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By monnibo | Published: November 21, 2010

No, I have no knitting to show. But I do have lovely lovely yarns. Non-yarnies, look away now. Yarn-a-holics, grab a towel, you might drool. First up, my package from The Loopy Ewe: I decided to see what all the fuss was about and ordered some Madelinetosh and Sanguine Gryphon. Here are the close-up shots: Now, for a few weeks I’ve been stalking the updates for Wollmeise. I fell in love with this colourway “Am kalten Polar” which translates (from German) to “in the cold arctic” with colours of teal, blue, and cranberry. Beautiful. After a few updates, some local knitters (who are also Wollmeise die-hards) suggested I get a blue grab-bag and maybe it would be in there. They said there are so many colourways, that I should just buy something from the “in stock” page and trade it on Ravelry later. I ended up buying a skein of 100% in the colourway “Petit Poison Nr.5″ which arrived this week. It came with some European gummy bears (which I’ve had in England before) and a glove pattern called Knotty. Oh, and I also have a “Turquoise” grab bag (1 skein) on the way. I’m curious to see what it is! Here’s a colour close-up of Petit Poison Nr.5 (dark): Next up, is the yarn from Circle Craft Christmas Market. I will be doing a post dedicated to the goodies I bought at Circle Craft this year, but I decided to group all the yarn together. I was chatting with [...]

Also posted in Crochet, Knitting | Tagged madelinetosh, melonhead, melonhead knitwear, petit poison, sanguine gryphon, skinny bugga, tosh sock, wollmeise, yarn | 9 Comments

Video: Cat Meets Bunny

By monnibo | Published: September 1, 2010

I compiled this from video clips I took on the second day of Pancake’s visit. Henry is a little better but still doesn’t like when the bunny hops straight at him. P.S. You know how YouTube suggests similar videos to watch? You have to see these! Cute overload!! Momma cat adopts teeny tiny orphan bunny Cat giving a bunny a bath Bunny chasing his cat friend around the yard

Also posted in Pets, Whiskers on Wednesday | Tagged bunny, cat, cat meets bunny, rabbit, video | 5 Comments

Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival

By monnibo | Published: August 22, 2010

This weekend was the 11th Annual Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival from August 19-21. I don’t think I’d ever been to Gibsons before. The town is technically on the main mass of British Columbia, but is considered the Sunshine Coast. The quickest way to get to Gibsons is by ferry, and the crossing is only 40 minutes. Chelle and I planned to get the noon ferry, but missed it by about 10-15 minutes. But that was okay, it gave us time to park the car, grab some coffee, get our tickets, and wander around a bit. We got the 1:35pm ferry and got into Langdale Ferry Terminal in good time and caught the bus to the high school where the merchant mall was. The Gibsons Fibre Fest offered classes on Thursday and Friday, the merchant mall and juried exhibit was open all three days, and on the Saturday there were festivities in the Landing. Also, the term ‘fibre arts’ is very inclusive: knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, dying, sewing, quilting… the festival has it all. We were going mainly for the merchant mall, and Chelle had quite the score. She got some Bombax Silk from Hummingbird Fibre Arts. I nearly fell down over all the Malabrigo at Unwind Knit & Fibre Lounge (Gibsons’ new local yarn store). Had there been other festivities on the Friday, I think we would have gone earlier to wander around… but you always forget travel time. I’m a bit young to remember The Beachcombers (TV show) [...]

Also posted in Crafts, Knitting, Out & About, Sewing | Tagged fibre arts, gibsons landing, gibsons landing fibre arts festival, Knitting, quilting, sewing, spinning, sunshine coast, unwind yarns, weaving, yarn | 4 Comments

House Guest

By monnibo | Published: August 20, 2010

Henry’s not quite sure what to make of him. They sniff each other, they ignore each other, they frighten each other when the other moves suddenly… I’m going to be very amused for the next two weeks. The bunny’s name is Pancakes and he will be visiting for a couple weeks.

Also posted in Pets | Tagged bunny, cat, cat meets bunny, house guest, rabbit | 2 Comments

Richmond Country Farms

By monnibo | Published: August 15, 2010

One of the best things about summer is all the local produce available. There are many local farmers markets operating throughout the Lower Mainland, and I occasionally stop by the Main Street market after work on Wednesdays. However, it is so awesome to have the Richmond Country Farms located in the same location, every day of the week, with set hours. It makes bringing home fresh, local produce so much easier. Don’t get me wrong, I still love the variety of local businesses at the Farmers Markets. View all my photos on my Flickr set: Richmond Country Farms. Richmond Country Farms is located off Highway 99 in the Steveston area of Richmond (this side of the George Massey Tunnel). It is open from April to late December with a special Pumpkin Patch in October. Most of their produce is from their own acreage but they also seasonally source from other local BC farmers. They also have a nursery and sell turf by the roll (to golf courses no less!).

Also posted in Food & Drink, Out & About | Tagged 100 mile diet, bc farms, farmers market, local produce, richmond, richmond country farms, shop local, steveston, vancouver | 3 Comments

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