Sock Progress

Today's progress on my sock! She's starting to really look like a sock! I am sooo impressed!

And here is a picture that my sister just sent me, of Bosco - my parent's dog (still got his ears taped for the time being - maybe another month or two of the ear taping before his ears stand up by themselves beautifully for shows). My dad is currently out of town, and Bosco discovered the (NEW) black leather couch in the den. Apparently my mom and sister were watching/keeping an eye on him and he WAS on his bed when they left him, and when they went back to check on him - he was on the leather couch. This is the first time he's done this - apparently.

A quick wrap of today:

Had class very early this morning - too early, considering I only got 4 and a half hours of sleep last night as I was up late working on my HTML project (which I hated doing by the way!) and so class was just tedious. I worked on my face project all morning this morning - the face project is due next Tuesday, but we don't have to have it 100%. We just need to finish the eyes, mouth and good detail on the face.... I am ALMOST done the eyes - they will be looking the same once finished - right now they're a tad off from each other. I have the nose almost outlined, but it's too pale, and I have no yet started on the mouth - besides a few burning in of some shading/highlight dodging. I am happy with my progress - between all my other classes and projects and as well as my time alloted to this project, this is a good start!

Did some groceries on my way home from school - needed to pick up stuff to make muffins for Jamie and cookies for my brother - both in chocolate chip.

This evening I came home and crashed for about 2 hours. I was exhausted. I woke up with a slight fever and took two tylenols. I was also shivering.

Ordered in chicken wings with Jamie (was going to cook but didn't realize I would crash and the dinner I wanted to make would take at least 1 hour to cook, if not 1 hour 15 minutes, so I'll make it another night this week (My favourite Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe).

I made my brother cookies tonight and muffins for the hubby. He loves it when I bake! The chocolate chip cookies inside - as promised - for running me the errand the other day, since I couldn't get to the West Island in time before a store closed.

This evening, I just chatted on MSN - cleaned up my office a little bit - and watched some episodes of Lost to catch up - but there's not Lost on tomorrow - only next week... So I had plenty of time to catch up on those episodes!

Well, time to get some sleep tonight. I am still zonked!

The Cookie Muffins

Slept in today a little longer than I wanted to - was hoping to get woken up by the post lady delivering my Chapters order with Happy Hooker.

During my break at school (and partly during class time) I finished the heel on my sock! YEY - I am so proud of myself!

Ain't she a beauty? I love it! I love it! I love it! I can't believe she's starting to look like a sock!

This evening my cousin Jenn let me know about some knitting needle packages she saw at Village des Valeurs near her house/where my parents and siblings live. It was the same location as the knitting needles I scored the other day - however a lot of the needles I scored - didn't have the matching one. So I convinced my broteher to go pick them up for me, I'd write him a check and bake him muffins for doing me the favor. There were 3 pacakges of knitting needles at 4.99 a package - and hopefully I will complete my sets of needles between all the packages. I guess they just throw a handful of needles into a packages and price it at 4.99. In order to get full sets (matching needles) one would have to buy what they have in stock. Shitty deal- but whatever. So - I will get the needles tomorrow and tomorrow night I will have fun sorting them out. Hopefully there's some good stuff in that stash!

Speaking of those muffins - I had a really blonde momment tonight, and Jamie & I were peeing in our pants of laughter... for a good 10 minutes. I better share this story before people hear it form Jamie's point of view - lol...

So the other day I made muffins for Jamie. I photographed them before:

And after:

And they took a REALLY long time to cook. Longer than usual. Also - they didn't use the same ingredients than I sometimes use when making muffins from not-so-scratch (when I don't have time to make them from scratch). Those not-from-scratch take an egg, water and oil. Well I couldn't figure out - until tonight - why the muffin recipe called for BUTTER and a TINY bit of water. For the life of me - it didn't make sense.

TURNS OUT - when Jamie went to see what I had left in the pantry to make my brother as a THANK YOU for running to Village des Valeurs for me tonight - the muffin recipe I thought I had - WAS ACTUALLY A MIX TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!

OH SHIT! I made muffins with cookie mix. And yet - they were edible. Took long to bake - but edible. Fluffy like muffins - not cookie-like. WEIRD!

.... Call me blonde. I was having a bad day. I HAD THOUGHT that I bought MUFFIN mix - and NOT chocolate chip cookie mix - as the packages LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME!

