Thanks to the many helpful people on the MontrealKnits and Knitlist yahoo groups, I’ve been given a list of white wools that felt well. Some were contradictory (1 person said Cascade 220 in white felts great, another said horrible), but I had enough options that I was able to browse the web. I almost ordered 9 skeins at my LYS in the Classic Wool from Patons, but at $6.50 CAD each it would have been a bit pricey for me to use as testers for my knitting designs.

Lee Ann from MontrealKnits suggested Wool of the Andes from www.knitpicks.com and I’m very excited to announce that I’ve just placed my order. The yarn is $1.79 US per skein! How can I go wrong? For under what it would have cost me to buy the Classic Wool, I was able to get 2-4 skeins each of MORE colors. (I ordered min. 2 skeins of each ‘cus the skeins only have 100 yards and I’m felting so plan on using it double-strand.) Thanks Lee Ann!

Now I have 12-15 business days to wait for my order, which gives me plenty of time to finish up some wips by then. Today’s plan:
-finish the left front of the Enchanted Forest cardigan (only 20 rows to go)
-get a good chunk done on the World’s Best Felted Knitting Bag Ever (only about 50 rows done so far. *sigh*)

CALLING ALL KNITTING GEEKS:

Run, don’t walk to see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, if you like either a) the books, b) any other Douglas Adams books, c) British-style humor, d) sci-fi stuff, e) adorably-manicaly-depressed robots.

I loved it. Loved it. So did Yannick, and he claims not to be a geek. (He claims to be the cool guy that took me- the geek- under his wing for protection, but that’s another story.)

And there’s even something in it, a little treat for the knitters out there. :]
Here’s a pic to conjure strange thoughts:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/pr400big.jpg

My only complaint would be that they cut out big chunks of the storyline, but then it would be a 40+ hour movie if they didn’t. Still, basic elements were all there, and the casting was superb. An excellent movie that will definitely be in my collection.

CALLING ALL KNITTING GEEKS:

Run, don’t walk to see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, if you like either a) the books, b) any other Douglas Adams books, c) British-style humor, d) sci-fi stuff, e) adorably-manicaly-depressed robots.

I loved it. Loved it. So did Yannick, and he claims not to be a geek. (He claims to be the cool guy that took me- the geek- under his wing for protection, but that’s another story.)

And there’s even something in it, a little treat for the knitters out there. :]
Here’s a pic to conjure strange thoughts:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/pr400big.jpg

My only complaint would be that they cut out big chunks of the storyline, but then it would be a 40+ hour movie if they didn’t. Still, basic elements were all there, and the casting was superb. An excellent movie that will definitely be in my collection.

CALLING ALL KNITTING GEEKS:

Run, don’t walk to see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, if you like either a) the books, b) any other Douglas Adams books, c) British-style humor, d) sci-fi stuff, e) adorably-manicaly-depressed robots.

I loved it. Loved it. So did Yannick, and he claims not to be a geek. (He claims to be the cool guy that took me- the geek- under his wing for protection, but that’s another story.)

And there’s even something in it, a little treat for the knitters out there. :]
Here’s a pic to conjure strange thoughts:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/pr400big.jpg

My only complaint would be that they cut out big chunks of the storyline, but then it would be a 40+ hour movie if they didn’t. Still, basic elements were all there, and the casting was superb. An excellent movie that will definitely be in my collection.

I’m very excited. At 9:30 tonight I will be parking my behind in a movie theater to watch The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with a big tub of buttered popcorn. You see, Passover ends at 9:00pm, so the popcorn will blessedly be mine. And I’ve read the 5 (6?) books that make up THGTTG about 4 times since high school. I’ve been waaaaaiiiiiiiiiiting for the movie version to come out, and now it’s out. And I can eat popcorn. It’s really a cause for celebration!

This is what I found in my inbox a little while ago:

Is it bad when I’m being told to lose weight by my computer? I think I should be insulted.

