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A Newfoundland Photography and Knitting Blog by Betty Nolan
Showing posts with label hand knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand knitting. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

That Ellen! What a Swinger!

Ellen loves swinging!  The other day I wanted to show off some new yarns I bought for the stash and Ellen was more than willing to sit on the backyard swing and model it for me.  Sweet!  Both yarns are from Argosy, an online yarn store (www.argosyyarns.com).  The lighter coloured one is called Jo Jo which is a hand painted yarn made from merino wool, cashmere and angora.  Just lovely.  The darker one is Kimono Silk, which is 100% spun silk.  I can't wait to get started on those!

John and I are going on an adventure tomorrow and John said that Ellen can come too.  Yaay!  I wondered if there'd be room for her.  Come visit on Monday and see what we've been up to.  Have to run and find something to knit along the way.  Don't want to work on the lace purse as that needs my undivided attention.  Will find something interesting but easy so I can sight see.  :-)


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ellen's Soul Mate?! + What's on the Needles Now!

A couple of weeks ago, one of the guys at work went to St. Anthony (on the northernmost part of the Great Northern Peninsula of NL) on business (and to take fabulous pictures of icebergs!). When he came back, he sent me an email saying that he thought he'd found a soul mate for Ellen. He said that if she was interested he could provide contact info. I took one look at photo of potential soul mate and immediately answered for Ellen saying that of course she was interested!  The Soul Mate has assets that Ellen doesn't have (arms and a head!).  Anyhow, as it turns out, Ellen is not interested in long distance relationships.  Can you believe it?!  Below is the photo that my co-worker provided.

After Ellen got over the shock of me answering on her behalf (we took her to Placentia - that helped), today she agreed to hold what's currently on my needles (with John's help).  I'm knitting the Catherine Purse from the book Knitting Little Luxuries by Louisa Harding.  Knitting it for one of my daughters who's getting married in October.  It's made from the same yarn as her wedding dress (that I cannot post until after the wedding).  Anyway, it's my first time hand knitting lace. I have to pay attention!