Unbelievable. Last Tuesday was 16°C. The next day, the temperature fell over 10 degrees and stayed there. The snow started coming in on Saturday. Now people are scrambling to get their winter tires on. I was afraid we would get an early winter this year; I guess I knew it was coming because we had a few flakes of snow on Halloween. Knitting warm woolies started earlier this year for that and one other reason.
My son had his first trip with the school for 3 days away from home to Camp Muskoka (http://www.campmuskoka.com/) in the first week of November. He had a great time. Being north of Toronto, they already had snow up there. In preparation for that trip, I made him a very simple hat and cowl. He requested no patterning, just his favourite colour, blue, and the cowl had to have buttons. I used Bernat's Glow-In-The-Dark yarn again. Simple is good; it gets done quickly. I know he doesn't look it in this picture, but he was actually quite happy with it. Now his sister wants the same hat in purple. Happy knitting!
I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted. The hubby and I have been crazy busy with work, I've even had to miss some karate training. Somehow, in the last week, I managed to pull off creating a pair of crocheted leg warmers for my daughter. I was considering knitting them but then realized I didn't have the appropriate sized dpns (double pointed needles) to do it. I thought, oh well, I can crochet quicker anyways so that is exactly what I did. I'm very happy with the result. I used Bernat's glow-in-the-dark yarn in blue and purple for it as well as Bernat's Bling Bling for the fur trim. The kids and I love the glow-in-the-dark yarn. We were very pleased with the way it turned out. The glow-in-the-dark picture didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but you get the idea.
Last Sunday, I started some seeds with the kids. I couldn’t believe how fast they started sprouting. The kids are so excited. This is the first time I’ve started anything successfully from seeds. Those peat pellets are amazing!
Up until now, the weather has been nice and spring-like. We haven’t had snow since the end of February. So naturally, tomorrow the forecast is calling for some wet snow. They’re forecasting a cold week in general – wee.
In other news, I couldn’t make it to the Yarn Factory Outlet sale in Listowel this year because of the number of hours we’ve had to work the past few months. Luckily, a friend of mine could go and was willing to pick up some goodies for me. There was only one thing of interest to me – Bernat GLOW IN THE DARK yarn. I scored big time!
I really hope they’re not serious about discontinuing this yarn as the website indicates. I haven’t heard any other news supporting that. I want to make more glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs for my niece and nephew. My kids also have some ideas of "other things" they want to see glow in the dark.
The next week in Christmas Village Oakville, something astonishing happened. A stegosaurus showed up. Her name was Didi Honey Mommy. Peanut Butter was so happy to have a new friend. It was hard for Peanut Butter to find playmates in the village because of his size.
Together, the new friends built giant snow-people (see snow-people behind dinosaurs). This was great because they removed a ton of snow from the streets to build the snow-people thus clearing the roads for the cars to drive on. The village was very happy, too.
A Brontosaurus was spotted in a small Christmas Village in Oakville! This is what I’ve been up to the last little while.
Meet Peanut Butter (love the name), my son’s stuffed dinosaur knit with Bernat’s Glow In The Dark Yarn that I purchased at Michaels. The pattern is available for free at http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/photos-dinosaurs.htm as well as in the Ravelry pattern database.
I love these sorts of projects because they’re so quick and easy and give so much joy. The yarn really does glow in the dark but unfortunately, doesn’t photograph too well in the dark so I’m afraid I can’t show you how COOL this really is. How could I resist yarn that really glows in the dark!
On to knit my daughter’s dinosaur.
