Gallery: Just finished! Leafy facecloths by Meagan Goodacre

Leafy Facecloths

These are fun, fast, cheap, and free pattern, the best of everything. Great for a gift with handmade soap.

Pattern can be found here:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leafy-washcloth

Thanks to the generousity of Meagan Goodacre.

 

2011 Reading List: 45 Books

A little late but better than never here is my reading list 2011:

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (Jan)
2. In the Teeth of the evidence – Dorothy Sayers (Jan)
3. Age of Innocense – Edith Wharton (Jan)
4. Secrets of a summer night (1)  Lisa Kleypas (Feb)
5. It happpened one autumn (2)  Lisa Kleypas (Feb)
6. Devil in Winter (3)  Lisa Kleypas (Feb)
7. Scandal in Spring (4) Lisa Kleypas (Mar)
8. Wallflower Christmas (5) Lisa Kleypas (Mar)
9. Breaking Dawn – Stephanie Meyer: I have read this one several times and really enjoyed it! (May)
10. Quick Bite (1) - Lynsay Sands: Totally fiction. Funny and delightful, a series about a family of immortals, this is also a revisited book (May)
11. The Golden Thread – Bruce Meyer: This is non fiction. Traces the great works of literature (May)
12. The History of the Wife – Marilyn Yalom: Nonfiction. Really excellent examination of the role of the wife throughout history and around the world (May)
13. Love Bites (2)- Lynsay Sands: book 2 in series, have read before, I am a fan of this author. Highly recommended as summer reading! (May)
14. Single White Vampire (3)- Lynsay Sands: Ok I am on a L.S. thing at the moment. I’m reading them all again as Darling gave me the latest for anniversary. This one is one of my favourites. Poor man ends up at a romance convention, he has a shortage of bagged blood and will not bite anyone. His editor comes up with a plan. (June)
15. All New 17th ed. Uncle John’s Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader. (June)
16. Tall, Dark and Hungry (4)- Lynsay Sands: Wedding plans go terribly wrong for the couple from previous book, brother steps in to save the day. Things get worse and worse, but needless to say there will be more than one wedding. (June)
17. A Bite to Remember (5) Lynsay Sands: Ok what to you do if you’re an immortal who can’t use blood banks, due to a genetic condition, have to live with that. Someone begins to sabotage your businesses and things escalate, you need a detective… (June) I like this one it’s a good summer read.
18. Bite me if you can (6) Lynsay Sands: Lucian is one off the original immortal, he has become old, cold, and borded with life… until an innocent gets dropped in  his lap and he has to help her to adjust to her new life. (July)
19. The Accidental Vampire (7) Lynsay Sands: Evi is a Vamp just trying to make a living after a holiday accident left her an immortal. Her moral friends decide that they need to find her a mate as they are getting older and she will be left alone. They place an advert that invites single immortals to town to meet her. They are determined to find the right mate for her.  (July)
20. The Readers Digest Essential Stitch Collection by Lesley Stanfield & Melody Griffiths (July)
21. Vampires are forever (8) Lynsay Sands:(July)
22. Love Letters: An Anthology by Antonia Frazer: I enjoy reading letters between historical figures. There was a time when letter writing was an art. (July)
23. The Pemberley Chronicles: A Companion Volume to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, a novel by Rebecca Ann Collins. Book 1 (July)
24. Toe-Up 2-at-a-time Socks by Melissa Morgan-Oakes (July)
25. Vampire Interupted (9) Lynsay Sands (July)
26. The Women of Pemberley: A Companion Volume to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice” a novel by Rebecca Ann Collins. Book 2 (Aug)
27. 2-at-a-time socks by Melissa Morgan-Oaks (Aug)
28. Life in a Medieval Village by Francis and Joseph Gies (Aug)
29. Netherfield Park Revisited: A Companion Volume to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice” a novel by Rebecca Ann Collins. Book 3 (Aug)
30. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher Book 13 of the Dresden Files (Aug)
31. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
32. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
33. The Rogue Hunter (10) Lynsay Sands (Oct)
34. The Immortal Hunter (11) Lynsay Sands (Oct)
35. Lover Unleashed (9) J.R. Ward (Oct)
36. The Renegade Hunter (12) Lynsay Sands (Nov)
37. Born to Bite (13) Lynsay Sands (Nov)
38. Hungry for you (14) Lynsay Sands (Dec)
39. The Reluctant Vampire (15) Lynsay Sands (Dec)
40. The Bite before Christmas (16) Lynsay Sands (Dec)
41. Mr & Mrs Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two shall become one (1) Sharon Lathan (Dec)
42. Scarlett (sequel to Gone with the Wind) by Alexandra Ripley
43. Loving Mr Darcy (2) Sharon Lathan
44. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (an old favourite!)
45. Under a Vampire Moon (17) Lynsay Sands

