It's been an awful long while since I've posted any new updates or photos. It's been a busy couple of months. We were spending 4 days a week at the ice arena for Lennah's figure skating and hockey. Christmas came up so quickly and we spent some time at the coast with our families. And, next thing you know - it's the end of January! Not to mention my newest obsession, er hobby - KNITTING!
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So, I'm going to be selfish and have my first post back about my knitting! The projects I completed for Christmas and for my ETSY shop.
The dishcloths.
The grey scarf for Auntie Julia and the pink scarf for Addison. I used the same pink yarn that my Mom used in Addison's afghan.
My "easy care" cactus' that I hope to be completing and listing in my ETSY shop! I've got to mount them in their terra cotta pots with gravel yet.
These scarves are my passion right now. Sari silk yarn, purchased from a seller: http://www.northcottwilson.etsy.com/ on ETSY. The sari silk yarn comes out of a women's collective in Nepal. It's fair trade with the money going back to the women who work there. They take sari scraps and make yarn. I've combined it with a mercanized cotton. My first one was with bamboo. I'm working on my 4th one now, the first one I haven't given away. I'm hoping to generate some interest in my ETSY shop with it!
You can see some of the beautiful jewel tones that just pop out with the combination of the black cotton.That doesn't include the 2 lucky hunting toques I made for Nathan and Uncle Dan. Which proved lucky when Nathan got his first deer of the season the first day he wore it! The three scarves I made for birthday gifts for three local children. I've also made a couple of other scarves, for me and to sell. The need to create has become overwhelming! More on that later.
So, that's some of the new news with us. We have virtually no more snow, here in McBride. It's almost spring-like! Figure skating is over, I have some great photos and video of Lennah and the winter carnival to come. Hockey is almost over, with 2 tournaments left before we finish in March. I'm sad to say, I'll be happy to see it end for this year. More photos of hockey to come, too. Christmas was great, if not a little rushed and short on the visits with family - we'll see everyone soon, I promise. And we should have some more exciting family news to post in the next month! Stay tuned!!!
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