We’re headed off to New York later this month. It’s been 21 years since I was last there. I’m lining up all my favourite museums and areas of town to visit. I’m really excited; this is the first trip we’ve
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My rubber boots have sprung a leak. This is a problem in rainy Vancouver. I found these shiny red patent leather rain boots on sale on the weekend. Can’t go wrong with Cole Haan. Tweet

I bought a door mat from Lantern Moon when I was at Sock Summit. I know, it’s an odd thing to buy at a knitting retreat, but it has balls of yarn on it! When I got it to my
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We went to a Paralympics sledge hockey game on the weekend. What fun! Japan beat the Czech Republic 2 to 1. I managed to knit about 4″ on the back of a baby sweater I’m making for a friend. The
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Shh, don’t tell my chiropractor, but I’ve been sneaking in some knitting. My shoulder is much better than it was. I’m still a bit stiff, but I’ve been stiff for a couple of years now (it’s the knitting). My goal
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I’ve done something to my rotator cuff and as a consequence, I can barely move my arm. It’s called ‘frozen shoulder’ which as a description doesn’t sound so bad. What the name doesn’t describe is the pain experienced when you
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My little monkey dressed up as a sock monkey for Hallowe’en today at school. I have to admit, I’m really proud of his costume. I made it out of seven pairs of work socks and I got the idea at
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I had great intentions of blogging more regularly throughout the summer … … and then we bought a house … … and then I had to pack up all the yarn and our other “things” … … to get our
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My mother is the greatest. She is my major support with my business and in life. She is my test knitter, my sample knitter, my sounding board, my printer and my shipper. She markets my patterns at LYSs that she
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Sitting down this morning with one of the last hot cross buns of the season and a cafe latte. (I do love my knitterly dishes!) Tweet

Our long weekend was full of activities. Devan and I experimented with capillary action by placing white carnations in water tinted with food colouring. It was fascinating to watch the flowers change colour. Then I taught him about mixing colours
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Carmen over at MelonHead tagged me earlier. I have a moment while Devan’s busying himself making signs with a pad of post-it notes. What are you wearing now? Jeans, long-sleeved t-shirt, these handknit socks. How often do you blog? Not
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