Well - on that note - I'm going to go to bed. I just finished my HTML project and it's time to get SOME sleep before having to wake up SUPER DUPER early. More tomorrow.

Odd Things & People & The 20$ Find

After waking up this morning, my cousin Jenn called to confirm our date today to go to the Downtown Montreal Knitting Meetup. I had never been and we both read each other's minds yesterday and decided to go today. While on the phone this ebay seller's name came up: The-Mohairknitter. Oh my! Oh my. Oh my! This suit below - sells for 480$ US and actually sells! The seller has 1200+ positive feedback and 600+ unique positived. Some people have leather fetishes and I guess some people have mohair cat suit fetishes.

This should be classified as WHAT THE HECK WAS SHE THINKING?


Then while surfing ebay I found this:

Princess Leah
...and Darth Vader.

....WEIRD. But this is kinda cute. I'd never personally dress my pet up - but hey, I know people who do - and just laugh at them (my mother used to dress up our family GREAT DANE! (I need to post pictures on Flickr of the photoshoot I did with my parents' last Great Dane Tyson. But I was mimicking William Wegman's style of photography for a school project - so I have a SANE reason for dressing up a dog.)

Jenn came by, I wasn't ready yet - due to stuff I was doing for school (a little bit) this morning, and quickly got ready once she got here. We left, and headed to the shopping center near my house. First stop was the post office as I had to mail 2 packages for 1 swap I am in (the Card Making Kit Swap (which I posted a photograph of yesterday) and I found a TWENTY DOLLAR BILL just laying there - near the post office. I asked the girl at the cash if it was anyone's and since it's finders keepers - I took it. HA! I made 20$ this morning! Couldn't believe it. Who knows who dropped it - but it looked as though it had been sitting there for a while - so it was my lucky day. With that - I paid for lunch for Jenn & I, and Jamie had requested a sandwich from Tim Hortons (where we ate quickly) and I quickly headed back home to drop off Jamie's lunch and quickly pick up something else and we headed on our way to the Downtown Montreal Knitting Meetup.

I had a good time today there, meeting a LOT of new people, and seeing some friendly and familiar faces.

I STARTED TURNING THE HEEL ON MY FIRST SOCK TODAY! Ain't she a beauty? I love it! I love it! I love it! And I love my progress!!!

Jenn and I stayed longer than we thought, I thought the knitting meeting was from 1-3pm, but I guess it's for however long you want to be there - and we were there until about 4:30pm, when this homeless lady sat down next to Jenn & I - at a table that we had our stuff in - which Kadi (another knitter was sitting at - but she moved to say hello to girls on the other side of the tables). Now, this table was cornered by a wall and THE ENTIRE cafe was dead with no one in it practically - WHY did she HAVE to sit next to us - with her huge duffle bag, her plastic bags and wet coat and wet umbrella. First off, she SMELLED like she hadn't showered in 2 months, and after sitting down, she stuck her hand into her jacket, scratched one armpit excessively, and then moved onto the next armpit. That was my cue to leave.... so Jenn & I left ... as other knitters were slowly trickling out anyhow. I had to get home, as I have a project due tomorrow (which I just finished before - I am pleased with it - it's my stationary with my logo on it - business card and envelope as well).

Just finished watching the Season Premiere of Sopranos with Jamie & his friend Daniel. I guess Daniel got here some time during the afternoon while I was at the knitting meetup. Soprano's was sooo good tonight. Can't wait for next week.

Zeus likes sleeping in the "Corners" of my office. So cute.

{My First Sock} : Sock Progress

At Walmart today I needed toilet paper and a specific colour yarn that my mother in law was using that I feel in love with. They had two balls left and it was an exact match (I had a strand from my mother in law to match & compare). While in Walmart - of course I spent more money. Hubby wanted nibs and regular licorice, and some other items, I also fell in love with a fabric (PINK!) that was on sale - so I bought 10m of it! (I HAVE A LOT and MUST pull out my sewing machine now to use!!) What else... bought enough toilet paper to last me until Thanksgiving (that's for sure). I posted a while ago about owning a lot of toilet paper. See November 21st, 2005. That toilet paper has lasted me until now (I still have 6 rolls left). But I knew I'd need soon, and got a FANTASTIC price on toilet paper - so I bought 4 packages of 24 rolls of toilet paper today - and currently have 96 rolls - which should last me at least 6-8 months! (We're only 2 people!). But toilet paper is one thing I hate shopping for - so I stock up when there is a good deal. I spent less on 24 rolls of t.p. at Walmart - than 12 rolls costs on sale at my local pharmacy. Weird? Sometime this week will be the week to pull out my sewing machine and start crafting. I really want to learn how to use my machine! Dying to learn. (Need lessons maybe?)

