This was my tester robot...meaning he will be for my cat. hahaah. i liked the colors i picked..i hate the yarn i picked. TLC something something....felt ok in the skein...felt like burlap when it's all knitted up and done.
so i'm working on another one now....wool-ease. hoping to give to my friend's daughter. hehe. it was alot of fun to make.
Pattern: jess Hutch's knitted robots
Yarn Used: TLC crap
Needle size: 6us (i screwed up...was suppose to use 8us..oops)
Date started: 1/29/06 (530p)
Date finished: 1/30/06 (3a)
I really did like this pattern b/c i finally figured out intarsia. FINALLY!! a robot taught me how! hahaha. a robot also taught me how to love! jk. i think that is a line from a movie.
So on Saturday, as i was watching Goodfellas on HBO..i was making THIS
***edit..he's found the blog somehow. my slip up. AAAH!
There is a funny story behind it. well, not hilairous..but funny.
So i have this friend...So...let's call him GJ (i don't want him to know i'm talking about him in the event he ever finds this blog).
i've know GJ since high school. we've been good friends since then.. so we've been friends for about 15 years now. we've been on trips together, had many drunken nights together, just laughing and laughing. he's got a hialrious sense of humor.
so when he found out how much i was knitting, he makes silly comments about how that's all i do now. he likes to ask for strange things. he saw a shawl i made out of Berroco Suede and he loved it. GJ said he wanted a pair of slippers made out of it. out of the question!! he has no idea. so i made him a scarf out of it. he still asks for the slippers all the time. i just ignore him. He doesn't understand that suede isn't to be used for slippers or whatever the hell he keeps bugging me for.
Well, last month or so...he jokes about me knitting him a WOOL thong. a WOOL THONG. i go "eww...you know how itchy that would be in your crack???" he just goes "it'd be nice! come on...make me a thong!" well, he's mentioned it every phone conversation we have had...i was just all "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!" i remembered the knitty thong and thought "that wouldn't take too long to make and it would be hilarious".
I showed him the pattern one day when he was online. he started to crack up, then said "i expect that by the time my b-day rolls around." (his b-day is in march). so i made it. I told him if he wants me to make it, he has to put it on, take a picture, and SEND me the picture so i can laugh so hard that i'll go into convulsions. He laughed and semi-agreed. I think he thought i would never make it.
i have to sew in the elastic band so it doesn't look so limp (YES..PUN INTENDED). i asked a few guys i know about this thong situation. they all looked at me like i was smoking crack. hahaha. they said it's weird that he would WANT something like that...even as pushy as he was joking about it. so my next post i should have a completed thong picture. lol
I sent him a text message to his phone on Sat night as he was out on drunken stupor..i said "the thong is in progress." hahahaha. he called me and was all "I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU MADE IT..I JUST CAN"T BELIEVE IT!" yes...believe it. Da Purse Ho has nothing better to do w/ her time.
what disturbed me the most about the thong pattern is the frequent use of the word POUCH. POUCH. as i was doing the short rows on the POUCh..i just keep seeing the word in my head...POUCH. pouch. pouch. ewwww..|W|P|113868496331165734|W|P|Thongs and robots|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com
|W|P|I absolutely *love* the robot! Your stories about GJ crack me up. He's insane. Thongs suck, anyhow. Too much material to get wedged. Ew. I can't wait to see pics of this thong. Are you using Suede for it?
|W|P|Oh yeah..i'm making it out of Cascade Fixation. It's gotta be a little bit stretchy. lol |W|P|Ha ha ha! POUCH!
Yeah, I can see how that word in THAT context can become disturbing. I totally need to see his modeled shot! Too funny.
And your 'bot is greatness. Sorry the yarn sucked for you though, but the colors are fab. Have you seen BotGurl's yet?
|W|P|your robot is so cute!! and of course, i love the colors haha.and the wool thong - hahaha - hubby and i often joke about wool whitey-tighties but these are even better. what can beat an itchy wedgie?! =D
p.s. it would be hilarious if you line the thong with funfur. ;)
|W|P|OMG...the thong...my eyes my eyes!! I can't believe someone would ask for that! haha! |W|P|Pouch?!?! Makes me think Kangaroo...eeew
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!!!!