Technique: Magic Loop (video Tutorial – 7 Parts)

Magic Loop has been a mystery to me. I have posted these so I can find them easily…. Thanks verypinkknits your wonderful!

Freedom knit video tutorial:

Magic Loop for socks (part 1) verypinkknits:

 cuff

Magic Loop for socks (part 2) verypinkknits:

 Heel flap “eye of partridge”

Magic Loop for socks (part 3) verypinkknits:

 Turning heel

Magic Loop for socks (part 4) verypinkknits:

 Gusset

Magic Loop for socks (part 5) verypinkknits:

 Toe

Magic Loop for socks (part 6) verypinkknits:

 Kitchener stitch

Magic Loop for socks (part 7) verypinkknits:

 weaving in ends

Shawls: I must be mad!

Here is the finished list so far:

1. Travelling women (January 2011)
2. Celeste Shawl (January 2011) Gift to my sister-in-law
3. Marella by Bridget Freyer (January 2011)
4. Batkus shawl (March 2011) Bazaar
5. Oaklet Shawl (May 2011)
6. 198 yds of Heaven (Nov 2011) MiL Christmas
7. Ginkgo shawl (Dec 2011) Mother Christmas
8. Simple Ridges Shawl (Jan 2012)

Here is the want to do list!

How to make Tarn (yarn from Tshirts)

Yup this bright recycleing idea is brought to us from Melissa Somerville!

Read how here
http://www.tangledness.com/html/fall_2010/diy_tarn.html

Cool eh!

FO Friday: Coffee cup and H2O Bottle Cozys

 Sorry offering is so small. I have a bunch of bigger stuff in the works. The Coffee cup and Water Bottle cozy are a test run for a Commuter set I am thinking about. 

Coffee Cup and Water Bottle Cozy

Techniques: Knit fast, faster, fastest oh my! (video tutorials)

I was hunting around for techniques again and look what I found… thanks to these thoughtful people who up loads these tutorials. I will add to this post if I find anything else that is useful.

LindsayLew: (English no though method):

 this is sort of what I do :0)

Elsteffo: (Eastern European):

  or  

Hatricka:   

 - faster throughing method

Miriam Teagles (knitpicks):

 - how the worlds fastest knitter does it!

Hazel Tindall (scotish TV):

 - how this worlds fastest knitter does it, interview

I have to admit that Portugese knitting has potential to be pretty fast… Special thanks to Chuanavit who was not working in her first langauge and did a superb job!

