]> http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/ nittineedles's Blog en-us © 22:35:05 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Wed, Feb 22:35:05 8 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/shoes.html When I was at the doctor's, last Friday, I told him I had been trying to go for a walk most days but after 15 to 20 minutes my right hip was in so much pain I had to go home. I also told him about the arthritic like twinges I am having in my left thumb and left knee. I have already been diagnosed with arthritis in my right thumb and right knee. How odd that one side of my body is deteriorating faster than the other side. Anyway, he has given me the paperwork to have an x-ray done on the hi ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/shoes.html#comments Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:39:42 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/gettin_healthy.html At the end of last year I saw my new doctor for a prescription renewal of my blood pressure medication. Although I was only in the high end of the normal range he added a new drug to see if it could lower my BP even more. I took the two meds all January and kept track by recording my BP three days a week, which happened to be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It didn't seem to be making much difference until the last week. I started the month with a reading of 133/79 and ended the month wit ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/gettin_healthy.html#comments Sun, 5 Feb 2012 21:47:37 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/maple_leaf_schneiders_natural.html Maple Leaf and Schneiders "Natural" meats contain no preservatives. Cigarettes contain no nicotine. Trans fats are good for you. Ice is warm and the world is flat. We just finished up a package of the Schneiders hot dogs. The package clearly states "No Preservatives Added" but that is just what sodium nitrite is and "cultured celery extract" is just another name for sodium nitrite. Now Schneiders is claiming, on their Facebook page, that they actually mean no artificial preservatives added ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/maple_leaf_schneiders_natural.html#comments Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:26:46 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/ground_cat.html DH didn't like my suggestion: Even though he had to clean up the feathers and bloody little bodies Angel-Who-Isn't left after bringing home a new friend......THREE times in the past week. So, Angel has been relegated to the dungeon that is our home. The pet door is secure. She can no longer go out through it nor can she bring any friends back in through it. As she napped until 4:00pm, she was blissfully ignorant of her situation until this evening. Pleeeese may I go owt? Angel, wistfully w ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/ground_cat.html#comments Sat, 4 Feb 2012 03:53:41 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/deed_done.html I have ordered my new spinning wheel. I got a good deal on it as the lady I ordered from doesn't do a large enough volume in sales to pay sales tax so she passed the savings on to me. She also told me she would be in town on April 11 and will deliver my wheel to me so there are no shipping charges either. That's a total savings of about $100.00 for me. I was telling DH how I was planning on continuing to save for an Ashford Sliding Hook Flyer and an Ashford Jumbo Flyer Unit (expensive litt ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/deed_done.html#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:30:55 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/stalling.html I should be working on my shawl but the lace edging I chose is a little complicated, i.e. requires a great deal of concentration and I don't think I can manage it today as I only got six of my required 7.5 hours of sleep last night. So, instead, I thought I'd show you what I have recently finished: A spinning wheel bag for a lady in my Weaving and Spinning Guild who gave me two bags full of wool to spin. Before felting After felting This one was to be a gift as well but turned out too big ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/stalling.html#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:22:01 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/patience_virtue.html I have always thought of myself as a relatively patient person. I don't mind sitting in waiting rooms, I don't mind standing in long checkout lineups and I don't mind too much when DH is late (picking me up, dropping me off, home for dinner....). The point is, I thought I'd be fine when it came time to order my new spinning wheel. I'm not. I have finally decided on a natural finish, single drive, Ashford Traveller spinning wheel. I have e-mailed seven dealers on Vancouver Island and Southe ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/patience_virtue.html#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:01:42 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/finally_sold.html When I designed my Ribbons and Lace Christening Gown I was knitting it as I wrote down the instructions. However, it was at a particularly stressful time in my life and I didn't trust my powers of concentration. So, to double check the accuracy of my pattern I knit a second Ribbons and Lace. The first one sold almost two years ago, shortly after I opened my Etsy store but, although the second received many koodos from looky loos it remained on the shelf.....until last week. I finally sold ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/finally_sold.html#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:16:05 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/workplace_security.html Given the current climate re: concerns for computer and data security, I suggest you take this message seriously. This is for your own safety and security! If your workplace has been assessed and determined to be at a low level of risk, the following method is recommended to ensure no one can see your passwords or what you're typing to ensure total confidentiality in the work place: For a moderate level of risk, this method ensures no one can see your passwords, what you're typing, or whic ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/workplace_security.html#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:45:04 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/baby_cold_outside.html Angel has retired to the warmest bed in the house. My little laundry room, inside a bag of plastic bags waiting to be recycled. "You can't come in. There's no more room." http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/baby_cold_outside.html#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:57:49 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/break.html My newest design is going well.....I think. Then again, I thought it was going well yesterday until I realized I had screwed it up somewhere and had to rip out 18 rows of lace. I've redesigned and knit 9 of those rows and I'm hoping to do another 9 before I go to bed. That will leave me exactly where I was last night. I went for a very chilly walk this afternoon. I bundled up but the temperature was around 0 degrees Celsius and by the time I reached home my face and fingers were freezing. ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/break.html#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:26:30 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/photo_2.html I like this one much better than yesterday's. http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/photo_2.html#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:49:17 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/paramount_theatre_review.html DH and I went to see the new Sherlock Holmes movie this week at the Paramount Theatre. We don't go very often, maybe once every three to five years.:o( DH doesn't have much interest in television so you can imagine what it's like dragging him to a movie theatre. It's been so long since we went to a movie DH asked for two adult tickets at the window and I had to point out that we are both seniors according to the price list posted above the window. We attended on Monday night. The thought o ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/paramount_theatre_review.html#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:08:50 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/bubbly_blanket.html I finished my first of five new designs. I'm very pleased with it but not very happy with how the photos turned out. The chair needs a darker wall as background. Also, the bubble details look washed out and sad. I will probably try to take a better photo in the near future as It's the picture that sells the pattern. It's for sale in my Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Nittineedles I went to my knitting circle for the first time since November. I needed to buy a special needle for my nex ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/bubbly_blanket.html#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:13:07 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/today_bust_.html knitting-wise. I had a bunch of stuff to do this morning, grocery shopping and dinner cooking (chili from scratch)this afternoon and after dinner DH is taking me to the Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows movie. It's a school...er...I mean work night so we'll be catching the 7:00 o'clock show. I hope it's not crowded as I would like to get in a few rows of knitting while waiting for the movie to start. My blanket design is coming along nicely. I'm hoping it will be a little less than a week ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/today_bust_.html#comments Mon, 9 Jan 2012 23:18:29 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/busy_start_year.html Resolution "#4 Spend more time on the computer.", from my previous article, has already bit the dust. I have shawl and Christening gown designs exploding in my brain, trying to get out. I'm currently working on a new blanket design. A shawl to match a vintage Christening gown is still in the planning stages and so is a Christening gown to match a vintage shawl. My patterns are selling tremendously well on Etsy and soon Ravelry. I've made enough money since mid September to buy a new spinni ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/busy_start_year.html#comments Thu, 5 Jan 2012 03:57:56 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/years_resolutions_2012.html #1 Knit more. I have a yarn shop worth of yarn in this house and I must use it all up before I die. #2 Do less housework. All work and no play makes Marg a dull girl. #3 Eat more junk food. If God wanted me to be skinny He wouldn't have placed McDonald's, Subway, Big Pig Subs, A & W and Hira Chopra's junk Food Store in close proximity to my house. #4 Spend more time on the computer. What can I say......I'm a sponge when it comes to knowledge. #5 Stay indoors (October - May) until the sun c ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/years_resolutions_2012.html#comments Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:56:21 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/cut_rest_world.html Physically, anyway. DH and I tried to go to Nanaimo this afternoon but as we neared the top of The Hump. We came across a line up of vehicles all stopped, just sitting there watching a plume of black smoke spiral up into the air. We eventually found out a truck was on fire. We don't know if there was an accident or if the truck just burst into flames. We sat waiting for a while as the line up kept growing behind us and then we heard the highway, the only route out of Port Alberni, had been ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/cut_rest_world.html#comments Sun, 1 Jan 2012 00:29:34 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/alpaca_cowl.html Hot off the needles: I still have half a ball of alpaca left so I might knit another cowl. It feels so luxurious against the neck. This is also for sale in my Etsy store. http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/alpaca_cowl.html#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:34:52 GMT http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/slug_socks.html When I bought this ball of yarn it looked quite nice with black, green and brown stripes. How it looks after it's knit up is entirely different. Now they remind me of the big, fat, slimy, blotchy, green slugs we get around here. I hate walking trails as they can look like an innocent bit of leaf or other vegetation and if you don't have your eyes glued to the path one foot in front of your feet, you're likely to step on one. *shudder* I hate slugs! All slugs, so you can just imagine how I ... http://my.greasy.com/nittineedles/slug_socks.html#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:43:10 GMT