Wasn’t that the name of a dance tune from the mid-90’s? I have a vague memory of dancing to that one in club way back when.

Anyways, it appears summer has finally arrived here in Toronto, and I am happy about that. Glad that it’s not gotten super-humid (yet), and is a comfortable and beautiful 27C. Just perfect. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the weather keeps up on Saturday as I am off to my friend Suzanne’s for some back patio hanging out. I haven’t seen her since February, so Melanie & I are going to hang out, eat some food, drink some beer and just have some fun.

Otherwise things are good here in the Big Smoke. My knitting project continues quite well. It takes me almost 4 or 5 days of knitting to do a single log now, which is crazy. Melanie was amazed when, after asking me how big I was going to make the blanket, I told her “Until I finish all the yarn I bought for it.” She was impressed with that.

How are things with all of you out there?

No, before you get all excited and wonder if I found a stitch n’ bitch over here on the West coast, I didn’t. But I did see a cute little yarn shop in Edgemont here in North Van whilst taking the bus over to the city. I stopped in on the way back, and it’s a cute little shop with a ton of nice yarns. It’s called Urban Yarns.

I am sure missing the FO I’m making for my Italian relatives right now, as I couldn’t bring it with me on the plane since it’s far too big. Do you want to know how much I’m missing knitting? One of my calluses has actually started to “soften”, and it’s only been 6 days since I knit! Aahh-eee! Don’t worry, I’ll be back and knitting by Sunday, so all will be well with the universe then. Tee hee.

Yes, you read that correctly. I have been knitting! In an effort to get the Italian presents started, I started knitting the Oink (that’d be the Object in Question….okay, spelled a little incorrectly, but I thought I’d have some fun here.) I can’t actually tell you what it is that I’m knitting since it’s a p-r-e-s-e-n-t for someone, but I can show you some up close and personal photos that will act as proof that I am knitting.

Proof Number One:

Proof Number Two:

And finally, Proof Number Three:

Aren’t those purdy colour choices? All the colours in the rainbow…okay, maybe not, but there’s 5 of the 7 in there. :-)  But don’t ask me what it is yet, cuz I’m not tellin’!

It’s been about 9 months since I picked up a knitting needle and yarn to actually knit something (picking them up to pack them away when I moved doesn’t count.) I must say I have been rather uninspired to knit anything, so I haven’t. But, the clock is ticking for my & my sister on some gift knitting we have to do, I thought I’d better get a move on my end now, since it will apparently take forever for me to finish off anything. Thankfully I’ll be knitting up a relatively simple item, so it shouldn’t take me long.

I’m actually talking about knitting today because my friend Melanie & I decided to hold our own stitch & bitch night in order to get our butts in gear and kick-start our respective projects. So every Tuesday night will be knitting knit chez moi. Should be lots of fun!

While perusing my local craft store for some photo boxes on the weekend, I took a stroll through the yarn aisle, to see if they had anything interesting. Since it’sa craft store and not a yarn shop, the selection usually isn’t that interesting, however I did see that they may have a cheaper alternative to the Berroco Suede yarn for any gift scarves I may want to knit up. Lion Brand has a suede yarn as well, called, appropriately enough, Lion Suede. It’s not quite a tape like the Berroco Suede is, but considering it’s about $5 a skein cheaper, I really don’t care. And honestly, I think it might actually knit up slightly better with the Lion Suede, because I’ve found while using the scarf this week, it doesn’t sit as nicely as it could, and that it tends to roll up a bit. Now I know that last part is due to all the knitting and no garter stitch rows (or is it because of the no stockinette? I forget which one doesn’t roll as much.) but still, I think it might go nicer in the Lion Suede. Once I get my stash n’ projects organized, I’ll see what I can do for that.