I must kick my ass and get to the gym. I must go to the gym. MUST!

I have frogged the sock like 5 times between Wednesday and last night. When I went to bed last night, I finally had a few rows of ribbing done.

What do you think? This is my FIRST sock! With Vintage Yarn!

MY SNB Happy Hooker book is somewhere in transit to me. I was emailed on Thursday night that it was shipped, should have received it on Friday. I'm crossing my fingers it will come first thing Monday morning with my mail before I leave to school.

I am debating ordering these 2 patterns. I'd really like to make either or both (probably in black so it matches more and probably with long sleeves (for the first one) - as this in short sleeves would probably look bad on me).

Got Mail Today! YEY! Got Mail Today! YEY!

This morning I worked on my Adobe Illustrator in class and then was finished about 45 minutes before class ended, so I decided to knit in class until class was over. To your left, this is how much I got done last night/today, before frogging it, because I dropped a stitch (can you see up top closer to the left hand side?) and it started unravelling. I tried using a thin needle to loop the stitches back together, but it just didn't work, so I frogged it - and have since restarted (a few times) lol.

This afternoon Jamie & I watched Survivor from last night, and also Apprentice from Monday night, which was both on tape. (Didn't have time to watch them as they were on, so we taped them). I knitted while watching, since Jamie doesn't seem to care whether we cuddle or I knit, lol... I think we stopped cuddling while watching TV a while ago - and now we're totally in a comfort zone).

I picked up some food this afternoon, as we were in DIRE need for groceries. Fridge was getting empty, and some regular stuff that we regularly need - we didn't have. (Jamie needed cream for his coffee and I needed some other items that are used on a regular basis).

After dinner Jamie started his poker game with everyone who was over. Tonight was a pretty full house. Tonight I learned that Jamie's sister will be staying with us next weekend but she's coming in on Thursday (we have a huge family 40th birthday party for 3 people turning 40 next weekend.)

I received my package from Cynthia today!! So exciting. I missed the postman so I had to go to the post office to get it, and then when I got home, I got distracted by the people at my house, and then eventually I realized that it was sitting in my office, so I went to open it. WOWO! I can't even begin to say how I am impressed with the stuff she sent me!

The first item I pulled out was this AWESOME Crochet Kitty pillow. WOW!

I did a self portrait to show you this awesome scarf that she crochet! I love it and it's soooooo soft!

I got pink yarn from Daiso - YUMMY (I'm imagining all the things I can make with this!)

And more pink goodies! (Can we see that I LOVE pink?) I got some strawberry sew/iron on patches, a pink storage box (NEEDED ONE ACTUALLY!) and some pink candies, and pink gum, pink beaded bracelet (Cyn did you make it? I love it!) and some bowlo cards (will definitely be scrapbooking with these!) and a gorgeous handmade stamp, some pink soap that smells delicious, and pink lip smackers. (I WANT/NEED Daiso to come to Montreal to open a store! Cyn - if they have a suggestion box in the store - please enter in my request!)

Above are MORE gorgeous items that Cynthia made me! I love it all. LOVE IT! A tissue cozy for my purse, a pouch, a crochet hook holder (NEEDED ONE - THANKS HUN!) and a book thong (bookmark!)

An awesome embellished tin, that I absolutely adore. First off, I'd love to know where to get tins like these (like what are they from?), they are absolutely perfect size to store things in - I want embellish some too!

And some awesome goodies INSIDE the embellished tin (note paper, postcards and stickers!

I also got a notebook (I journal - so this is fantastic) and stationary (which I love - as I write letters) and a homemade face cloth (which I'll use in the shower - I discovered cotton works best when using shower gel/soap in the shower rather than with the daily soap I use on my face) and a gorgeous homemade sock cat (instead of a sock monkey). (Speaking of Sock Monkey - I'm still waiting for my sock monkey kit in the mail - I wonder what happened to it?)

