Knitting at home

WINTER WONDERLAND

2011-02-26T14:17:00.021-04:00

Well its been forever since I was here so I decided since I took lots of pics of the snow today. It would be a good day to say "Hi" again!

We got the most snow so far last night and the power was off for 4 hours. The winds were 90km so be had blizzard warnings and it definately turned into a blizzard. Our driveway was blocked solid and we finally made it to the end of the driveway and there was only one lane cut in the road. So we still have 2 more feet of snow to go through and we stopped for the night because the wind was picking up and the plow will likely add more to the driveway tonight. We will tackle it again in the morning! I still love winter though!!

I have been doing lots of knitting with all our storm days. I was just checking my Ravelry projects and last year I finished 22 items. So far this year I have finished 10 and its only the end of Feb. I hope I keep this going! My Queue is full and I have lots of WIP.

All these FO can be found on my Ravelry Page
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I just cast on a vest I bought last year from Knit Picks... Corrie Fair Isle Vest it is so addictive you want to keep knitting one more row to see the pattern change and the colors are beautiful. The wool is really soft too.

Well thats all for today!

Peace and Blessing
Darlene

Happy Everything!

2010-04-10T10:23:00.010-03:00

Wow its been 5 months.... Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Valentines day, Happy Easter...you get the picture Its been a while... I do have lots of FO! I just haven't been up to blogging but I really enjoy reading every ones blogs! These are just a few of the things I have finished...oh they have all been small items but I am finishing up a sweater and with another 3 maybe more(like 17) wip in the wings waiting patiently to be finished! I really should finish them up...but alas there are soooo many nice new Knitting patterns!

On the house situation...I guess we are finally going to do a little bit of renovating...boxes of fabric are getting packed and new flooring is going to be put down,and a coat or 2 of paint....then maybe I'll actually use my sewing area again...its been a long while but going thru the fabric really makes me want to sew! Maybe I should do a before and after pic of the sewing/computer area...they are so bad right now maybe a picture would be to much!

Oh Well here it is...
DH's computer area is behind this
shelving wall

Please don't judge me to harshly!(you know it really looks worse in person)

I hope this public announcement keeps me trucking along and wanting to post an "after" picture might be just the incentive I need!

Bye for now Dear Friends!
I hope it doesn't take me another 5 months to check in!

Peace and Blessings
Darlene

Fall Knittin' a Mitten

2009-11-10T09:59:00.029-04:00

My Vintage Love Mittens I am working on now and almost finished...its getting cold!

Hi Everyone, well I guess I really took a long vacation from Bloggin'!

I am happy to say that though I was away I never stopped reading everyone's inspirational blogs and found many more new & interesting ones to read!

Well it would take from now til next year to tell all the wonderful things I have been up to soooo I'll just say I was very productive.

I started a new Job as Pastoral Associate for my Church St. John the Baptist in Miscouche(I love that name) PEI.

The inside is even more beautiful I'll have to take pics and post them some day!

I have finished a few projects on my loooong list of WIP and it keeps growing because I have no will power and when I see a beautiful new pattern I must start it!
This is what I did while I wasn't bloggin'!!

This is my New Necklace

Here areMy Fingerless Gloves for my Clapotis

This is my long awaited Healthy Heart Month Sweater

My Birthday Mohana

My Smooth Sailin Shawl

Well I did go on forever but I hope you enjoy the pics as much as I do!
Chat again soon!
Peace and Blessings
Darlene

Where does the Time go?

2009-07-07T14:21:00.014-03:00

Well here we are over 2 weeks into summer and I am still wearing a sweater...We have had a rainy summer so far but the weather seems to be changing and we are having a full moon tonight, as the farmers say "full moon brings a change in the weather" Let's hope so!

I can't believe its been over 2 months since I blogged... I have been doing a lot... I guess well lets get started ...whats been going on sicce I last checked in...

In May; I went to St. FX University for a week to start a 3yr course on Youth Ministry.

We bought a new truck just in time to drive my DD to her prom.

In June; I graduated from a course I was taking here for the past 2 yrs.
My DD graduated from grade 12 and will be leaving for University in Sept.

She is planning on becoming a Dental Hygienist! I have an old dentist chair that I bought at an auction when I lived in BC...I wonder if that was an influence on here career choice... hmmmm?

June was also a month of house cleaning and painting and new windows....no wonder I haven't done much knitting! My DH's parents were up for a nice 2 week visit first time since we moved to PEI. We did a bit of sightseeing and I only took a few pictures...silly girl.

These are the wind turbins up at West Cape.

This was on the way home from a day in C'town around 9pm

My DMIL is a wonderful baker so the oven got a great
workout!

