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 Went to the  semi annual spinning weekend in Merritt  October 19-20, was  an   exceptional  get together.  The usual crowd  plus maybe 6 new spinners. Held this  year  in the  senior center instead of the swankier place that raised the rent so high we couldn't  afford  it anymore. Senior center worked out perfect. Gail and I with our Maggie bags, both hauled loads of stuff to many  spinning weekends and mine with me to Virginia a time or two. First 2  pix  are finished  projects,  Monsters socks, the reach in the bag  and  knit  with whatever comes out kind.  Second pair bed socks  going to Kamloops for Judy W.  Last pr are  similar  to the  bingo  socks  I did last spring for the "lady"in Banff that ended up not liking the way I put the colours she picked out together. And  last pix is one that makes me smile every time  I  see...

That was then  This  is  now Finished this pair last night, came out better than  I thought they would. Best part used up lots of small leftover balls.  This is a pix of my wild mountain valley, unknown source for the pix. Went to town last Friday  mostly to handle Visa problems (again). While  there I found  real field tomatoes at Beaver  Valley  feed store,  not what   I would  call first quality   but  hey  I know  how  to cut  funny spots off. They taste good and that is the most important part. Did what I call down n dirty, in and  out in  one day (6  hours total driving). Plus several places to stop and walk around. Took me two days to recover.  Grocery store was a bit of a winter stock up walk thru, TP, Scotties tissues, canned goods, extra salt, flour, things I don't want to run out of over the winter. With  football season  under way (both colle...

Typical lunch   this  time  of  year,  tomatoes  from Desert  Hills in Ashcroft  (banana belt of  BC).  Went down and picked  up a  25 pound  box  of ripe  field tomatoes,  have had one with every meal since  getting  home. Ashcroft is a good  5  hour drive, so it  has to be  a planned trip,  expensive to  drive that  far  but so  worth  it for  me.     Finished another  pair  of scrapper socks, used  as many  of the brighter colours  as I could  find in the stash.  Ended up quite liking them.  They will go into a  basket for  Christmas  giving. And   have two  more pair on the  needles.  The darker pair look like black is the main  colour but its actually  a really dark blue. The  blue - greens  is from last blog, all  leftover...

 Made   4 pair  of  shortie  socks for the  grands of neighbours, they haul my  trash  to  the dump  in  exchange for the socks  for their grands. Especially good for me in the  winter months when dump can be slickery. And  this pair is for the  grandmother (ordered). Its  been  so unnaturally hot  in Tatlako  most of July. 9 days so far over 30° C, with the  8th the warmest  at 35°.  Yard  that  was  mowed  a week  or  so  ago is now turning brown and its crunchy to  walk on.  When  Audra  brings  the  horses   down  they won't have  much   to eat,  unless it seriously rains and  almost everyone would  welcome that.  Thankful it cools off  at night  for sleeping. Current  socks,  not for anyone  specific, just because  I  lik...

 Went down to Merritt over Victoria  Day  long weekend for the Nicola Valley  spinning retreat. As  usual a good  time. Roomed again  with  Gail and Vicki. This  falls   retreat is  a  bit up  in  the air the  Merritt community centers rooms  we used have upped their rates, to high for our small group to afford.  Shelia  is checking the  area for another palace to meet. Vicki returned  all my socks she had tried  to sell in Hedley area, prices to high for that  market. So I  spread them all out on one of the circle tables for display, ended up selling one pair and a pair of bed socks. The  Thursday  after getting  home from Merritt Dr. Rob in Tatla removed the rest of the bumps from my right arm, slowed me down a bit.  So for now all removed from right arm, where they will show up next is any ones guess. So far this  summer we in Tatlako have...

 Long time.  Made these for a  lady  in  Banff,  she chose the colours. When I sent a pix she said she didn't like  where and how I'd placed the colours in the patterns. Slowly I replied. Then she said when I knit the next pair to put this colour with another etc, again  slowly (burn underway)  I told her that it didn't work that way.  Wouldn't do another, so she said she'd take them the way they were with a discount.  Honey, to late sold them elsewhere. And I 'm glad I don't take any  money  up front. Fraternal and size 10. Have come really close to making the ugliest Monstersocks, bottom pix are closest so far. Was without the internet from 15 - 29 April, amazing how  much  knitting time that freed up. Did the  3 pair shorties in  that  time frame, mix and match.  All are the same number of rows approx sized 7.5 to 8.5.   Next pair  were to fill an older order. Spring has finally s...