progress report

Here is the progress so far on my Mittens cushion. I'm really liking this grey plaid. I alternated on the wrist with red to resemble ribbing and am kinda pleased with the result. Can't wait to finish this one and move on to my next project.

I am going to hook our family home which was sold last year. I'll see how it turns out and then decide if I want to rehook it as gifts for my siblings.

Just look at these cute valentine dishcloths that I knit. Little gifts to be included with a card for Valentine's Day. Guess I'll have to get them in the mail in the next couple of days.

I just love doing things to make people smile and brighten their day!
TOODLES,

MELAINE

Calm day and a wool stash!

Ah, the proverbial 'Calm before the storm' picture. Let's see what tomorrow will bring. Weather forecast says 10-20cm. for us. Sounds like a great day for hooking.

Organized my WOOL WALL today. This shows part of my wool stash. I bought these great little baskets at Dollarama for $2. each. Gotta love them. I used them for all those little balls of odds and ends. The Wool I have on the wall are the ones I want to do some projects out of in the next few months. The rest of my stash is in 2 Rubbermaid Totes. I think I have a wool ADDICTION!!!!
Toodles,
Melaine:-)

Happy hookin'

Well we didn't get the STORM we thought. we did get a LOT of fluffy snow, about two feet of it in my driveway... and it's a mighty long driveway, more of a lane really. Beautiful day today. No wind and the sun is shining, so the hook-in went ahead. I had 2 new hookers and 3 old hookers. Didn't take much in the way of pictures. No progress yet. Will post that next week. Here is a picture of the pattern that I designed for the new hookers to start- On a String! And another picture of some delicious Chewy Brownies that I made. I got the recipe from Craftaholics Anonymous blog. Check her out. Her link is on my sidebar.

Toodles, Melaine

Stormyyyyyyy Weather

The storm has started. Too dark outside to take a picture, but you know what, you all know what a winter storm looks like anyway right. The wind is supposed to pick up considerably. Hope I get a snow day tomorrow, but then I hope it clears up before 7pm. I have a hookin at my house and have 3 new hookers coming, and 4 old hookers, lol. Should be fun. Will post some pics if the weather settles for them all to show up. Wish me luck.

Melaine

Weather, Who Knows?

Well what a wintert we are having here in Newfoundland. This is how it looked outside our cabin on January 23rd.
We figured that getting a ride on the snowmobile was totally out of the question for this winter. But wait, Mother Nature had a change of heart and a week later on January 30th. we were looking at this..

We spent most of the day yesterday on the snowmobile and these are some pictures I took to share with all of you. Enjoy. I know we certainly did.
Melaine

Warm Hands, Warm Feet

I don't know about you but I am one of those people whose hands and feet are always cold. I just knit myself a pair of Newfoundland Thrummed Mittens and they are the toastiest warmest mittens. They have pieces of roving knit into every third stitch in every fourth row (staggered) and that provides extra insulation.


Add to this a pair of Cowhide boots (Made in Canada) rated to -40C that my hubby gave me for Christmas....

And I am ready for THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A better year ahead

Ah.... Christmas, a time to celebrate family and friends. After the scare that we had in August it was a wonderful time with Grant at home with us after his ordeal. He is healing amazingly well. God is good. This was taken at his homecoming parade.

Finally, got to finish the cushion that I was doing for my niece and her husband for their wedding. A little bit late but they loved it. I had it finished for their trip home for Christmas.

All is well and here's hoping that 2011 will bring only good things our way.