Well since this a knitting blog I should end with a bit about my knitting! I have started a

Juno Regina scarf from knitty

More info can be seen on my ravelry page. It is nice to knit in the summer since it is so light and airy.
I am still working on the Botanical Medallion from Vogue Knitting Summer 09 issue. I thought the medallion would be hard to knit but it was finished in a day and the outside ring is taking a bit longer!

I have lots more to write about and pictures to post but I think I have dragged this out long enough for one day.
Chat again soon!

Peace and Blessing
Darlene

What a Beautiful Day!

2009-05-05T13:13:00.020-03:00

Hi everyone, well its been a while and lots has been happening at home and in my knitting!

My DS#2 got his beginners yesterday!!!Ya Josh!!
We found my Mom's old poodle skirt from many Halloween's ago for my daughter to use in her Step Dance Recital. I am going back to University...Yeah I am going to take a Youth Ministry Course at St. FX the last week in May! I am really excited!!! I always said it's never to late to learn new things!

Talking about learning new things I have really been enjoying my new way of eating...

100 CALORIES PER HOUR AWAKE!

I have been amazed at the amount of calories I use to eat in a day now I am averaging between 1600-1800 per day. For the first 2 weeks I ate every hour and it was great no hunger what so ever...I felt like I was always eating! Now I try to go a little longer between eating but I am still only eating 100 calories per hr. For example for breakfast I had a small bagel and cream cheese and tea which was under 300 cal...then I didn't eat again until lunch and again I had about 300 calories, soup(less than 100 cal) crackers and liverwurst (100 cal) and a few dried apricots and almonds for dessert(200cal)and tea. I find this way of eating I am not constantly looking for snacks but when I am hungry I either have a drink of water or a small snack (100cal). My DH lost a little over 4 lbs in a month and I lost 2 lbs in 2 weeks! We have definitely realized that before we were eating way toooo big of portions and the empty calories were not filling us up!

On the knitting front...I have turned the heel on my monkey sock,what a fun pattern!

The wool is some the gifts I won from Arlene Tats and Knits!

I finished the medallion and started the outside border of the Vogue Cardigan

I also started another baby sweater for keeping babies warm a charity knitting project.

I am almost finished my Noro Love Scarf aka Pioneer Braid Scarf.

Last time I blogged I said I would post a picture of my Soft Brown Shawl that I finished so here it is lazily laying in the sun!

Happy Earth Day

2009-04-22T23:02:00.005-03:00

Well the day is almost over and I can hardly believe its been 3 weeks since I have posted to my blog....to busy bad blogger!!

Well I started earth day off with sleeping in then my DH decide we should go for a drive to buy something he had bought of usedPEI..I guess that's good we saved it from being thrown in the land fill! I even bought new canvas bags at the grocery store in honor of Earth Day. I found out that plastic bags are no longer free so I guess it was the kick I needed to start remembering my bags from home...That may prove to be a challenge for me(bad memory)but the bags are with my purse and they are going back in the car tomorrow. My DS#2 wrote his beginners today but it was not to be...He has another appointment in less than 2 weeks! I finally got my Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer issue in the mail today and I have started the cover project I just love it! I also finished a few other knitted items since I last posted...Tonight I finished my Soft Brown shawl it turned out so nice. I even have it on right now finished pictures soon! I made 4 bunny dish clothes for the family for Easter they turned out so nice and were a big hit! I also made Bunny Nuggets for the kids and I have orders for more they were a huge success also!

Yesterday I started a new way of eating...its called "The 100 Calorie Diet"! I basically eat every hour and it has to be only 100 calories! It sounded so intriguing when I heard about it from a friend that I thought I would try it. So far 2 days down and its been easy! I like the eating every hour part and checking the calories on everything I buy/eat is kind of fun and informative. I am eating very healthy too! It starts off with a small yogurt when I get up then today since we were going to be in the car for a while I bought a small juice and a bag of peanuts and that did me for those hrs. in the car. For lunch I made a sandwich with one slice of bread and smoked meat( my fave) 3 shaved pieces only 40 cals. and the bread was 65 ...did you know that Mustard has no calories...I didn't! and horse radish 5 cals. so i was over by 10 cals! but I think my juice and peanuts was less tan 100 so I cheated a little! You know what you are never hungry and i really feel satisfied after just the 100 cals. I 'll keep posting to see my progress! Oh and for supper we had Baked potatoes pork tenderloin and Brussels sprouts mmmmm! I had a half of a small potato, 2 pieces( silver dollar size) of tenderloin and a about 10 baby sprouts and that was 100 cals! Amazingly I was full and I thought that I even felt overly full! You can even have junk food if its only 100 cals but its empty cals so not so satisfying! I did have some chocolate today though...that still the best treat! But it has to be good chocolate!
Well it's bedtime, earth hour is almost over and the TV is coming on for the 1st time today!

Happy Sunny April 1st

2009-04-01T16:57:00.010-03:00

Monday during the storm!

