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Cuffs and Jazz and Other Projects

As promised, here are photos of the cuffs of my TTL mystery socks 2009:

I finished both cuffs yesterday, the colour is off!

I finished both cuffs yesterday, the colour is off!

The weather is not very cooperative and the gray makes it impossible to catch the real colour of those cuffs, the colour in real life is much richer and to the turquoise.

The detail of the cuff is interesting, I wonder how Kirsten continued this sock

The detail of the cuff is interesting, I wonder how Kirsten continued this sock

I also wanted to show you my finished Shawl that Jazz but those photos came out really bad. Do you want to see it anyway to be entertained by the horrible photo of myself I bravely put on the internets?

Here you go:

My colours are much nicer in real life, I swear (the shawl not mine, silly!)

My colours are much nicer in real life, I swear (the shawl not mine, silly!)

This thing is big even before I gave it its due bubbly bath, and judging by the weather, it will be used heavily around here.

I keep asking Joe if it is winter yet and he keeps claiming that no, this is fall!

This made me realise something very important:

I was wrong all these years thinking that my Israel is missing the fall! Apparently what is missing there is the winter as what is out here these days is a very typical good Israeli winter (alas, my little country didn’t have one of those for too many years in a row which is the reason of the very serious water problem they are now facing).

And now I better go finish my hat (Quincy) and knit on my cardigan – I am trying something a bit crazy with the cardigan, I will know in a few days (I hope) if it will work or not and then I will tell.


Weekend Wanderings

This week, our weekend wanderings brought us to this finding that made my Joe very happy:

What? is this a real street sign?

What? is this a real street name?

A guy walking by with a case of beer noticed Joe taking photos and told him:
They originally intended to call this street: Queen’s Bush Line!
I swear, I did not invent this story!

Apparently this is the name of the main road in the Township of Wellesley which is the rural, north-western township of the regional municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. This town is well known (at least in the area) for its annual Apple Butter & Cheese Festival that we in our great wisdom, missed by about an hour or so,,,, oh well, it gives us a good excuse to go back to this nice little town next year!

Joe who was really entertained by that name, found it on the menu of the local bar and pointed it out to a very friendly innocent looking  young lad who was standing near us. The boy, introduced himself,  shaked Joe’s hand and when Joe pointed the name to him on the menu, he first said, oh yes, if you go out it is the main road that goes,,,, only then he realized what Joe was pointing out to him, he blushed and mumbled half to himself: I never thought of it that way and walked away,,, wicked Joe!

And now, after googling a little bit about this town I understand all those Elvises that were sitting happily in the bar drinking beer after that festival!

Elvis In the Loft

On the knitting front: Yesterday I finished my Shawl that Jazz but upon arrival back home, I decided I prefer a longer edge, opened the cast off (all 468 stitches of it, do you admire me?) and started adding a few more rows, I hope to finish it again soon! Oh and I also finished the first sock of my current pair in progress. The gray weather was not very helpful so photos will follow soon.

And the Maplewing was photographed just before it was sent to Israel:

Admiring my work, I was always self reliant

Admiring my work; I was always self reliant


Almost Ready to fly

My Maplewing is on the blocking wires:

Does it look ready for a very long flight?

Does it look ready for a very long flight?

I hope it will be ready to be sent on a very long flight to Israel tomorrow. I don’t think it will make it there in time for the birthday, but I think my sister will forgive me if it will be there a few days too late as it will be quite awhile before she will be able to put it to good use there.