Don't eat too much today!! hahah|W|P|113851880850799515|W|P|Gong Hay Fat Choy!|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|happy chinese new year to you too!! i was at the local asian supermarket, waiting to get roasted duck... and the line was so FRIGGIN long!!! everyone wants roasted duck and roasted chicken for tommorrow.. =Pp.s. hey, i figured out how to make nian gao (the sticky rice cake) from scratch! =)
|W|P|Happy New Year, Jen!
A bunch of us at Simpatico Yarns are joining the Knitting Olympics (or plan to anyway!) and we decided to form TEAM SIMPATICO!
The blog format is very simliar to mine. LOL sorry..i didn't have much time to make a new one...so i just slapped that on there.
Join us if you'd like! We'll be listing what we are all making and such before the games begin.|W|P|113843927163001178|W|P|Team SImpatico!|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|I wish I had time and fingers that didn't go numb all the time now! Have fun!!
Front
Back
I finished this right in the nick of time. I got a phone call from the daddy-to-be last night...."i'm a dad". hahahaaha. i can't wait to send these off.
I think i'm going to add buttons today to it so baby won't have it all open if he's chilly in San Francisco. :)
Details about sweater:
Yarn used: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece
Color: Olivette CW475
Needle size: 5's for neck, 7's for body
Pattern source: The Portable Crafter book
Date Started: Jan 23, 2006
Date Finished: Jan 25, 2006
I never used cotton fleece before...and lemme tell ya...I LOVE IT!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! so i went on ebay last night and bought as much as i could out there. lol . call it a sickness...i do.|W|P|113831079544942776|W|P|what the freak is up w/ blogger?|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|ooh cute!!! yea, isn't cotton fleece nice??? =) =)
HOW COOL IS THAT??? A LIGHTED DROP SPINDLE!!! :)
I want to get some bigger needles...sigh. I shoud'nt have gotten the size 6's..i should have went for the 11's. :(
(please don't mock the price i paid for them...i just wanted them for fun. hahaaha)|W|P|113821814509184423|W|P|Light sabers...or needles?|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|now you can spin/knit in the dark!! and it DOES look like light sabers... haha |W|P|testing testing again. :) |W|P|That is so freaking awesome! Those would be great for knitting after dark in the car :-)
I've been working on a baby set of stuff for my friend's baby that is due within the next 2 weeks. I decided on a hat, booties and sweater set.
I went to Simpatico on Sat (what else is new? HAHAH) . where Pat the Chat gave me a pattern she had written for a baby hat she had created. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the hat. so she gave me the pattern! Pat is such a lovely lady! i love her patterns when she creates them. She should sell them! anyway...here is a picture of the hat:
I'm starting to hate my hat display here...it's got wire ends and it pulled on the bottom of the hat! AAAAH! NOOOO!
Pom pom goodness
Can you see the pattern? it's so cute! one of the girls said that the hat looked like a pine cone! haha . it's so cute. Thanks, Pat, for the pattern! I was getting tired of the same old hat
Here are the matching booties. :)
I'm making a matching cardigan to go with the green in the ribbon. It's way cute. pics will be posted when i'm done.
Yarn used: Filati Biberon Yarn
Color: Color 303
Needle size: size 2 US on both
Pattern source: Hat...from Pat. haha. i don't have permission to post it here...but i can ask her if you are interested. :) Booties....Stay-On Booties pattern
Date Started: Jan 21, 2006 (hat) Jan 22, 2006 (booties)
Date Finished: Jan 22, 2006 (hat), Jan 24, 2006 (booties)
This yarn was WONDERFUL to work with! WONDERFUL! i want some in eVERY color! hahahaah. I can't wait to send this off. I would love to do all this over again in another color for another boy or girl. :) there are a few colors to pick from....now i'm going to need to start hoarding Biberon. haahah
I finally sent off my International Scarf Exchange scarf yesterday. I emailed my receipient and told her to look out for it. I don't trust international mail around here...and the scarf/hat were going to Singapore. So here is a pic of the hat I did. Basic 2 x 2 rib...nothing too fancy. Again...pom pom goodness. :)
Yarn: Misti Alpaca Chunky
Color: baby pink : color 3140
Pattern: 2 x 2 rib...figured out on my own.
Amount of yarn used: about half a skein
Needle Size: 13us
Date started: Jan 15, 2006
Date Finished: Jan 15, 2006|W|P|113816342179263707|W|P|New stuffs.|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|Hey Ho! (I love saying that.)
