Grabbing a bite to eat before last week’s guest gig my friend Sonja pulled some great things out of her purse …. more wire knits. Here are the little jacket, blue evening dress and gold shrug with pearl beads. I photographed them on a paper napkin so they’re not great but I tweaked them so they’d stand up.
Aren’t they cute?
Sheesh! It’s been a busy time this December….and there’s a tiny spanner in the works…my foot!With arthritic big toes needing work I had my right one worked on in 2008 by Dr. Mark Harrison at Hotel Dieu Hospital here in Kingston. Now it was time to get my left toe worked on as it slowly…
Peter out front…with my ‘little bread truck’. Well, I finally made it to 15 Gower Ave in Toronto, the home of Sew Knit Serge owned by Peter Smith. I’ve know Peter since I met him years ago at the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition)…if memory serves, back in the ’80’s. He had both sewing machines and…
As I was under the weather recently, my dear friend Rose took the oportunity to send me a card that she had purchase a year ago. She had waited all this time for the right time. It is soooo cute. A knitting bag made of patterned wallpaper (I think), with wire handles and knitting needles,…
I’m off to Artemisia in Westport to restock some items as they do seem to sell well there, then my friend Georgia (framer and 1/3 owner at Artemisia) and I are off to Perth to visit Janie Hickman at her yarn store JanieHKnits as she’s having a sale.I didn’t make any decent money at Fanfayr…
Well, I got lost in Bangor but I then ‘dyed’ and went to heaven! This sign was outside a building for children’s art and activities….it is so fun, the classes must be super!…there’s a violin on the other side! Anyway, I digress. While hunting for Stephen King’s house in Bangor I followed the directions of the…
Well, I’m back from my UK trip which was a huge family gathering so no time to explore any yarn shops…even though my cousin had one she wanted to take me to…..next time! On my return, however I received an email from a friend saying she was coming through Kingston on her way to Rose…