Rooster and DKC

I forgot to tell you about the ballet we saw a couple of weeks ago. It was their Winter Mixed programme and it was fabulous. The first ballet was 24 Preludes by Chopin. It was choreographed by a Canadian choreographer that is very avant garde. The costumes were made of sheer black mesh with shiny black tape over strategic areas. It was interesting the combination of classical music with very modern ballet. It was really wonderful. The second ballet was Soldier's Mass. It was very powerful the way the dancers brought the violence of war and death to the stage. The last ballet was Rooster set to the Rolling Stones early music. It was great! The costumes were reminiscent of the early 60s London scene. The dancing was fabulous. I can hardly wait until they perform Rooster again.

We had DKC last night. I met Fiona, Bonnie, Sandra and Trish for dinner before hand at Pasta Perfection on Yonge St. We meet there every month. The food is always great. It's cheap and cheerful, just like us. Here we are after dinner.

The speakers this month were the ladies from Cabin Fever. They were talking about self publishing their patterns and books. They used a great format of interviewing each other about how they got started, what difficulties they encountered, what was the best and worst of it and so on. They were great, very funny also.

I was able to get quite a bit done on the licorice allsorts sock. I'm ready to start the heel flap. I'm working on a 2.5mm needle but am thinking that if I use this yarn again I'd use a 2.75mm.

Yesterday I wore a Hanne Falkenberg jacket I made years ago. I actually forgot all about it (terrible thing to admit isn't it?) Anyway, I wore it to DKC and people were quite interested in it. Many said they'd seen her kits but had never seen it made up. Here's a picture of it (not mine, from Hanne's website).

Well, I'd better go. It's Easter weekend so we're off tomorrow but back on Monday. Have a good weekend.

Happy Knitting!

Susan

Cloud Cotton

Where has the week gone? It's Friday already. It's been a busy week here at Estelle. Mrs. King finished the baby blanket so I picked it up from her on Monday. We're calling it the Hearts and Flowers Baby Blanket. I think it turned out quite well.

We're having another one done. I did a test swatch last night and wrote up the pattern this morning. I took it to Mrs. King to knit it up. This is the swatch.
It will be 9 blocks across with a garter stitch border. Totally reversible. It really is beautiful cotton to knit with. I still haven't decided which colour I want for me. Do I want to make a white cardigan for summer or should I go for the darkest blue? Decisions, decisions.

I finished the first sock for Annie and I've started the second. Here's what it looks like before blocking.

I don't know why but I always block my socks. I think they look better for some reason. I also started a cardigan out of Cascade 220. I decided to use the Horseshoe Lace stitch and have it done in one piece to the armhole. I think the bodice will be stocking stitch. I also put an eyelet border at the bottom and will continue with that for the trim. Once I'm a little further along I'll take a shot of it for you.

It's a beautiful sunny day today. I took a picture of the snow mountain last week. This is what it looked like on Monday after all that snow.

I think I'll splurge and get my car washed on the way home from work. It is so filthy I can't stand it any more. Well, it's almost time to go. Have a good weekend.

Happy Knitting!

Susan

More Snow

I can't believe we're going to get another storm tonight and tomorrow. I don't know where we're going to put it. It's almost getting dangerous. This morning pulling out of the garage there was a little boy I couldn't see because the snow is piled up so high. It's a good thing his father was walking directly behind him. I took a picture of the mountain of snow in the parking lot here. I wonder how big it will be by Monday.

I started a new sock last night. It is Stile from Lana Grossa. It's a Missoni inspired pattern. Mary from Mary's Yarns calls this the licorice allsorts colour way. It really does look like licorice.

We're just about ready to produce a couple of free patterns for Cloud Cotton. The photos have been taken. I've got one of the patterns ready and the other should be to me on Monday. We're also have a baby sweater and blanket done. I also organized an intarsia blanket in three colours. I thought I'd better do the first two bands of blocks myself to be sure it was working. It did so I've given it to Mrs. King to finish off. I haven't knit intarsia (the I word) for many, many years. I'd forgotten how much I dislike it. It's the only form of knitting I really don't like. The blanket should be really cute when it's done. It's in white, butter yellow and spring green.

I've picked out a bag of Cascade 220 for myself. It is a heather, colour 9336 which they call Lapis. I'm thinking probably a cardigan, maybe with lace to the armholes and a solid bodice. We'll see what it calls out to be once I start winding the skeins. I love winding skeins. You get a real feel of the yarn and it tells you what it wants to be.

Well, I'd better go. The snow has already started. We have ballet tickets again on Sunday. An Italian Straw Hat was amazing. The costumes are all black and white, the only colour is in the sets. For instance, in the Parisian hat shop the backdrop was all hot pink. We're seeing a mixed programme this week. One of them is Rooster which is set to early Rolling Stones music. Should be different.

Happy Knitting!

Susan