Chuanavit: Portugese knitting Part 1

Chuanavit: Portugese knitting Part 2

Chuanavit: Portugese knitting Part 3 (cast on)

 Casting on from another angle

Chuanavit: Portugese knitting (rib 1×1)

Chuanavit: Portugese knitting (rib 2×2)

Chuanavit: Portugese knitting (knit)

Chuanavit: Portugese knitting (Purl)

Places: St George’s Anglican Church, Newcastle, Ontario Cda

Historical plaque

St Georges Church

I promised to post a picture of the historic church that I and my family attend.  Been going here for at least 15 years.  Small but active there always seems to be something going on around the church. I am a member of the Weds morning craft group, who are working constantly toward the Christmas Bazaar, I have posted about these ladies.  Also a member of the ACW (Anglican Church Woman) who do a lot of good work in the community.  I also sing in the Choir on special occasions, we are a small group with a great pleasure in the music we sing and a great choir mistress who keeps us all in line and PB who without fail has our scores ready and waiting at practice and on sunday! There is a very well attended coffee hour each Sunday and a Birthday Cake Sunday at the end of every month. In and amongst all this there always seems to be a church luncheon, or potluck supper, roast beef dinner or… you get my meaning. Faith, Fellowship and Food are what this congregation are all about.

FO Fri: Oaklet Shawl by Megan Goodacre

Bottom Corner

Close-up edge

Started the Oaklet Shawl in a fit of depression. I wanted something to knit while watching T.V. that was basic but would be interesting in the end. My knitting design life is blaw. I have lots of ideas but I am tired of the process, I know this is just a rainy weather spring, want to get into the garden and plant something, thing. But for now I am knitting this and dreaming about patio expansion, carrots, lettuce, green onions and tomatoes…

Oaklet shawl

Oaklet Shawl

Finished, knitted in Austermann Step, on 4.5mm needle. What a delight, butter soft and my favourite colour!

Would I knit this one again? You bet! Cured my depression with sunshine and Oaklet shawl :0)

 

 

Films: The Duke

 John Wayne, “The Duke” born Marion Robert Morrison May 26 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, USA. You ever wonder how he got the nick name “The Duke”?

John Wayne and Maureen Ohara in "The Quiet Man" (1952)

As a boy he used to go everywhere with his huge Airedale Terrier “Duke”, a local fireman started to call him “Little Duke” well Marion prefered that, and started calling himself ______ and that’s history. Over his career which started in 1926 and ended in 1976 he acted in 184 films, and produced 6 films (the best known being the “Alamo”) So in 50 years he made about 3.84 films a year, almost all of them outdoors on location. Can you imagine any actor today that would do that today, and they get paid the moon! Sadly the Duke passed away of stomach cancer in 1979 at age 72. (There is some conjecture this may have been contracted during the filming of  “The Conqueror” in 1956, filmed in St George Utah. Of the 220 cast and crew, 91 ended up with cancer, that’s 41%. Wayne himself felt it was his 6 pk a day smoking habit).

These are a few of the movies he made that are really worth watching…

Stage Coach (1939) – This one made him a star though he had been working for a while.

The Angel and the Bad Man (1947)- I own this one, I guess that says it all

3 Godfathers (1948) – This is a favourite, if you see it on the TV listings watch it!

The Quiet Man (1952) – With Maureen O’Hara, I own this one too and I watch it frequently. Very funny and delightful.

The Searchers (1956) – Popular, but not my favourite

The Man that shot Liberty Valance (1962) – with Jimmy Stewart, they where great together.

McLintock (1963) – Maureen O’Hara, I own this one too, great pairing!

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) – I can’t put my finger on why I like this one, but I do.

Hellfighters (1968) – just a good movie

True Grit (1968) – Just love him as “Rooster Cogburn” he is sweet, rough and tough in this one and I am going to buy it!

Big Jake (1971) – Maureen O’Hara again, the movies they did together where among the best they both did.

Rooster Cogburn (1975) – with Kate Hepburn, I wonder why they never did a film before they where wonderful together

The Shootest (1976) – with Lauren Becall, and Ron Howard. The Duke had worked with Becall years earlier. This was is last roll, he played a dying gunfigher who wanted to go out in style, and he did.

John Wayne, “The Duke” died in 1972 at the age of 72. He will be remembered in all the wonderful films that are his legacy.

If you wish to learn more see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne#Filmography