and I fight at work…I fall and hurt myself…Yannick throws out his back and has to be replaced in their wedding ‘cus he’s in the hospital…the last time I wore it was when the 4 of us went out for dinner, it was the first snowfall of the year and Yannick had to meet me there ‘cus he was late at work. We were in 2 cars after driving back to their house to hang out, and I had my first car accident. You can say it was the snow (my first time driving in snow), or whatever, all I know is I don’t want to risk anything else. I’d love to wear it though, anyone know any Voodoo or Witch Doctors who could do some reverse-curse spell on it? I’m only half kidding.

To Robyn: (again) Hey my blog is now like a letter to you lol. When I was at Loblaws last night I did a quick look for whole wheat stuff. I didn’t buy too much ‘cus Sunday we’re going to empty out all the cupboards and stuff, and go shopping, but I did buy 3 of those Balance pizzas. I think one is Deluxe (with low-fat cheese, low-fat pepperoni and grilled chicken), one is Feta and Grilled Chicken or Veggies, and the last one was (I think) Spinach and Chicken. I think I got one of those wrong, but the point is I found 3 flavors. They are only in what seems to be single-serving size (1 person size) but I can’t wait to try them anyways! What’s the Crispy thing, a rice snack?

To anyone who’s interested in the Bloglines thing, http://www.bloglines.com/ is the website. It’s free to sign up. What makes it really easy to is go here http://www.bloglines.com/help/easysub and follow the directions to download the Subscribe button. I have it, so now all I do when I want to add a blog is go to that blog, go to my links (in Internet Explorer) and one of them says “Subscribe with Bloglines”. I click that and it automatically brings me to the correct page to add that blog to my list. Easy peasy!

Today I called up the pet accessories store near my work. Last Winter I’d knitted some items for them, and after leaving 3 dog sweaters on consignment, I was contracted to do some custom sizes. Those I was paid for. The consigment sweaters were just sitting there. I left them be over the Spring and Summer, because what would I do with wool/acrylic dog sweaters in hot months? Now that it’s getting cool again I decided I wanted them back. My dealings with this store weren’t always smooth and I think I could do better selling them on my own, or through my cousin’s veterinary clinic.

So I called up and spoke with the owner, and told her that I’d be coming by sometime over the next week to pick up the 3 sweaters I’d left with them. There was a pause. “Oh,” she says, “there is only 1 here. We sold two of them this week.” Ok. Kinda convenient that they just sold after sitting there for 9 months, but whatever. I asked, “Were you going to call me and let me know they sold?” Another pause, then a not-quite convincing “Yes.”. I said, “In that case, I’ll prepare two invoices for those sweaters and come by tomorrow to drop them off and pick up the remaining sweater. Will you have the payment for me?” Yet another pause, followed by what I knew would be coming: “Didn’t we pay you for these three?” I reminded her that she had wanted some samples on consignment so she could see how well they did, and ordered stuff afterwards. So tomorrow I’m going to pick up my money, and the remaining sweater. I hope there’s no hassle.

In other news I’m very excited about starting the GI diet on Tuesday. Everything I’ve read so far gives me great hope, and can I tell you about how cool a company is? Robyn told me that Tasty Foods pizza place on Decarie offers the option to have whole wheat crust on your pizza, or whole wheat pasta. I called them up and asked if they delivered to where I work, and when they said yes I asked if they could put a delivery menu in the mail for me, so I’d be able to order from them. Well it wasn’t 15 minutes later when a delivery guy showed up with a menu for me, hand delivered! I thought that was so nice of them! Sure, they are going to get business out of it, but that was really going out of their way!

Robyn- the cd was from you??? Thank you!!! That was sooo nice of you! And fun- sure kept me guessing for a while! If I can ever repay, let me know!!

Secret Pal- the circs case is so pretty- did you make it yourself? I love it!