I adore the hat and booties! Pleasepleaseplease tell me how to make them. The booties look familiar, I think I have that pattern, but not sure. Where are they from? The hat is adorable. (Both of them.)
|W|P|those needles are freaking cool!!!! and I love the "pine cone" hat, she should so sell that pattern! |W|P|hello, those needles are cool. what is the sellers website?
- Audiologist - I test newborns' hearing the day after they are born. (I LOVE IT)
- Baby Photographer - I took newborn photos at the hospital...FUN job, evil boss, crap pay.
- Technical Writer - I wrote technical manuals for a cell phone repair center. Kind of crappy...but I got paid alot!! hahaah.
- Technical support team leader - I headed tech support for 3 consecutive and different ISP's (when dialup was cool). One of the worst jobs I ever had....people go nuts when they don't understand computers, nor understand how to use the Internet. But I learned alot working at all these places.
- When Harry Met Sally
- So I Married An Axe Murderer
- Love, Actually
- Napoleon Dynamite
- El Paso, TX
- Arlington, TX
- Fort Worth, TX
- Bedford, TX
- Grey's Anatomy
- My Name Is Earl
- The Office (US version)
- Scrubs
- Family locales (Toronto, Hong Kong, Guam)
- Chicago
- Arizona (Tuscon, Phoenix)
- California (LA, San Francisco, San Jose)
- Gmail
- My usual blog subscriptions
- Ebay
- IMDB
- Chow Fun
- Dim Sum (Lo Bak Go, Cherng Fun, Cha Siu So....and so many more)
- Pasta
- Soup (almost any kind) and Sanwiches
- Simpatico w/ my gals - or just hanging w/ my buddies
- Toronto w/ my family
- Getting a pedicure and knitting
- in a strange way, El Paso..it's home.
|W|P|amen to Scrubs, The Office, and Napoleon Dynamite. I can watch that movie over and over again!! i know this sounds really lame, but sometimes the hubby and i pretend to talk/imitate the movie... it's hilarious!! |W|P|bulgolgi - YUMMMMMMMMM =)
It's so cute! i want to make another one! :)
Yarn: Misti Alpaca Chunky
Color: baby pink : color 3140
Pattern: Free Ribs and Ruffles Scarf on Misti website.
Amount of yarn used: ONE SKEIN!! WHOO HOOOOOOO!!
Needle Size: 13us
Date started: Jan 10, 2006
Date Finished: Jan 15, 2006
it didn't really take me 5 days of knitting. i started it then stopped for a few days to work on the booties done in the previous post. :)
i hope my recipient likes it.|W|P|113739624303326019|W|P|My scarf is done...it's a one skein wonder!|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|cute!!! i really like the ruffles at the end =) |W|P|p.s. you own a dressform????? |W|P|Oh Jen... If she doesn't like it, it would look REALLY cute around my neck! I lovelovelove it! DANG, why do I always want what I haven't got? (aka what someone else knits)
Pattern: Stay-On Booties
Yarn used: Mexican Wave Color 02
Needle Size : 1US
Date Started: Jan 11, 2006
Date Finish: Jan 13, 2006
I also made a label for the pinwheel blanket I made for her. tee-hee.
|W|P|113731000821605510|W|P|Bootie Call!|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|The booties are very cute, and babies grow fast, she will be into them in no time. If you want to get away from the DPN baby booties you might want to give "50 baby bootees to knit", by Zoe Mellor a try. |W|P|OMG those are so cute!!! the booties look great. she can "grow" in them, no doubt. your gift is lovely, with a fab label as well!! =)- Shopping. It's no secret I love to shop. But HOW i shop is my secret. I often go shopping alone b/c i cannot stand how normal people shop. My brother is the only that understands I think about this b/c he shops the exact same way. hahaah. Oh...so what I do is....when i go to the mall. I have to end where I started. AND..i have to go through the mall in a clockwise motion. a perfect example is Grapevine Mills Mall. it's layout is round...which is one reason why it's one of my favorites. I start at Entry 1..i go clockwise...looking at everything...walking...once I pass Entry 6, i know i'm almost done. I rarely cut through the short cuts, I rarely backtrack. If i go off track, i get very confused and upset. Malls w/ a Y-shape layout really throw me off...but the clockwise pattern WILL work at those places if you make it work! At grocery stores and other stores w/ aisles (Target), I do something a BIT different. I do a COUNTER CLOCKWISE move all the way around the store. I start at the beginning point. then i continue to go through every aisle until i hit the end of the store. then it's time to go.
