Attempt at Lace Knitting

Well this is the 2nd kick at the can..... I bought this lace shawl kit 4 years ago. Two years ago I attempted to knit it and made a mistake after knitting quite a bit of it. I was frustrated with it and tore it out where it sat for the last 2 years waiting to be started again. I took it to Bridgewater Retreat in the hopes to maybe start it again. Well with the encouragement from my friends I have started it again. I have since learned about placing "life lines" every couple of rows in case you need to rip it out to fix boo boo's. Here is my progress so far and I will keep you posted . Don't hold your breath for any quick progress as Life gets in the way and I should be working on my OHS spinning homework,,,,

Bridgewater Retreat

This past weekend 10 of us stayed at Bridgewater Retreat for a relaxing weekend. Spinning , knitting, reading, winding warps for weaving, card playing, and dying wool were among the activities. No subject in conversation was untouched and lots of laughter was had... Joan and I are addicted to playing Skipbo cards so a few games were in order in between spinning. At great time was had by all and we plan to do it again next year. Want to join us??

Happy Ending

Well about 4:00 the hound dog's owner came to pick him up and was very happy to see him. He was missing for 3 days. No wonder his feet were worn and he was starving. Between chasing coyotes (which he is trained for) and out for 3 days in these thunderstorms I would be a little frazzled myself. He perked up seeing his owner and hopped in the truck to have a well deserved rest at home. I will have to remember his name "Patrick" as this is the 2nd time he has showed up in a year.

Who Am I????

Well you never know what you will wake up to in the morning eh?? This morning I let my Antrim out as usual at 6:30 and he started barking up a storm!! As there are lots of coyotes out here I ran out to call him. To my surprise he was busy sniffing a hound dog about the same height as himself. This dog had a tracking radio collar on along with his I.D. collar. He belongs to a fellow on the other side of Warkworth about 20 miles from here. He obviously has been running for some time as he can hardly walk on his feet. I gave him water and he wolfed (no punn intended) a bowl of kibble. I called the owner from the info on his collar this morning at 7:00 and had to put the poor thing in the barn while I went to work. I came home 4 hours later and checked the barn only to find he was still here.He was curled up in a wood pile shivering. It took some coaxing and a biscuit to get him to come to me. I took him outside and tied him to the tree for shade and gave him more water and more food. He is soooo skinny. It is now 3:00 and no sign of the owner. Perhaps the real owner (the husband) is out working today as I spoke to the wife this morning. I remember this same dog came to my house last year too. He had escaped the night before and was running all night then too. That time the owner came right away to get him. I feel bad for the poor dog and will certainly find out why he is so skinny and shy....... don't worry folks I took lots of pictures of him from all angles in case I needed them!
Animals know what house to run to for protection!

Sheep to Shawl at Grasscreek

On August 8th I had the pleasure of being on the Belleville Team competing in the Sheep to Shawl competition at Grasscreek Sheep Dog Trials. We had just 4 1/2 hours to spin a raw fleece and finish weaving a shawl. Esther Grav, Rosemary Morris, Anne Buckley and myself were the spinners and our wonderful hard working weaver was Diane Wludyka. Diane had also spun all the wool for the warp and had some of it dyed too. The precious grey/brown in the warp was spun from Wendy Pullan's Border Collies making it extra special. Unfortunately we ran out of time due to our unique weaving of the shawl and we came in 3rd. But our beautiful shawl took the highest price in the shawl auction the next day which the money goes to our guild . Congratulations to all of us . It was a wonderful fun day with lots of chatter and laughter as usual.......LOL.....

NEWS FLASH

Looks like I will be going to Mexico again within the year..... My daughter Emily got engaged to the love of her life Bencar. They live in Mexico and the wedding will be there too. I am so happy for her and me too as I will be getting a wonderful son-in -law.
All the best Emily and Bencar.
Meanwhile check out their website where they offer custom tours.
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