Tuesday our driveway!

Well we definitely had a bit of a snow storm Monday...Our driveway was full of 4 foot drifts and the plow didn't get here til almost 4pm! DH could not get to work...and he was not a happy camper! I on the other hand totally enjoyed the storm and knit away happily! I even made muffins last night...shh! I don't bake very often and they were gone before they even cooled!

So the schools were closed for 2 days and this morning it was so foggy I couldn't see the bus coming down the road(my usual job every morning at 7:45am waiting at the window to tell my DD that the bus is coming)I couldn't see it till it was right in front of our yard! But an hr. later the sun had burned off the fog and was shining brightly " what a difference a day makes"!

I have decided that I will take a picture out my window and we can watch the changes over the next few months. I have a beautiful forsythia bush, (it was a tree but I trimmed it down after our ice storm last year)out side my window that has the prettiest blooms before any leaves seem to appear on other trees...any way I'll take pictures to watch the progress! I feel like there may be more baking tonight...maybe I should take a picture of that too since it is a rare occurrence!

Oh I forgot to tell you that my wonderful DS#2 made my ravelry button for me(over there on the left)...he is such a computer genius! Thanks Josh!!

Well winter is here again!

2009-03-30T08:04:00.002-03:00

Monday
Yet another storm, boy I wish I would have started my blog sooner! I could of kept track of all these stormy days... there is always next year! My DD has not been to school for 12days due to storms, sick days and March break! I love having her home with us!

"In like a lamb out like a lion" isn't that the March saying well the lion is here today! I am not sure what March 1st was like but the lion is definitely roaring today! Last Tuesday we had a storm also and it carried over til Wed. when I was suppose to go to Ch'town for a meeting but I got caught in the worse white outs I have been in in along time and I unlike my DH love to drive in the snow! I was actually shaking buy the time I decide it was just to dangerous to stay on the road and I turned around!

Well today is another good day to knit and listen to podcasts...when isn't it a good day to knit and listen to podcasts!

Oh last night I had the teens from our Youth group design quilt squares for a raffle quilt they turned out so beautiful...we sure have a bunch of creative teens!!!

Saturday I received yarn( ahhh) in the mail! It was my surprise package from Arlene from Arlene Knits and Tats! It was a lovely package of yarn( 4 balls!) needles tatting shuttles and thread! I may need to try a new craft Tatting...can you believe it there is a craft out there that I haven't tried!!!

That is the Monkey Sock by Cookie A that you see at the bottom...I know the pattern has been around for a while but I hadn't tried it yet...I'm slow...what can I say! What a wonderful pattern and fun to knit!

Spring has Sprung

2009-03-20T13:11:00.000-03:00

Friday
Spring is finally here....and the animals know it...my Lab. Tucker has his favorite step back! It was hidden under a big snow bank and the Sun is shining on his spot and all is good with the world!

I had to go bring my DH his lunch at his new part time work...I miss him not being here eveyday! It's cooler out than it looks...the Sun is still shining though so I am not complaining!

Well I must go get my suitcase ready. I have " My weekend away" ( I'll write about that when I get back)this weekend and there is always last minute things that have to be done. Tonight I am also meeting up with a few ladies from our group for supper ...food and good conservation what could be better?!!

Have a great Spring weekend!

Dinner and Movie

2009-03-17T18:47:00.000-03:00

Tuesday, Happy St Patty's DAy

What a great day it feels like spring is just around the corner!
I took my DD to the movie Inkheart and it was a good little tear jerker! Of course I was looking for all the knitted items...my new favorite thing while watching movies!
I really liked Meggie's coat colar in the movie with all the buttons!

We tried the new Burger King Mini's ...no big deal but my DS#2 was asking to try them so we thought it would be a nice treat to bring home!( plus I thought I would get out of cooking supper..I hate cooking and cleaning!) Dh said that wouldn't hold him over though...oh well sandwiches it is!

I started a new baby sweater today... Modified Drops Eyelet Baby Cardigan( whew thats a big title)By Jennifer Little of Looking Glass Knits. I am making baby sweaters for charity. Baby sweaters are so fun to knit...fast Too. I also started a new sweater for me on Friday...Must have Cardigan by Patons...lots of cables Love Cables!!!

I'm a blogger!

2009-03-16T13:29:00.000-03:00

March 16

Today I decide that I would start my own blog...WooHoo!!! Its better than doing house work...which I really need to do....but I like knitting ,listening to podcasts and now blogging more!!!

That picture was taken in PEI on Friday March 13th...and it was cold -18c brrrrrr....

13 is my favorite # so Friday the 13th is my day! I finished my Ms. Pumpkin pant aka Mr. Greenjeans from Knitty Here and had to go outside to take pictures...there are more on my Ravelry page. I'll add a link to that on the side bar later...