I still can’t get good digital pics of my engagement ring, but figured I should post a pic before it’s old news. So here is the beautiful, stunning, there-are-no-words ring that Yannick honored me with when he asked me to be his wife.
Now I’m going to bed with a respiratory virus that somehow turned into a sinus infection. ‘Night.
This is the “To Dye For” sweater from the first Stitch ‘n Bitch book. I finished all the knitting almost 2 years ago, this was the first sweater I ever knit, before my knitting classes, before everything. It was only waiting for seaming because I wasn’t sure how to seam an open, airy mohair top. (With embroidery floss).
The side view (obviously).
The back view.
This is the Snowflake Headband I did in my knitting class. It was my intro to Fair Isle, and actually the only piece of FI I’ve ever done. It was worked from the inside up and over the outside then back in again, in the round, so all it needed was the cast-on Kitchinered to the bind-off. 
Here’s the inside. Ok, so my Kitchiner isn’t flawless, you can tell where my seam is, but still a good job I think.
Last but not least, this house. This is a very special house. This is the house that Julie and Richard bought for their first home!! YAY! After spending the last year or so living in Brockville while looking for the “right” house in Ottawa, they finally found it. They’ve been married for 1 year and now have their house and are all set, and I’m so happy for them! I should have mentioned this earlier when I first knew about it, but I didn’t but I am now. Congratulations guys!! (But don’t think this means I’m going to throw the weekly poker game).
I borrowed Yannick’s Palm today to upload some pics. I DID manage to finish all those wips I’d mentioned, am very proud of myself too.
First off:
This is the mini cardigan I made in my knitting class last year. We made these teeny 4″ things to practice everything we’d make in a real life-sized sweater. I finished it last September but it needed buttons. Voila.
This is the mini cardigan’s back.
This is the mini cardigan’s inside to show you that it’s really a cardigan you can open and put your arms into (uh, if you were small enough to wear a 4″ cardigan). The tag is my “handmade by jennifer” label I sew into everything I make.
This is Bernie’s wedding scarf. This pic sucks, but I couldn’t get a nicely lit shot with the Palm camera.
This pics not much better but at least shows some of the cable detail.
This is Yafit’s wedding coat. I love it! It was hard getting a nice shot too, but I think you can still see enough of it.
Here’s a better shot of the front of the Glam Coat.
Here’s the back of the Glam Coat.
Here’s the side of the Glam Coat (am I getting redundant now or what?)
Last but not least, here’s a detail of the pewter clasps that close the Glam Coat. I hope Bernie and Yafit like their gifts!
More pics to come next post!
For some reason I’m feeling really productive today. I’ve also been looking at my outstanding list of wips and it’s really bugging me, especially all the wips that only need seaming or buttons. The first sweater I ever knit has been finished for almost 2 years but has only needed seaming. The mini cardigan I knit for my knitting class last year only needs buttons. I can’t call these things “done” until they are, but my laziness has stopped me from doing anything about them. Until now.
Hehehe doesn’t that sound like a movie promo?
[picture solemn announcer voice here]
She let things go. She didn’t do anything about them. Until now.
Yannick and I have spent a lazy weekend in front of the TV catching up on my tapes. Friday night we stayed in and vegged, and I knit up the last bit of the ruche for Yafit’s Glam Coat. Last night we were supposed to go over to Jackie and Kevin’s but Yannick thinks he caught a cold from sleeping with the window open so we didn’t want to infect their baby, and we stayed home. I seamed the ruche to the sweater, and today wove in the last bits of the ends. The coat is technically done, but I still need to go out tomorrow and buy buttons to keep it closed. I just put Bernie’s scarf in a bath of Eucalan to soak and I’ll be blocking it momentarily, and then I can go next Monday to the post office and put those in the mail.
We met with a minister today to see if we’d want her to marry us. It’s the Unitarian minister who married my cousin Barbara Anne. We didn’t want to do the Rabbi/Priest thing, so Unitarian seemed to be the way to go. She was really nice and friendly, and we were very happy with her so we signed on the spot. We’re getting married! I know that I know we’re getting married, but stuff like this just makes it seem so official. I was grinning through the whole thing! Let’s see, that means we’ve got the hall booked, the food booked, the band booked, the photographer booked, the videographer booked and the minister booked. And I’ve got trials for hair and makeup over the next few weeks. Whew!
So getting back to the productivity thing, much as I want to start something new now that the gifts are done, I’m not letting myself. I know that I’ll be starting Yannick’s mom’s vest soon anyways as soon as the wool gets here, so in the meantime I was going to pick up the Enchanted Forest cardigan. Maybe I will, tomorrow. Today I’m forcing myself to finish stuff.
So:
1) the To Dye For Sweater only needs seaming
2) the Mini Cardigan only needs button sewed on
3) the Snowflake Fair Isle Headband only needs to be grafted (ack my first grafting)
I have other wips but I don’t feel like knitting a lace sock or thrumming today so those will wait until later. Today my goal is to finish 1-3.
Oh, and to post pictures of all of the above.
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. 🙂
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