Fair Bits

A canola field. Proof that it's summer despite the dismal weather this last week.



There has been a fair bit accomplished on the reno (in between torrential downpours).

Two views from inside - last week.





Floorboards baking in the sun.





The dogs baking on what they believe is the new deck. They're mistaken.



Holy Smoke! Walls! I experienced a moment of thinking the space was too small. I've been assured it's just an illusion.



What will be a back door.



What will be a laundry room window.



What will be a bathroom window.



Soon to be a window over a kitchen sink, also, further down the wall, patio doors.



Looking out the upstairs window - brackets going in for the second story floor joists.



I've accomplished a fair bit of knitting lately.



The Big Needle Wrap that was suppose to take an evening and in fact ate up nearly six weeks has been finished for a while. I had put it away for Autumn, but it was so unbelievably cold yesterday Elly was wearing it.

The Tangled Yoke Cardigan now has a sleeve as well as a body.



Also, a different mouse from the others I've made.



One of the knights from Alan Dart's "Tails of Yore" pattern set from Simply Knitting.

I'll be making a few mice from this series of patterns, which I'll show and tell another time.

This afternoon I'm off to see the new Star Trek film at the IMAX. Ooooo...50 foot Spock!

My Girl is Da Bomb

Elly has been back in town for a week and a half and she's making her presence felt. She's been complaining that she only packed "one" pair of shoes and is shipping the rest - however, the front entrance looks like a bomb's hit it. Those are all hers, people. She's like a nuclear explosion.



The reno has hit a standstill. After the de-construction of the old additions, the foundation and piles have to be poured before the re-construction can begin. Our concrete boys had another foundation booked this past week and we weren't scheduled for our work until late this week or early next. The weather has conspired against us though (rain through most of this week) and so the other job has no doubt been delayed, putting our work at late this week or early the following week. Must. Be. Patient.

I've been busying myself with knitting.

I bought some lovely Sublime Organic Cotton in pale, natural shades, and I've been knitting dishcloths (for my new kitchen, dontcha' know!) Cream, pale beige, cocoa brown and pale pink. They look like shades of gelato. Yummy.



Oh yes, and the Big Needle Wrap I mentioned in an earlier post, Ooooo, bad, bad, bad....I gave out bad instructions. It's not "increase one stitch each end, every OTHER row", it's "increase one stitch each end, EVERY row" Bah! It was knitting into a long skinny triangle. I had to rip it all out and start again. This "easy, peasy pattern", "takes only an evening or two to knit", has been going on now for weeks. Ack...

(looks pretty good now though).



I've also been distracting myself with knitting up a wee creature. This one is more of a, hmmm...let's call it a "work of art". Perhaps with the potential to become a "Work of Art". We shall see...

But I AM Knitting

Just in case you're getting a tad bored of the reno (I'm not!) I thought I'd let you know that I'm still knitting. I'm working on a replacement Big Needle Wrap that I shrank in the wash earlier this year. You can see the original here, on my 100th blog post. The colours on the new one are slightly different, but not by much. The original was a wee bit more violet-y purple, the new one is, hmmm...., grape-y?

I like it, that's all that matters.

The first wrap was knit up in a couple of evenings while in Dublin, this one is taking MUCH longer. Perhaps I'm distracted...



yesterday's view out the second story window...









Today marks a momentous occasion - the return of my first born. Elly's plane gets in tonight after the better part of a year in Dublin. In honour of her return to this city, and in particular, to the Dirty Old City Lot that is currently our home; The Pogues...