And LAST but definitely NOT least:

A pink purse that I am absoultey IN LOVE with. It's got a black cat on it (Cynthia and I have a black cat each that I swear are brother and sister! We're both Canadian, so who knows, it's very possible!) But this tote bag (purse to me - since I love LARGE bags) is just to die for. I am sorry - but I'm naming it my favourite piece in the package that I received! (Cynthia - I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I love EVERYTHING in this package - but this bag just is the icing ont he cake). I am very jealous though. I wish I could make stuff like this! I am very intimidated by my sewing machine, but I'm DYING to learn how to use it. I keep saying "This will be the weekend I take it out and give it a try" (but then it doesn't happen).

A close up of the kitty on the bag. The face attributes, and collar are all painted on. (GORGEOUS!) {Cyn, what kind of paint do you use to paint on the attributes?}

Here is what I sent her: (I hope she likes everything!)

I sent Cynthia a whole bunch of craft supplies and stationery, including some pink yarn (which she apparently always needs), glitter glue (she told me she LOVES glitter), paint, a roll of foam flowers, a pink butterfly, kitty note cards and heart notepad, candy hearts, raspberry tea (because it's PINK and Raspberry!), a cat photography book, a kitty photo album, a scrapbook calendar kit, an asian wine bottle cozy, a trivet, a big foot foot scrubber (since she's Big Girl Feet - the blog), pink stripped gloves (that I thought were AWESOME).

This is my "MAIN BIG PROJECT" I worked on. A hat and scarf. I was soo happy that I had enough yarn to finish both - as I can't find this yarn anywhere here (was purchased out of Montreal). I hope to find some more - the yarn was delicious to work with.

I also sent her some craft supplies - some pompoms, paint, roll of slide film (can't forget how photography was back before DIGITAL days! - I love slide film and then developing it through regular film development - it's called Cross Processing. VERY COOL EFFECTS), Tin of mints, MANY ZIPPERS for craft projects, a cool mesh little pouch, and some FUNKY jewelry (that I wish I could take credit for making - but it's actually from a local Montreal Jewelry maker (he usually sells in Old Montreal during the summer - but I happened to catch him this winter selling in a shop - LOVE his stuff - kind of pricey though - but I HAD to spoil Cynthia!)

And last but not least:

Made Cynthia a pin cushion with three different shades of pink - since it's her favourite colour as well!

This was actually the first time I'm following a pattern (reading a pattern!) I am amazed with myself!

I threw on a label onto the bottom. I was going to put labels onto the scarf & hat, but I don't really like how it goes on stiff - so I don't put labels on things I make that are clothing right now - I must get soft material labels. Not 100% impressed with these labels.

Knitting Things

Class this morning was a drag, but I got back my project that was submitted over a month ago (teacher has been terrible at returning projects). I got a 13.5/15 (on my coin, self portrait without using our picture & my sheep knitting itself into a sock). Pretty happy with that mark - I lost some points because one of my files was in RGB but should have been in CMYK - which I swore it was - but for 1 point I am not going to argue it - as I burned the wrong copy of the file onto my cd - and for 1 point - I'm just not going to care. It's not worth arguing over.

This afternoon I got an itch to go check out Value Village for yarn. Boy did I score (I think). I got yarn and knitting needles (for an excellent price might I add).

And then there's the knitting needles story... Went to the cash with 3 packages of needles (assorted in each). (I am glad that I bought all 3 bags though, because there were some needles that the matching one was thrown into the other bag - so I would have been stuck with just one needle! What the heck?) Anyhow, 3 bags at 4.99 each plus taxes does not equal 11.48$ (It's more like 17.21$). So I basically scored a free bag of knitting needles. I went through the 3 bags tonight, matched up sizes (all the DPN's I had to size first with my gauge detector thingy) and here's what I ended up with - (DPN's and full sets of needles only {there was a bunch of needles that did not have it's matching pair}

So tonight I decided to start working on my socks even more. Little did I realize that 2 of the rows I started with the wrong stitching (knit or purl) so 2 of the sides (2 DPN's came out fine with knit 2, purl 2, knit 2, purl 2 (etc) and the other 2 sides ended up shorter because it ended up as garter ridges. FUCK! I am so upset. (See picture below)

The garter ridges made one half hte sock shorter because that's how garter ridging works.... So me, being a perfectionist and since it's ONLY 4 rows, I will be frogging it and starting over in a few minutes infront of the TV. If I was further down the sock I probably wouldn't have restarted - and as my cousin Jenn says, that most knitters like to have 1 mistake in their sock for some reason or another that I can't understand - but it's only 4 rows in - and it's bothering me! I also don't want half the sock to curl in because of the messed up ribbing.

