I told you I had another almost finished knit and I’m soooooo in love with it. Presenting……………… GRETEL and a picture of the back…. This is Gretel by Ysolda You can buy the pattern here for a meer 2 pounds, its WELL worth it! Pattern: Gretel by Yosolda Needles: 3.25mm and 4.5mm circs and dpns Yarn: Cascade 220 colour 8010 1 skein Start Date : dec 14th 2007 Finish… Read More »Love for Gretel | Celtic Cast On
So Tuesday was the big day! Moose and I headed off to Halifax to see the Harlot. We stopped off in Moncton for some lunch on the way at our favourite restaurant. After we completely stuffed ourselves silly (ohhh for some more pudding chomeur) it was off for another 3 hour drive with lots of knitting. I knit most of the way till Moose got sleepy and we traded. Here’s what… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Harlot in Hali!
Where IS the summer going??? Its August already??? The only reason I’m happy to see August is for VACATION!!!!! Since its only 2 weeks away I guess I should fill you all in on where we are off to. We’re taking two weeks and going on a half road trip half plane trip if you will. We’re driving to NJ to hang with the lovely Claudia, hubby and Bayou for… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Dogs, Yarn and Vacation!!!
I’m sure you all know my absence is mostly due to the new HP book, as most of the knit blog community is as well. I was quite surprised when I picked up my copy the morning of its release to see that the covers in Canada are quite different than that of the States. I must say I much prefer the States version but I guess its the inside… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Harry and the secret knits
Halleluiah we have HIGH SPEED! I thought I was never going to get to blog again. We are finally getting settled in our new house.Sockies is having a grand ole time out here,she’s always wanting to go outside and now has a massive cement slab to roll about on, I think she forgot how nice the summer time is, and its sooo quiet out here that she’s not scared by… Read More »Celtic Cast On »
Holy crap WHERE DO I START?????? Well lets start with….. The Disappointment: The house we were all set to buy failed the water test miserably so we have decided to go no further with it. We now have on month to find a place to live The Estatic Excitement : Upon finding out that the house was a no go, Moose hopped back on MLS to see if there was anything… Read More »Disappointment and Ecstatic Excitement!!! | Celtic Cast On
Well today is an exciting day here at Celtic Cast On…. its KNITTING DAY!!! Finally I get to sit down and just knit away my cares, and not by myself mind you, Heidi’s coming over to join me. Heidi hasn’t been a knitting for very long but she’s hooked 100%, obsessed, lives breaths and dreams yarn… just like the rest of us. I’m soooo glad my knitting friend is in… Read More »Excitement! | Celtic Cast On
Gah!!! When will the reno’s be done???? It seems like its never ending. The basement is now complete and we’ve moved to the upstairs. Tuesday morning was spent tearing apart the spare room, lugging all the furniture from our bedroom to the spare and then ripping up the floor in there. Have a look at what we found under the carpet in the spare room!! Do you see all… Read More »Feeling Discombobulated | Celtic Cast On
Its day 4 of the Ravelympics and everyone that is participating is well on their way to obtaining a gold medal. I knew I wanted to participate this year but there was no way knitting a sweater would be an obtainable goal for me to meet with Tadpole in the picture. I him’d and ha’ed over what project to cast on for, I really wanted to start an Ishbel but… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Blog Archive » Ravelympics Day 4
Well alot of you were questioning what I was doing with the wool fabric I dyed, AND since my comments are only coming to my email one here and there I’ll fill you all in here. If you remember just before christmas I talked about starting Rug Hooking. I found Deb on Ravelry, begged her to teach me, started going to the thursday night meeting and volia i’m Hooked. *pardon… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Blog Archive » Hooking and an FO