Aylmer

After spending a few days in TO, I went to Aylmer to hang out until Michael came to pick me up. He dropped me off on one trip and went all the way back to Winnipeg and picked me up on his next rounder.

Again, I'm lousy with using my camera.

I dragged Grandma to a yarn shop in St Thomas called the Little Red Mitten. It was amazing. I bought some really cool yarn with possum in it. Wonderfully soft green sock yarn!

Aunt Betty and Grandma and I also spent a day hanging out, including a walk in the park.

Grandma & Grandpa.

More family shots.

craftiness in the new year

My friend Colleen told me about this little project, a case for my earbud headphones, so I sat down and made a couple. It's great!

Back when I did that trip to Calgary last year, I purchased this orange yarn. Michael was so hesitant to let me knit him socks, but he finally let me and fell in love with his first pair (made back in 2009 from yarn he picked out while we were in Germany). He fell in love enough to request that his next pair be burnt orange.

Here they are! That little patterning that you see is from the Yarn Harlot. She called them Earl Grey. I had a small design error (the stitch pattern was supposed to run all the way up the leg, but I had prego brain and messed it up), but Michael was fine with them the way they were, so I left them (otherwise I would've had to frog almost an entire sock). He calls them his Barbed Wire socks. I'm sure the Yarn Harlot would get a little chuckle out of that.

TO

One of the perks of trucking is getting to travel for free. I was able to see my cousin Anna who was in Toronto (she lives in Switzerland) while she was there, along with my other cousin and my Aunt & Uncle.

Of course my picture taking was limited, but here's the few that I took.

Supper at Fresh. Awesome.

Manicures. Fun!

Coldstones for dessert (to undo any good we did our bodies by eating at Fresh).

Baby Blanket

I've decided to turn my passion for knitting into a tradition and knit a blankie for each of our kids.   

Little Schultzie's blanket is being knit while we truck, so in keeping with that, I hunted for a yarn shop somewhere along the way in our travels that we could get there in the truck (so it had to be close to the interstate), and we found one in Janesville, WI, The Dragonfly Yarn Shop.

It took less than two weeks to knit! Amazing what all that driving time and DK yarn held double can do to help a project cruise along. It's Leafy Baby Blanket, which Michael and I picked out. He also helped me pick out the yarn. I wanted to find something gender neutral, it was between this yarn (Madeline Tosh merino DK in 'magnolia leaf') and some other delightful squishy yarn that was aqua, blues and a little bit of purple. I'm glad Michael talked me into this one because I think it's absolutely amazing.

Here's the finished product, all blocked and ready for snuggling!