Thesockladyspins

Spent the last weekend of March at Ridge Rock resort in Princeton, BC, semi annual spinning retreat.  Went early and stayed at Gail & Scot's place in Princeton, they gave up their ground floor bedroom so I wouldn't have to do the stairs, above and beyond. Thank you guys. The retreat was at a new to the group place, lots of room, bedrooms were nice and lounge area on our  floor was great. Only disadvantage was the drive, close to 8 hours for me, prolly  wouldn't try  it again if the group goes back. On the drive there had a shimmying at speeds over 80 KM  took  car into Kal Tire in  Princeton, they   came  and told me it  was just  dried  mud  in  wheels, cleaned  wheels  and  told   me  I  was  good to go, no charge.  Pays to deal with a  reputable  place. Only thing I bought were mini skeins of sock  yarn from Smith and Ewe. Koigu  bed sock...

Sorry for neglecting the blog, other things got in the way and to tell the truth not as interested as I should be.  Have sorta slowed down on sock knitting (ripped  more than one  project out),  back now  on my much loved gloves. Have  a stash of Koigu (IMO the best yarn  for gloves), it doesn't pill, the colours are outstanding  and its sock weight which if perfect for gloves.  First  I  finished  the greenie fingerless with as many  leftover bits as I had  (found  more later).  Then brought stash into the house and sorted by colours, variegated and solids, have more variegated than  solids, so will have to watch  for sales and get more especially  in  blues, greens and purples.  Pix is what  I'm currently  working on. Hope to finish glove #1 yet today, have worked ends in as I go along  so at the end will only have a few to deal with. And  I finally  got to...

 Winter so  far  has  been relatively  mild, no arctic air yet  and very  little snow.  Think maybe  3-4 inches in total  so far. I  have finished a  load of stuff,  Fatties,  Monster Socks, bed socks and two  pair  patterned and  have more  on the needles.   Even tho its been  mild  I  stay  home and indoors, have a great fear of failing on slippery  surfaces. Even with ice cleats on my  boots and the ice spike  on my cane. Really  enjoyed the World Junior hockey  games this winter,  this  time from  Ottawa,  Ontario so not to bad for time differences.  Next year in  Minnesota so time  will  be even  better. Canada  got  booted  out  early, I don't think from what  little  I  know  that they  brought  their  best players,  USA ended up...