I would take this to heart, but I’m too excited. I’ve been coming up with all kinds of design ideas, knitting of course, and I’m itching to get started. I’m going to buy/order what I need at my LYS tomorrow, but first I’m on a mission to find a white wool that felts. Then stand back, because I’m hoping my ideas will explode!

Happy end of Passover!

I’ve almost finished the left front of the Enchanted Forest cardigan, just one little cloud to go (read: 30-ish rows) and it’ll be time to cast on for the right front. Another whole chart to go. Yaaaaaaaay.

Big news for any Montreal bloggers or fans of us: a new one has joined our ranks. Please visit Lee Ann over at Fuzzy Logic and say hi! While you’re at it, you can visit the Montreal Knits website and see pics from the meeting this past Sunday at the Second Cup at Gare Centrale, or join the Montreal Knits yahoo group that Veronik Avery has set up. Yes, that Veronik. 🙂 From the Montreal Knits website you can also find links to other Montreal blogs, and other Montreal stuff to do. There will also slowly be pics of the different LYSs in town, I think she has one up so far.

Night.

First of all, to Ruby from the comments: thanks for the well wishes! I am feeling better, mainly ‘cus the migraine is easing away. I will definitely be at the May MKG meeting, I really look forwards to them.

Secondly, I’m too tired to post much, but here are some pics of the stuff I’ve been working on lately:

This monstrosity is the felted knitting bag in Patons Classic Wool Merino. I can’t give too much away about it ‘cus I might end up submitting my pattern somewhere, but it’s going to be very cool once it’s done.

This is the first of the two front pieces of the Enchanted Forest cardigan. When I took it out to work on yesterday, I had completed 62 rows plus the ribbing. Then I noticed a cable twisted the wrong way. I started out by dropping down only the sts involved in the cable, but since the tree branches well, branch out, each stitch ended up being involved in other cables, and it finally got to the point that I had about 20 sts dropped 22 rows down…I wound up deciding to just frog the whole 22 rows and start over. When I went to bed last night, this had 58 rows completed. *sigh* At least I’ll be happy no cables are twisted the wrong way anymore.

These are the stitch markers I made last night when I got bored of re-doing the rows I’d frogged. I used some plastic smileys and some (glass?) brightly-colored beads from Wal-Mart. The markers themselves are the multi-sized black rubber EZ ones from my LYS. I kept breaking the cheap plastic markers I was using to help grid the chart I’m working from, and realized that while I never recieved any stitch markers from anyone, I did have all the supplies to make them, so these were my present to myself for being sick.

This is a close-up of the same stitch markers.

This is the swatch-in-progress for the Shapely Tee from WhiteLiesDesigns. It’s a great Tee pattern, ‘cus it has short-row shaping in the bust to really help the fit. This yarn is Sirocco DK Cotton & Linen, so it will be nice and light for the summer. If I finish it in time.

Last but not least, this is the bag-in-progress, my Funky Fur Magic bag, and the clear plastic handles I’ll be using. I had to make the pic black and white ‘cus the original showed up as brown, which looked good, but my bag is actually black/charcoal/silver. I’m going to line it with the brightest pink satin I can find. 🙂 Hey, I can pretend to be trendy, can’t I?

I know the blog is rather boring lately…no pics and blah content. I’m so sorry.

I’ll be back to normal soon, I promise. Just not today or tomorrow, since I found out yesterday I have strep throat. That, and severe migraines. This post is the extent of the energy I have.

Keep on knitting.

I know the blog is rather boring lately…no pics and blah content. I’m so sorry.

I’ll be back to normal soon, I promise. Just not today or tomorrow, since I found out yesterday I have strep throat. That, and severe migraines. This post is the extent of the energy I have.

Keep on knitting.

I know the blog is rather boring lately…no pics and blah content. I’m so sorry.

I’ll be back to normal soon, I promise. Just not today or tomorrow, since I found out yesterday I have strep throat. That, and severe migraines. This post is the extent of the energy I have.

Keep on knitting.