Alrighty - back to knitting. (I have an assignment due in my Adobe Illustrator class tomorrow morning, but it's due at the END of the class - so I will finish it in class - as I am NOT in the mood to do homework today (but must do homework over the weekend at some point - as I have a few projects due next week!)

Jamie's out playing poker downtown, so I'm off to knit!

Knitting Meetup

I went to my 3rd knitting meetup (ever). My cousin didn't go - so it was my first time going alone. The people there are always SUPER nice, so that was good. 2 knitters I'd met before, (Molly Ann & Kadi) and there was Mary and Angela (whom I've been talking to over Montreal Knits and now via MSN). Everyone is super nice. I can't wait to go to the regular meeting next Wednesday (with more of a sock!) Tonight was an impromptu meeting.

I worked on my sock. Took me from 7:45pm - 9:30pm to do ONE row. (The first row after casting on). FRUSTRATING. But it's a great feeling, and now that the first row is done, it'll be so much easier to knit, as the next rows will just flow. I don't know why it's sooooo difficult to do the first row, but atleast I'm not the only one who feels this way. Phew!

Time for bed. Early class tomorrow.

My Bathroom Before & After: Renovation Part 1

Here is my bathroom before the paint job - nice mint green tiles - yummy (sarcastic) from the 1950's and also, the nice mint green paint on the walls! Gorgeous! (sarcastic!)

Then came along painter Steve, and washed the green paint away (sung to the tune of Itsy Bitsy Spider)... and now the walls are GORGEOUS French Vanilla Cream!

Oh! And the hole in my ceiling is fixed! Kinda happy about that.

Stay tuned next week for Steve's friend (not sure his name yet) who will be renovating my bathroom floor. (WHICH I HATE RIGHT NOW - the current one!)

The Missing Bottle of Easy-Off

Plumbers woke me up VERY early this morning and started working in my kitchen as well as in the kitchen upstairs to move the pipes the run along from my garage right through my kitchen right to upstairs. Somewhere between my kitchen and upstairs the pipes were freezing and my tenants were out of water in their kitchen for a while. Anyhow, while moving stuff, my plumber's found my missing bottle of Easy-Off. I knew I couldn't have thrown it out or anything - and was going crazy looking for it. I couldn't find it - so I went out and bought another bottle. The original bottle was found behind my breadmaker - which I am moving downstairs on the shelf next to my fondu pot and electric wok - as I don't use them regularly and they honesly take up space.

I am so happy this bottle of easy-off was found. It's amazing what you find when cleaning up. I am not really happy with the mess that the plumbers have made in my kitchen - but what can you do? You know?

I started on my house spring cleaning today - and I am getting A LOT accomplished and I am very happy about that. I do not want to go out tonight without finishing, but I have a lot more to do in order to get to my 7 pm knitting meet up - that I want to go to. It's just after 3 pm now and I want to finish cleaning up - and I guess I won't have time to go to the gym before the knitting meet up.

There are things that I want to organize - but not too sure what to do with them. I have clothes that need to be folded and put away (been doing laundry as well). I WANTED to get to the gym today, but it seems as though I will only get to the gym tomorrow - I don't have a choice. The painter is not back yet and I do not want to leave him alone in my house to do work with me not here. Plus when he actually gets back here I don't think he'll be too long.

I should kick my ass and get back to spring cleaning. I can't wait to go to the knitting meet up tonight and just relax! I am in need of that. I am also very happy that I don't have my afternoon class tomorrow - so I can come home and finish my clean-up. Jamie's playing poker tomorrow night with some guys so he won't be home. I was debating staying at school tomorrow to work on some stuff with Laura - but I have a computer at home and I really don't feel like staying tomorrow. I am going to cancel on her.

I think I will *TRY* to do my ab routine workout - if I can't get to the gym today, it's a routine that I can do at home or at the gym. I keep putting it in my head that I WILL fit into those jeans by my birthday. I WILL.

Face Project Progress

This morning I over-slept. I usually get up around 6:30 am to get to my 8 am class. I usually leave the house around 7:10pm and park by car by 7:20-7:25, as if I leave any later parking can be a hassle. I like to guarantee that I have a spot. Today I accidently slept in until a few minutes past 7 am (didn't even hear my alarm go off) but Jamie started nudging me around 7 am to go use the bathroom before he needed it. I sprinted up after realizing the time, and was out of the house by 7:33 am. I got to school around 7:45 am, and it took me a while to find parking, but I was in class by 8 am - ready - waiting.

