My First ' meme'

I have been tagged by Isa . for a Random Facts 'meme'. Although Isa says that she is not sure what a 'meme' is, it suits me perfectly. IT"S ALL ABOUT ME, FOLKS!

So here are the rules:

Link to the person who tagged you. Post the following rules on your blog. Write six random things about yourself. Tag six people at the end of your post. Let each person know he or she has been tagged. Let the tagger know when your entry is up -- that is posted.

Here goes, folks.
1. Having never donated blood in my life, I heard on the radio yesterday that I am now too old to do so. Guess you can figure out from that which decade I'm in.

2. I have two sons - one from each side of the brain. Charlie

is a Civil Engineer .He lives in Hearst Ontario and works for Villenueve Construction. He builds roads and bridges and studied such things as 'Soil" and "Concrete".

Peter

is an artist. He paints urban landscapes with oil on canvas. He studied such things as art history and sculpting nudes. In Toronto he is represented by the Mira Goddard Gallery

3. I have three beauteous grandchildren.

They all belong to Charlie. We keep waiting for Uncle Peter to get married, but ...

4. All my life I have been interested in fashion design. As a teenager I sewed all my own clothes. When I was about 30 I learned to knit and have been knitting passionately ever since. I don't know where these genes came from. My Mother was the first to tell anyone that she couldn't even sew on a button.

5. The best job I ever had was working at London Yarns. Janet, the store owner was (still is, I'm sure) a wonderful boss. I worked two days per week. Mondays I worked with Patti- Ann who became and remains - despite my moving three hours away from London - a very close and special friend.

6.Last, but not least by any means, I want to mention my wonderful husband of 41 years, Fred.

Although I could write romantic, sappy stuff about him, for sure, I think the best - well the funniest - description of Fred is the one I read on a birthday card. " Honey - you are my best friend, my lover, my soul mate.
And sometimes all three of you p--- me off."
Hee Hee. That's my Fred.

Well, there you have it. And although, this is so much like a chain letter that I cringe as I type this, I am tagging Patrick, Marian, El, Doug, Terri and my token non-Canadian, Lucy

Enjoy.

Thursdays Are For Knit Group And Survivor

Wow! What a day at knit group. Today was 'yarn day''. And sorry for those of you on dial up. This post is FULL of pictures.

Some time ago, the group decided to make Easy Peasy Shawls as a pre-Christmas knit-a-long. The idea was that we each bring from home any yarns that we wanted to donate to the cause. The yarns were for all to share. I arrived early, but the frenzy had already begun.
There were blue yarns

and pink yarns

off white yarns.

and all colours under the rainbow.

There were sparkly yarns and ribbon yarns.

And of course, knitters, anxious to begin.

Sharon helps Sandra with her cast on

Some had a bit of a head start.

But of course there was other knitting done through the week.
Sandy - the other Sandy - has the cutest little baby outfit done in Baby Bamboo

And Sharon finished her lovely scarf.

Sharon says that she has never been much of a scarf wearer. But I think she does it with panache, don't you?
When I asked Sharon for the story behind her scarf, she said. "No story. I just treated myself to silk." And why not.

Now we think we should have a fashion show when all the shawls are done. Great idea.

Time for Survivor and knitting.

Multiple Projects

Remember a while back, I confessed to working on only one project at a time? Partly, I blamed it on my childhood teachings: Mom never let us start a second craft project until the first was done. And partly, I blamed it on my own personal preference: The more difficult the project, the more I thought it likely to never complete it, if it were set aside for a time.

Loden changed all that.

Discouraged with the lack of FOs while working on Loden and needing a warm sweater for fall, I set aside Loden for --

Diagonal Rib

While Diagonal Rib was being blocked - and supposedly done - I started

the little brown topper for the 'dress that called my name'.

Then of course, I decided to

lengthen Diagonal.

I have gone from being a one-project-person to having on the go -Diagonal, Brown Topper, Loden and the beginnings of a

Black Easy Peasy Shawl.

What's that old saying? "A change is a good as a rest". Maybe I'll be a changed knitter from this experience. A multiple-project-person forever.