Birthday Present

When I turned 62 in March of this year, my daughter, Heather, gave me a wonderful gift. It arrived today: my first monthly sampler of small yarn hanks from Elann Canada. They are beautiful! There is enough yarn in each hank to knit a small swatch to see what it looks like. The yarn comes attached to a card that gives a huge amount of information, such as where it was made, how to care for it, the kind of fibre, gauges, other colour choices. I am really impressed. This company is based in Delta, BC. There is a US base also. Yarns come from all over the world. Here's their web link: http://www.elann.com
Every Mom should have such a thoughtful, sweet daughter. Thank you, Heather. I'll be thinking of you every time I use this lovely gift, (and I'll still think of you lots of other times, too).

New-found Shop and New Yarns

My daughter, Heather, visited us from Ottawa on the Easter weekend, and she and I planned a day trip to Toronto to walk about and see some sights. We took the train, which was so much more relaxing than driving for 3 hours, and arrived at Union Station at 9:30 am. We had 9 hours of fun ahead of us - and a few kilometers of walking, to say the least.

The main focus of our visit was to find a yarn shop called Lettuce Knit located in the Kensington Market area. After getting fortified with breakfast at a nearby coffee shop, we headed north and west. It wasn't too long before we located our quest: and what a beautiful little shop it is: as unique as its name. That's Heather sitting on the front step after our shopping spree, and the other photos are of some of the yarns I bought. Can't wait to make some Socks That Rock! The colours in the Japanese Noro yarns are absolutely luscious also.

Jim, husband and father, grins, shakes his head, and asks me just when I plan to knit all this yarn. As I glance at my bins of various "projects on the go" I have to admit that I am a true Knitting Hussy, flitting from one project to another, always promising that this time I will finish. Sometimes I do finish, but this is one of my 'relaxation' activities, never to be a 'task', and always there to tease me, filling me with the joy of colours and textures.