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The Happy Skein
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2 novembre 2006

Noemie

Noemie
Dear blog, Since I have probably lost the few readers I had, this is going to be just the two of us.I kept postponing writing you because I didn't want to bring you bad news. But time passes and things remain the same...Noemie has been missing for over...
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5 mai 2006

It's tough to be a cat - C'est dur d'être un chat

It's tough to be a cat - C'est dur d'être un chat
First, thank you all for your kind comments about Stacy. I really don't want this to be a sad blog, so I am going to share with you some pictures. D'abord merci à toutes pour vos gentils commentaires à propos de Stacy. Je ne vraiment pas que ce soit un...
21 avril 2006

Not much going on... Pas grand chose...

Not much going on... Pas grand chose...
Yep, that's right, not much going on here... just work, work, work... and a little bit of spinning and knitting. Ben oui, il ne se passe pas grand chose ici... juste travail, travail, travail... et un petit peu de filage et tricot. So here are a few pictures...
24 mars 2006

Pictures - Photos

Pictures - Photos
I was looking through my pictures and found some I haven't shared with you yet. So here we are: J'ai recherché dans mes photos et j'en ai trouvées certaines que je n'ai pas encore partagées avec vous. Alors les voici: First, this is some 2-ply lace weight...
7 mars 2006

What do you do... Qu'est-ce que vous faites...

What do you do...  Qu'est-ce que vous faites...
when your kitty with a broken has decided he doesn't need his splint anymore, even though the vet said he does??? lorsque votre matou avec un orteil cassé a décidé qu'il n'a plus besoin de son attelle, malgré que le veto a dit qu'il en a besoin??? Saturday...
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1 février 2006

Tuxedo Bandit Attack!

Tuxedo Bandit Attack!
First, I guess I need to explain part of the title... "Tuxedo Bandit" is Apollo nickname: tuxedo, well because he looks like he is wearing one, and bandit because of his mischieves and especially that he likes lying in ambush and jumping on anybody who...
24 juillet 2007

Couleurs - Colors

Couleurs - Colors
The weekend before last, I dyed some wool. I did five different colors: dark purple, red, light purple, light blue and turquoise. I didn't have anything in mind when I started. I carded the colors separately, then I started mixing them. I had very roughly...
18 juillet 2007

Part 4 - End

Part 4 - End
After that wonderful weekend in the Cévennes, we headed for Toulouse. Again, we weren't sure what was the best way to go and we took the back roads to Carcassonne. Carcassonne is a well known fortified town and it is even an UNESCO site ( www.carcassonne.culture.fr...
14 juillet 2007

Entracte

Entracte
In order to help you wait while I finish writing the end of the story of our trip , I am showing you a picture of my latest work: Afin de vous aider à attendre pendant que je finis d'écrire la fin du récit de notre voyage , je vous montre une photo de...
5 juillet 2007

Part 2 - Provence

Part 2 - Provence
Je dois dire que ça m'a bien réchauffé le coeur de voir que vous étiez encore intéressé de lire à propos de ma vie ennuyeuse, ou du moins que vous étiez prêts à prendre le temps de me laisser un commentaire :) Je vous en remercie beaucoup ! I must say...
29 mars 2007

Max

Max
Max was one of Snickers' kittens born in March 2006. In August, we noticed that something was wrong with his back leg, he was limping and appeared to be wounded. We decided to take him to the vet, but since like his mom and siblings he was wild, we had...
13 février 2007

Weaving - Tissage

Weaving - Tissage
J'ai travaillé sur mon métier à tisser trop-longtemps-négligé. J'avais voulu le faire depuis un bout de temps, mais j'étais trop occupée avec d'autres choses et je redoutais un peu l'ourdissage. Mais vraiment, l'ourdissage n'est pas si terrible après...
18 janvier 2007

Cobweb ?

