I went shopping...

but I won't tell you how much money I spent.

Where I Have Been.

In August I went to a boot camp in British Columbia. It was phenomenal. I hiked every day in breathtaking scenery, I exercised after dinner every day, I had yoga at 6:30 every morning, I ate 1200 calories every day and I was never hungry, I got a massage almost every day, and I lost 10lbs. Actually, I am told that I lost 11.1 lbs of fat and gained 2 lb of muscle.

I took three genetics articles to work on and three knitting projects and I never took my coputer out of its case (it lived under my bed for two weeks!) and I managed to take my Two-Tone Vest only once and had to put it down - I was just too tired!

It was totally worth it.

Naked Knitting for a Good Cause.

You have to admire that!

Lynne Barr - I Started a New Group

I am just going through Lynne's new book and I have already started the Two-Tone Vest. I just love the simplicity of her design, combined with the unexpected twist.

Her reversible knits make me seriously wonder about how her brain works, just the same way that I wondered with her Knitting New Scarves book. The ideas for the scarves! The 3D designs!

Come join the group and let's all just rave about her!

Got Buttons!

The buttons from Lantern Moon finally arrived. They are beautiful, lovely turquoise colour, made of coconut shell. I sewed them on and they looked lovely with the Summer Tweed.






Then I put on the sweater and the collar still does not lie flat. I will need to knit a large wedge into the back so that it lies flat on the shoulders. The pattern just did not work out for me. I think it is becasue I used the Summer Tweed and not the Donegal Tweed. Will have to cut the middle and use short rows to flatten it out. I really am not looking forward to it.

I Found My Dream Home!

It is a top floor appartment in a prewar Warsaw building na Rozbracie. Very chichi, actually (I went for lunch in the neigbourhood there in February 09; I did not realize it till today when I found the flyer for the restaurant!)

Two bedrooms, one oval living room, large hallway with French doors to everywhere, large kitchen and pantry. Lovely, lovely herringbone parquet floors.

Only one problem - where do I get $759,000.00? Bummer.

Crochet, crochet, crochet.

I decided that I wanted to complete my Interweave Crochet collection. I managed to find the four early issues that I was missing from people on Ravelry. One has arrived on Thursday, the others I am still wating for.
And InsideCrochet finally made it to my local mega-bookstore. Crochet all around!