Jo Knits!

N, for Nap!

I'm doing a practice run, knitting a baby sweater for Zoe's doll named Maya, she wears 6month baby clothes so I though she'd make a great model for the 5-hour baby sweater pattern. Well.... already on row 6 of the pattern I've hit a snag. I tried 4 times re-knitting the same row and it just doesn't add up. Am I just not getting it, do I just keep on making a mistake each time I knit and the pattern really is right? Well, I started this post last night and lucky me, I got to bother an online friend and she picked up needles and yarn to help me through my problem! :) Obviously I need VERY easy and explicit instruction when it comes to a pattern! LOL!

Also, remember my knitting video idea? How about someone starts selling a knitting pattern on video? :) Knit socks with a friend or something! LOL! I'd love, even though I can knit socks, I just think it would be SO neat. :) How about a video on knitting sweaters? Maybe for a fee we could buy the pattern and "rent" the movie to see how it's made or have the option to buy the tape!? Just not sure I'd keep re-watching it after a few times kwim? I just want to have my own knitting circle party in the living room! LOL! Ok wait, anyone feels like taping there Stitch & Bitch meeting? ;) Maybe show someone knitting cables or fair isle? I'd see a market there, no?

Today is election day in Quebec, hopefully the person I vote for will be elected! LOL! This time around I voted specifically for someone, not a party. We have 3 candidates in my area and I went with the one that would directly help the kid's daycare if she gets elected. Oops! It's 2 males against one female! ;) I even got my mom to vote for her and that is quite an accomplishment! She for one will never share who she votes for and using goes for a boring party. One by one I can change the world, I even conceived dh for whom to vote. I LOVE voting, it is now my 3rd or fourth time!? My first voting experience was when we had the seperation vote. When Quebec wanted to pass a bill to seperate from Canada, now that was something!!! Big debates and many english people moved from Quebec to Ontario because they thought a seperation would mean bad business and whatever. Well Quebec is still a big part of Canada after all.

I really like the big "vote for this candidate" posters, they are made with coroplast. Coroplast looks just like corrugated cardboard but it's plastic, it can widthstand(?) the rain and snow too. We "found" a few big panels of this while walking. ;) I'm thinking we have just about enough to make the kids a play house for the basement. They already have a playhouse in the backyard and go in it each time we go out to play. My mom had found the house on the side of the road, someone was throwing it away with their recycling stuff one day. She knocked on the door and asked if they could save it for an hour. She came running home to tell us about it, we were jumping up and down like crazy, those playhouses cost around 100-200$CAN. We had to call our neighbours for help in transporting it home (we don't have a car). Best freebie we ever got! ;) The house and sand box are the two favorites sport in the backyarn.

Ok, finally back to knitting. (Hey I got up at 6:30am and went to sleep at 1:30am, I sorta feel chatty this morning! LOL!) I never did find the Beach coloway I wanted for the 5-hour baby sweater. So I got out out white yarn I already have that I'm eager to finish and started on the project last night. Zoe has already requested yellow pants to adorn her doll. :)

Orange crush (basketweave blanket) is on a break today, I didn't find any lemon yellow or orange punch yarn like I liked. So today will be the 5-h sweater day. :) All other projects on hold, just 'cause I feel like it! LOL!

Oh wait..... there is this bunny pattern that I'll try to do in duplicate, each kid can then have it's own easter bunny to find next sunday. :)

Ugh! No pics today, must find pic to color a bit this entry. So off I go and check my pic folder, hummm.... let's see... Ok! Let's try this one:

Have a great day! :) Dh is on his first day of his new job. He was so nervous all night long, tossing and turning! Then I so kindly woke up really early to have a coffee with him before he leaves. I hope he likes it! :)