This morning we worked on our face project. Here is my progress from the beginning today and for what I've accomplished:

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

Step 6:

Eventually it's going to look like the original face. (Apparently) I am still a little freaked out by this assignment, but apparently my teacher says my progress is coming along. Today I had to start burning & dodging in the shadows & highlights. HARD! Really. I am wondering how this project will turn out in the end!

The original picture:

My HTML exam was in 2 parts. First mulitple choice and worth only 5% of our final grade (I got 3.8/5 (really 11.5/15 brought down to 3.8/5). I got 2 mistakes for 2 questions on Dreamweaver as we only started dreamweaver last week and he DID NOT tell us that there was going to be any dreamweaver questions on an HTML exam - but I wasn't going to open my mouth for 2 questions, wasn't worth the breath, and then the second part of the exam, was on computer and we had to put together 2 pages in HTML coding - and I don't know my mark on that yet, but I am positive that I did well - as I breezed through it and it was sooo easy!

Laura came over this afternoon to do some homework with me, and then stayed for supper, which I made whole wheat pasta with Sun Dried Tomato sauce and homemade garlic bread (made the garlic butter myself too! fresh! Sooooo yummy!) We watched the Toronto Maple Leafs kick our butt tonight (SO SAD) but Huet goaltended EXTREMELY well tonight. I worked on my cream/grey crochet blanket a bit (VERY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS OF IT) and then Laura left.

Someone created an inpromptu knitting meetup tomorrow night, at the 2nd Cup near my house. I think I am going to go - seems like there will be a different crowd of knitters than whom usually go - I hope my cousin Jenn comes - I have something for her! A little present and I've been dying to give it to her. (I do need to go see her to get my glasses adjusted, but with the painter and plumber coming tomorrow - I have no idea how long they will be here - so maybe I'll go on the weekend to get them fixed. Saturday works for me - or even Friday afternoon - but I must go soon, my fave black pair of glasses keep sliding down my face when I look down - they are loose (probably from them getting bent when I watch TV and lie on them - or fall asleep in bed with them on - SHHH! Don't tell my Uncle!)

Crochet Update

Today I stayed in bed a bit in the morning watching LOST on DVD (caught up to the end of episode 11 in Season 2). The guy renovating my bathroom came and did some initial plastering. He did 2 coats (with about an hour of drying in between and when he came back he brought the guy to look at my bathroom floor - which will be re-tiled next Wednesday, March 15th! I AM SO EXCITED LET ME TELL YOU! (I hate my bathroom and these touch ups will be fantastic). Anyhow so Steve will be back tomorrow to plaster again and then Wednesday to paint my bathroom uppwe walls (and behind the door) a nice French Vanilla. I will photograph the before and after for the walls and the floor as well. I am sooooo sick of my stick-on tiles that I got at Home Depot and want real tiles on the floor. The tiles under the stick-on's are from when the house was originally built in the 1950's and are NASTY! (EWWW!) (So call me a princess - I like CLEAN things in my house!) (I'll post my bathroom from my old apartment as soon as I scan the pics, so you can see why I was sooo happy to move out of there to a place with a CLEAN tub - but the rest of the bathroom needed a little of renovations!

Tonight after getting back from the gym (had my 3rd session with my trainer Ryan on abs & cardio) I worked on this new blanket I'm crocheting while watching 24 with Jamie. It's cream with different shades of grey stripes. I have 1 more shade of grey to add in (two different sets of rows for it) but I was testing out my crochet hook size - the yarn as well as the pattern. This is my first time continuing on with this pattern. The last thing I tried making with this pattern ended up curling up on me (I still wantt o re-try doing it since I have the yarn for that (the browns and beiges) so we'll see how this "baby" afghan turns out. I am happy with the progess so far.

Here is a full length picture of the chair - as it's my new chair. Jamie put it together for me yesterday and I absolutely LOVE IT. So now I have a spare chair in my office for when guests are over - they don't have to sit on this little foot bench we keep in the den to put our feet up on while watching TV!

I FINALLY received my knitting button set today in the mail. I absolutely love it. So damn cute. I had ordered them a long time ago - but there was some problems for it to be shipped to Canada - but I finally got them today! So delicious. I will be pinning them to my knitting bag - and maybe to the purse I'm carrying around right now (as they would look pretty good on there too) and be a proud knitter! Buttons are so much fun! And they were a very excellent price!