Cobweb ?
I put my lace flyer to the test. I had some clean Shetland fleece so that's what I used. I sent it through the drum carder and got a very nice cloud of fluff. I then spun it and since I don't like knitting with 1-ply yarn, I plied it. This is what I got:...
26 décembre 2006

Wrong address - Mauvaise adresse

Wrong address - Mauvaise adresse
Yes, I think that Santa delivered presents to the wrong address, because I have been VERY spoiled! Oui, je pense que le père Noël a délivré ses cadeaux à la mauvaise adresse, parce que j'ai été TRES gâtée! In no special order: Sans aucun order particulier:...
19 décembre 2006

Laine! Yarn!

Laine! Yarn!
Merci à toutes pour vos gentils commentaires à propos de Lucie. Je suis désolée si je vous ai rendues tristes. Ces périodes de fêtes me font penser encore plus à Lucie et je voulais lui rendre hommage. Je crois que tout compte fait elle a eu une vie heureuse,...
18 décembre 2006

Lucie

Lucie
We met in June 2002.You were tiny, just a few weeks old. You were trying to eat with others of your kind, but because you were different (you had a deformed foot), they chased you off and even tried to kill you.I witnessed it and couldn't stand it. So...
21 novembre 2006

Hi from Apollo

Hi from Apollo
Hi! This is Apollo. Since Mom still hasn't taken any pictures, I am going to take over for now and show you some pictures that Dad took... Salut! C'est Apollo. Puisque Maman n'a toujours pas prise de photo je vais prendre la relève pour maintenant et...
10 novembre 2006

It continues... Ca continue...

It continues...  Ca continue...
If you tought that the life of a pumpkin ends on Halloween, well, you were wrong. It gets even worse: Si vous pensiez que la vie d'une citrouille se termine à Halloween, et bien vous avez tors. Ca devient encore pire: If all goes well, it will become...
28 juillet 2006

Stuff and more stuff...

Stuff and more stuff...
In case you're wondering, I'm still here! Au cas ou vous vous demanderiez, je suis toujours là! I have been knitting: J'ai tricoté: Those are the blankets I sent to Rebekah for the Basil and Abner's Critter Charity Drive: Ce sont les couvertures que j'ai...
21 juin 2006

Happy Birthday !!! Joyeux Anniversaire !!!

Happy Birthday !!!  Joyeux Anniversaire !!!
Today is ME's birthday.Aujourd'hui c'est l'anniversaire de ME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE !!! PS: If you are new here or if you haven't figured it out yet ME is the nickname of my husband.PS: Au cas ou vous êtes nouveau ici ou bien si vous...
30 mai 2006

Christmas in May? - Noël en May?

Christmas in May? - Noël en May?
Almost since Sunday was my birthday and I got spoiled again. I am not going to tell you everything, but I got some Gaywool dyes, some Socks That Rock sock yarn, some sheep earings and lots of Angora fluff from Elaine's bunnies: Presque puisque Dimanche...
23 mars 2006

Estimating fluff amounts can be tricky... Evaluer les montants de touffe peut etre difficile...

Estimating fluff amounts can be tricky...  Evaluer les montants de touffe peut etre difficile...
or how I went from thinking "I'm going to have more than enough" to "I might have enough" and finally to "I definitely won't have enough". ou comment ma pensée est allée de "Je vais en avoir plus qu'assez" à "Je vais peut-être en avoir assez" et finalement...
14 février 2006

Sigga

Sigga
I actually completed this shawl a couple of weeks ago, but I have been trying to figure out how to take a picture of it... it is kind of big. The pattern is Sigga from "Faroese Knitting Patterns - Knitted Shawls" translated by Marilyn van Keppel; well...
13 février 2006

Broken Toe - Orteil Cassé :(

Broken Toe - Orteil Cassé :(
We got home Friday from work to find Six Toe walking on three paws only. Obviously something was wrong with his front left paw. After inspection, we didn't find any open wound. We called the vet and were able to get an appointment for the following morning....
20 janvier 2006

Pi bonnet

Pi bonnet
Now that I have made that yarn, I was not going to let it sit in a basket. For my first project with my handspun I chose to make a hat for myself. I made up the pattern and I call it the Pi bonnet, because I started with circle using Elizabeth Zimmermann's...
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