Monthly Archives: June 2013

Saturday spinning update: Le Tour!

Posted on June 29, 2013 by natalie

Today is the start of the 100th Tour de France. It’s also the beginning of the Tour de France KAL of my Père Lachaise Shawl (in my Ravelry Group). It’s also the start of the Tour de Fleece – basically a spin-along … Continue reading →

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Art Deco in Montreal

Posted on June 25, 2013 by natalie

It’s been almost 2 weeks since my friend Louise & I visited Montreal, but now that I’ve been through all the pictures I can finally show you a little of our Art Deco tour of the downtown. We drove to … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: BFL

Posted on June 22, 2013 by natalie

This week I managed to finish up spinning the Turtlepurl BFL that I started last week. Here are the happy full bobbins: I plied them together, stopping frequently to admire the sheen and the subtle changes. I’ve got almost 500 … Continue reading →

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Tour de France KAL 2013: details and prizes

Posted on June 21, 2013 by natalie

It’s almost time! The 100th Tour de France begins on June 29th in Corsica, and so on June 29th my fourth annual Tour de France Knit Along (KAL) begins. It will run until July 21st, 2013. This year’s pattern is … Continue reading →

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Forced appreciation of architecture

Posted on June 18, 2013 by natalie

The Doors Open Ottawa event was just a couple of weekends ago, and I took the kids out to the Lemieux Island Water Purification Plant. On the way out the kids were asking exactly where I was taking them, so … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: a little spinning is better than none

Posted on June 15, 2013 by natalie

I didn’t get up to much spinning this week, but I did get a new braid out and got it started. I’ve been spinning up a lot of new things lately, but this week I went back to something known … Continue reading →

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Père Lachaise shawl revealed

Posted on June 11, 2013 by natalie

One of the things that I wanted to do in taking pictures of the Père Lachaise shawl was to try to recapture the feeling that I had when I was at the cemetery. It was a fairly warm and humid … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: plied

Posted on June 8, 2013 by natalie

I managed to get all 3 lots of Finnish roving & the 1 lot of Norwegian roving spun & plied this week. Each skein is around 50g and is about 100-110 yards. I found the Norwegian was easier to spin … Continue reading →

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Tour de France KAL: design process and peek at the prizes

Posted on June 7, 2013 by natalie

As I have previously mentioned, I’m going to be running my fourth annual Tour de France Knit Along very soon. It will run during the Tour de France: June 29th – July 21st, 2013. This year’s pattern is based on … Continue reading →

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My Toronto Art Deco Trip – finale

Posted on June 4, 2013 by natalie

(continuing on from part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4 of my trip to Toronto) At the relatively early hour of 9:30 am I had completed my downtown walking tour of Art Deco buildings. Last on the list was a … Continue reading →

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