- Knitting. i LOVE to block things. I love to block blankets, scarves, sweaters, etc. I have a huge blocking board and blocking wires. Everything looks SO perfect after you block Lace shawls looks sooo incredible after they are blocked. it's like MAGIC!! I like to put fringe on scarves (sick i know). And i like to weave in ends. EEEEEK.
- Eating. Bot-Gurl witnessed and noticed this for the first time yesterday. I love corn, but i hate eating it on the cob. it's messy and weird. So i shave off all the corn off the cob w/ a knife...then i mix in the butter until it's mostly melted. then and only then, will i eat it. me likes butter w/ my corn.
- Sleeping. When i wake up in the morning, if i'm not late already, it takes me about 30 min to wake up. I like laying in bed and just thinking about things as I drift in and out of sleep. and usually about 15 min before i'm absolutely up..i start rubbing my feet together. and i don't rub them like i'm starting a fire. I'm just rubbing them together i guess to help me wake up in the morning...get the blood flowing to the feet. i don't know why i do that.
- General. As obsessed i am with order and placement of things...my apartment is a bloody mess. I just have lots of clothes and paper everywhere...nothing gross. but it shocks people when they come over...so people aren't allowed to come over. hahaha.
|W|P|Okay.. your shopping is crazy; your knitting is Crazy; and your general is even CRAZY! he he j/k Actually, Matt does the same with the corn thing. Can't eat it on the cobb, and for Xmas I got him this kewl corn cobb scraper thing - I can't wait to try it out this summer. I'm opposite tho - I lurve me some corn on the cobb and will eat until I can't eat more. I'm not allowed to eat corn in public, apparently it's embarrassing. he he
|W|P|Hooray! Someone who shops like me! Only difference to the clockwise is that I start on the right and follow it around the mall to make sure I don't miss anything. Everything else I suppose I do counter-clockwise like the grocery store and costco. I start on the right and move to the left in a organized, row by row fashion. Drives people I'm with nuts when they just want to run in for something. :) |W|P|i do the exact same thing with the corn too! i absolutely HATE corn thingies in between my teeth when i eat straight from the cob... blech!i'll be posting my own version of the meme soon =)
|W|P|The other weird food thing is that you seem to eat your sides first then the main meat/sandwich.
Pattern: Yarn Girls' Guide to Knits Sweater
(I made a couple of changes....ribbed the bottom instead of the st. st roll)
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease chunky: 4.5 skeins total
(He loved how it felt. i kept saying it felt like burlap in my hands)
Needle size: 10.5
I should have made the sweater longer. It fit him PERFECT...but i guess he likes his clothes longer. And i don't like the collar. it looked weird to me. it was fine with him. so it's DONE!
Next....a baby blanket. My friend was having her 2nd child (a girl) in Jan...around the 9th or 10th. So I got back from Canada and thought...i got time. So i started the blanket on Jan 1st. On Jan 2nd, i got the announcement email that the baby was born EARLY!! on Dec 27th! ACK! I can't go visit empty handed...so i made sure to only knit on the blanket. i was shocked that i was finished by Jan 5th. Now the blanket IS a bit small...but she's a newborn. she won't care. :)
Pattern: Pinwheel blanket
Yarn: Encore Chunky: 2 skeins of pink, 1/3rd of a skein of yellow for the trim.
Needle size: 10us
It came out like a hat when i was finished. i was really worried b/c i was going to steam block it. i got worried and then just ended up soaking it and washing it...then blocking it after it was completely wet and i got it to flatten out; not so pointy in the middle like a big hat. blocking works miracles!
The other day when i had lunch w/ Bot-Gurl...we ate Korean food. yum yum yum. And for those of you who don't know...they give you this little buffet of little things to eat before your food comes out.
does'nt this all look so tasty?
We got a dish of little sardines w/ the heads still on them. i dont eat things w/ heads on them. i dont mind they are on the table...i don't mind them loooking at me. that doesn't bother me. i can't fathom the idea of eating an eyeball. i think it's nasty. i've seeen my parents, grandparents suck on fish heads and chicken heads..i always thought it was funny. but for SOME reason...when they eat the eyeball, i always wanted to throw up. So Bot-Gurl kept daring me to eat one. i was all NO NO NO NO! I can't i can't! i don't care how small the eye ball is. I can't eat crawdaddys b/c of that either. that and they taste like dirt to me. ;) hahah. so we took pics of the fishies instead.
can you see them?
