Lunch in Oakville

I had a lovely lunch in Oakville on Saturday with my friends Bob, Lyn and Mary. We all worked together at Bell in Product Management. Bob is the only one left at Bell. I gather it is not a happy place to be right now. Mary and Lyn both live in Oakville so Bob and I made the drive from London and Scarborough respectively. We had lunch at the Olivepress and it was excellent. You can see the menu on their website http://www.olivepress.ca/ I had the Honeymoon Spaghetti and it was delicious. It has been two years since we got together so it was wonderful to get caught up. I had the waiter take our picture.

From left to right are Lyn, me, Bob and Mary.

My father has been in PEI visiting my sister for a few days. It was her birthday on Saturday. He came home on Sunday evening. He was a little concerned that he wouldn't make it home as the tail end of a hurricane was supposed to hit the island but it didn't, fortunately.

I'm working on a pair of over the knee socks right now. I'm almost finished the calf shaping. Once that is done, it will be a simple matter of finishing the foot like a regular sock. I'm doing it out of one of the newer colours of Arequipa paint. It is colour 210 on the shade card. http://www.estelledesigns.ca/images/Estelle/EstelleArequipa.htm It is a really lovely colourway. I'm very pleased with the way it is working up.

We're expecting another big shipment from Peru any minute now. Unfortunately, these shipments have to come through New York and always get tied up in security there. Ever since September 11, security has been extremely tight there. Understandable really.

It's raining today. I might have known it would because I got my car washed on Sunday. Oh well what can you do?

Have a good week and happy knitting!

Susan

Lots More Yarn!

It's been a busy few weeks here at Estelle. Last week we received a container of yarn from Peru. I think it was the biggest shipment we've ever received. The container was parked at our receiving door to be unpacked. Here's what it looked like from the outside.This is what it looked like from inside the warehouse.
Needless to say it took some time to unload and unpack. It's all done now and the orders are going out the door to the stores.

Last week Lisa, the new owner of the Naked Sheep, was in to pick up some Cascade. She's still working full time and the Sarah and Emily working during the day. Lisa has made lots of changes to the Sheep both physically and to the inventory. She's added lots of sock yarn. I'll have to go down and have a look at the store. She lives not too far from here so it's convenient for her to stop in on her way to the store and pick things up.

Tomorrow is the Kitchener Waterloo Knitters Fair. We've had several stores in to stock up for their booths. I had contemplated going but decided not to for several reasons. First, my great-aunt Elizabeth is turning 102 tomorrow. There was a message from her son waiting when I got home last night telling me that he'd convinced her to go out for dinner tomorrow night and my father and I like to join them. So that would mean that I'd have to rush back from KW and I didn't want to do that. Second, it's going to rain tomorrow and I'm not fond of driving in the rain. And third, gas went up 13 cents overnight to $1.37 a litre. Ouch!

So, I'll stay home and start a new work project instead. It's going to be a pair of over-the-knee socks. I'll just start them and when I have the shaping worked out I'll have Mrs. King finish them. I'm going to see Spamalot on Sunday afternoon with my friend Susan. I've seen it before but it was so much fun that I can't wait to see it again. So all in all it should be a good weekend.

Well, I'd better go. It's 3:00 and the rush for the door is starting. I hadn't seen anything like it when I first started working here since I'd been in a unionized environment.

Have a good weekend.
Happy Knitting!
Susan