Can’t talk. The crochet class at school is finished and the kids were really happy with their hacky sacs. They did a great job. Madly knitting samples for the Victoria Knit-Out. Love this new colourway and I have lots of
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The finished projects have been pouring in for the past couple of weeks. My little kidlets have been working hard learning to knit and I’m really proud of what they’ve accomplished. Time for some show and tell … The younger children
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This week has been all about teaching knitting and crochet classes to little kids. I’m offering three different classes for the noon-hour programs at Devan’s school. This marks the first of 8 weeks of lunchtime madness! Before the classes even
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I’ve been teaching a knitting class at lunch time at Devan’s school. I have a great group of kids who are all eager to knit. On the first class as I was handing out their knitting bags and knitting needles
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I have been volunteering in Devan’s class again this year and it’s been really nice to get to know his classmates. Devan is in a grade 2/3 split class and I’ve been showing them how to make pom-poms and most
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I’m still working on the second sock of Cat Bordhi’s pattern, Bartholomew’s Tantalizing Socks. The first sock was completed along with several other single socks for my workshop last weekend where I taught the sky sock architecture from Cat’s book,
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Cat leads and interesting journey into her brilliant sock construction. I have followed her footsteps (in stocking feet, no less) up to the sky and immersed myself in her sky sock architecture. All of this in preparation for one of
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When did that happen? I just blinked and when I opened my eyes, the leaves were changing colour and falling on the ground. This is the rather pretty view down my street. Now, it’s barely fall and I found egg nog
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The last week of school went by in a blur. There were lots of school activities in the last week or so. Devan’s school had a crazy hair day and you know, I’ve always wanted to give him a mohawk,
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Last weekend I attended the Victoria Fibre Festival and Knit-Out. Nigel and I took the ferry to Victoria and had a lovely weekend of knitting and fibre-related events. I arrived in time to drop off a couple of samples for
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The little kidlets in Devan’s class are really enjoying the spool knitting. They have been eager to have a knitting bee of their own to take home, so I took orders. Almost everyone in the class bought one!  Another trip
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We started off with 13 knitting spools for Devan’s class and yesterday I had to go back to the store for more. The project is a hit with the kids. Today when I arrived in the classroom to knit with
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