How about now? close up!
EWWWW!! EYEES!!!!!!!!!!
And FINALLY...i got my International Scarf Exchange scarf in the mail yesterday. I wanted to post about this yesterday, but i wasn't up for editing and uploading pics. why is that diff. from surfing? i dunno....i just know it wasn't happening yesterday. hahaha. but anyway...THANK YOU SCARF PAL!!! i love it! they are SOOO my colors!!
Getting this so early (deadline is Feb 15th) made me realize i need to get cracking on making MY recipients' stuff! EEK!|W|P|113682944486056761|W|P|Finally some pictures!|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|Wow - you've been a secret, stealthy knitter. A sweater and a blanket - oh, my!Give a holla' next time y'all go out for Korean. Yum! (And I will eat the wee fishies, eyes and all! HaHaHaHa!)
|W|P|hey - glad to hear you're feeling a tad better. your FOs look GREAT!! and yea, i've always felt funny eating those little sardine thingies because i can see the little eyeballs. it's like they are staring at me and daring me to eat them. eww!! |W|P|Love your FO's...keep it up, I expect to see MY panta on here soon. Eeeew, eyeballs!!! |W|P|Hey there!Wow, you make me look lazy! LOL. I'm loving the baby blanket. Hope it gets her knitting when she's older.
I love Korean food (I don't do eyes either), and there's a whole block in NYC, with several 24-hour Korean restaurants and stores. The one neighborhood the developers haven't taken over yet for condos.
|W|P|You could SO make me a Panta!!! |W|P|He he... Panta! You've got me singing that jingle. I like the idea of the pattern, but I just don't know if it's worth it when we don't get much of that cold weather. I have a Noro hat that I hardly ever get to wear as it is.BTW - I tagged you for a meme on my blog. Gotta love that, eh?
|W|P|Yucka! Feel better soon, Jen! The flu is always evil. Let me know if I can do anything to help!! |W|P|awwww... that really sucks!!! =( =( if you were nearby, i'd come over with a bowl of homemade soup =) get lots of rest and take care of yourself! |W|P|Sorry yer sick, but thanks for not brining it to the group on Sunday. (But, dude - you haffta' come when yer better.)Hope you're feeling better soon.
- Eat out less
- Buy smart, not impulsively
- Deposit money into savings account each paycheck.
- Stop buying stuff that I don't need.
- Realize i don't need EVERY single skein of yarn I see
- Sell all the stuff i've been swearing to sell off since I moved into my apt. I have sh*tloads of scrapbook and stamping supplies i need to sell off!
- Exercise until I sweat every day
- Don't eat starches and sugar as told to me by my Jong Yee
- Eat more vegetables.
- Drink more water.
- Get clothes that fit and flatter
- Cook at home more often.
- Quit sitting in front of the tv so much...work out in front of the tv!
- Laugh more often
- Relax more....Do'nt let things bother me so much on the inside.
- Stop procrastinating. Just stop it already.
- Take better care of my skin
- LOSE WEIGHT
- Learn to enjoy going outside
- Take the time to brush my teeth longer and use my waterpik everyday.
- Do a clean sweep my home every day a little bit at a time rather than doing nothing everyday
- Do something fun on my birthday rather than sulk about how no one remembered my birthday.
- See my family more often
- Make more money
- Finish schooling
- Don't be late to work anymore
- Appreciate the things I have and quit wanting more STUFF!
- Try to look at the positive things in life rather than all the negative. Truly look at the positive...not just for show.
- Figure out ways to drive less and save money on gas, maintenance, etc.
- Make something my mom can wear in hot Texas.
- Make a handmade gift for every friend I truly like this year.
- Quit buying so much YARN!
- Quit buying so many needles. I have ENOUGH!
- Make the plunge and do the patterns I felt were "hard" previously. I think I've advanced enough this year.
- Make some socks!!! I have ooodles of sock yarn!
- Make something for myself that is nice and cozy and makes people go "OOOOOH".
- Maybe get the heck out of Texas so i can wear all these knitted items! hahah jk
- Quit saying "YES" to everything people ask me to do. Say no once in a while.
