New Foster Boy

As many of you know I belong to the Collie Rescue. We are a non profit organization to help Collies in need of finding their "forever home" . They come to us and get fostered out to good homes who take care of them until they are adopted. Every dog has it's own story on how they became "orphans". They may have been seized from a bad home, maybe the owner passed away or sometimes people move and just can't take their dog. I have fostered 4 dogs now and none of them had been abused and were totally obedience trained. Very nice well behaved dogs just looking for a "forever home". Yesturday I had the pleasure of getting a new foster boy. His name is Shine and he is a registered tricoloured Smooth Coated Collie. He is such a loving dog and in excellent shape. He is a little older (11 years) but you would not know it. He plays like a puppy with my Antrim. He loves kids and other dogs and cats. I just tested him with my neighbours 2 yellow labs and no problem at all. If you would be interested in adopting Shine or know of someone please email me at antrimlea@sympatico.ca with the title Shine. We try to get the Collies to their forever homes before they become too attached to the foster home.
cheers
Kerry

Traditional Rug Hooking

Recently I hosted a two day workshop at Antrimlea on rug hooking. 6 of us gathered to hook our own purses. Day one of workshop was held in February with a 2 month delay so we could get the hooking done. Then in April we had our second day and finished our purses. Here are pictures of 3 of them. We had lots of fun and we all love our purses. Thanks Jill Purcell for taking the lovely pictures for me.

"The Gathering"

On April 19/08 The Great Pine Ridge Spinners and Weavers which I am a member of and the Northumberland Hooks and Needles hosted their 5th annual 'Gathering" of hand spinners and knitters and other fibre artists for a day of great fun in Port Hope. We had 18 vendors and about 170 people for the day. Some people brought their wheels and knitting to work on and others were too busy socializing. It was a great day. Here are some shots of my vendor booth and my fabulous hand dyed rovings which can be knit right from the roving or spun into yarn. 100% corriedale. Thank you to Julie Verge for taking the pictures. So mark down April 18/09 for next year and don't miss out on the fun.

Antrimlea Retreat

This weekend Nicola and Vi were two of 5 people that came to Antrimlea for a weekend getaway from the city. They enjoyed their stay ( it was Nicola's 2nd time here) and left with their "felted knitted purses" that they worked hard on and finished. Shhhhhhh!!!! It's a secret but they both bought enough roving to make another couple of purses for their friends......
Thanks girls, it was a fun weekend. See you in August when you come again for another knitting weekend with your friends.

colours and fun

I have been having so much fun with my hand dyed rovings. Here is the latest projects. You can knit these right from the dyed rovings. Size 7 or 8 mm needles for the slippers and size 10mm needles for the purse. Both items are then felted. These knit up really fast and are so much fun to knit. The pattern is free with the purchase of the skein and one skein will do either the slippers or the purse for just $30 The tough part is choosing which colours!!! New colours are being dyed almost daily as these skeins are going fast.... don't miss out on the fun...