settling in...

Hi Folks...

I am settling quite nicely over at Wordpress.com

My new blog home is: http://chicwithstix.wordpress.com/

a new home

This afternoon (after much nailbiting and squirming during the importing process), the chic with stix blog made the move over to wordpress.com...

you can now find me at
http://chicwithstix.wordpress.com/

SnB the LK way...

As busy as my days were, I made it out to Kensington Market in Toronto for one of Lettuce Knit weekly SnB...

As hot and humid as it was on August 21st, these witty knitters were sprawled out on the steps of Lettuce Knit



The LK witty knitters are alive and well…Megan has added a dyeing studio to her ever popular and growing knitting business.


Of course, visiting LK means…yarn, yarn and more yarn!!!

tired and jet lagged

I am back from the other side of the pond...tired and recovering from jet lagged. As I get older, I am finding it more difficult to adjust to these transatlantic flights. I am taking this weekend to catch up on knitty blogging...

However, I did manage to get some knitting done....

Comfort foods of home...

Poutine the French Canadian version of chips and gravy, however, these chips are smothered in gravy and fresh cheese curds….yummy!

Devoured in no time with a large Root Beer.


Why not add more calories, and head over to Tim Horton's for a "medium double double" and a maple dip doughnut...

****note: I ate these "treats" on different days!

auto reply: I’m on vacation…

I was able to get my bamboo dpns through the security checks and x-ray detection at the airport.

The flight was quite turbulent. Drinks were swishing around, almost spilling and I had to stop knitting for fear I was going to poke myself in the eye. My actions proved to the Spouse that I am not an obsessive knitter since I was not willing to risk an injury to myself and those around me.

**note: I forgot my USB cable to upload my photos. to be uploaded at a later date**

***P.S. I also extended the "early bird" registration for the Dublin Knit Collective: Autumn Show 'n Tell Event by a couple of days due to my limited internet access while I am away.

stashbusters...

Committing oneself to a yarn diet is enough to put an obsessed witty knitter into withdrawal. I keep saying to myself, "I have will power", over and over again, as I stand next to the new shipment of Noro at TIK.

I call upon my good and practical self, and spend an hour or two searching through my yarn stash. Ahh haaa....I come across an unidentifiable yarn...I picked it up at a garage sale several years ago, no ball band, looks and feels like fancy acrylic.

I picked up a set of 5mm Addi's, and started knitting a hat...
hmmmm not bad...knits up as a chunky, dense, and fuzzy hat. I actually like the colours, it reminds me of a watercolour pallette.

Oh yeah...I'm a stashbuster!