- Time is sparse, life if short. Don't waste it on useless things, people, memories, obligations.
- Don't worry about stuff I can't change anyway.
- Don't expect other people to live by my values.
- Don't compromise my values for anyone.
- Don't minimize success.
|W|P|wow, that's a long list!! but it has lots of good stuff in it - if i were to make a list, i would copy and paste entire sections of your list for my own!! haha |W|P|Wow you never half-do anything :-) Good luck with your resolutions.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!
I'm back from my family trip to Canada. It was very nice. very nice and cold...just like i like it. but no snow! it snowed right before we arrived on Christmas Day..and it snowed on New Year's EVe...before we left. BOOO.
i had to hang out w/ my family alot, which was nice. but they aren't fun to go yarn shopping with!!
but here is a breakdown of what i got to do...
27th:
I finally got to go yarn shopping. I went to Romni wools and went as crazy as I could for the sale. there were soo many people there that i couldn't really shop. plus my brother and my mom went with me...and they weren't too happy to be waiting around while i was shopping. so i had to hurry. But i scored some Manos, Gems, hemp yarn, Lang, and Regia in Canadian colors. I also got a bunch of Daisy Crystal Palace double point needles and a Dale pattern book. I did like Romni Wools ALOT. it was STUFFFFFFFED full of yarn. my gawd..i've never seen a store so full of fibers. it was two stories ....top floor full of people, yarn, notions, needles, bags, and patterns. FULL! and on the bottom floor was tons of cones and cones of yarn...and fleece for spinning. there were so many ppl in that store. i was impressed and overwhelmed. it was FULL of stuff i have never seen before. I wanted to get a little bit of everything i can't get here...but there was no way that was happening as i didn't have enough money to buy everything. ;) some lady in front of me spent $2k on wool and stuff. i didn't even see what she had....when the cashier said the total, i thought that lady was going to faint. hAHAHAH. didn't stop her though! what a trooper!! The people there were sooo busy..i think they were a bit..uptight w/ everyone. no one was really too kind or anything...but this was a crazy situation...so i understand. i think if i had gone in another time, people probably would have been nicer. Who knows. i might be wrong. hahaha.
29th:
Went to The Knit Cafe and took all their Koigu yarn. it was glorious. Koigu is very rare in these parts....so i scored alot of it. It was hilarious. My aunt, brother and my two little cousins were in the car w/ me. My aunt was freaking out as we drove out there b/c apparently, this store is across the street from the looney bin. So she was scared. My brother waited in the van w/ my two cousins, so i had to hurry in and grab. not fun. but oh well. I got 15 skeins of Koigu. I'm pleased. i walked in and grabbed...and brought the yarn up to pay. the guy at the counter (who was very nice) said "is there anything else you want besides all our koigu?" HAHAHAHAHA. hilarious! he had alot of good stuff there. I didn't have a good chance to look around...which i regret. The store was very cute, and warm and inviting. there were people there knitting...mainly kids which made me happy to see. it was a dreary day outside...such a nice day to knit. Everyone there was very nice and i'm sad i didn't get to spend more than 10 min there. outside of the store, some man was screaming obsenities to everyone walking by. we think he escaped from the looney bin across the street. hahahaha
I drove by Passioknits..i desperately wanted to stop in...but that wasn't happening. I didn't get to hit Lettuce Knit. I really wanted to go there. My friend Mary told me that Yarn Harlot frequents there. I was hoping to see her and get her autograph and a photo with her. oh well. she wasn't at the romni Wools sale...
I did see a small yarn shop inside of first Markham center...a predominantly Asian shopping centre. i stopped in for 1 min...but my cousin's wife and my brother weren't too happy about me stopping in there. plus all the ladies knitting in there stopped knitting and watched me in an eerie way. i saw japanese pattern books i so desperately wanted to look at...but oh well. i hate shopping w/ family sometimes. ;)
|W|P|113616198658232168|W|P|Happy new year!! i'm back from Canada!|W|P|purse.ho@gmail.com |W|P|Welcome back!! I would love to take a trip to Canada with you (my family is only a few hours from Toronto) some day to hit up all the yarn shops. I'm thinking I probably won't be doing that any time soon, though. :(Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Jen!!
|W|P|There's a knitting store with Japanese knitting mags at First Markham place? Thanks for the tip! (hyperventilates) Must. go. check. out.