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Changed the banner today to reflect the weather. Keeping warm but not knitting.

Finished the mittens for one grandson last month.

The Knitting Room

One knitting shop I like in Calgary is The Knitting Room. They have blog http://theknittingroomcalgary.blogspot.com/.

Their address is

5403 Crowchild Trail NW
Calgary, AB T3B 4Z1

(403) 288-1959

The store carries a large selection of sock yarns and needles.

Finally found an affordable scale

On Thanksgiving weekend, my daughter-in-law asked if we could pick up a tablecloth that she had on hold at Stokes. While there, I asked if they sold any electronic weigh scales. They did, for $25.00. It is just perfect for weighing wool. What you are seeing is one of two balls of wool at 9 gms each for the second mitten in another pair I am presently knitting. The pattern uses yards but I weighted the last pair of mittens to gauge if I had enough wool for this pair. This tip came from a fellow Knitter at our Wednesday night group at the Second Cup.

Another set of mittens

I completed another set of mittens using Holli Yeoh’s pattern called Annie’s Mittens. The yarns used for this pair were

Scheepjes Invicta Extra (colour 1340, a solid grey) and Wildfoote (Master Grey) by Brown Sheep Company.

First Pair of Mittens

Here are photos of my first pair of mittens. I knit two more pairs using the same yarns.

The pattern is Holli Yeoh’s Annie’s Mittens. The yarns used were SISU Maskinvaskbar (8514 – green) and Regia 4-fadig Color. I could not find websites for these companies but there are plenty of yarn shops that sell them and Holli’s patterns.

Altering My Sock Needles

I altered my 3.75 mm set of 8″ dpns yesterday by cutting them down to 6″ and sanded the tips. The cut off ends were sanded as well and I plan on using them as thumb knitting needles. Now reflecting on this experiment perhaps cutting them to 5″ or 51/2″ would have been better.

Toe up socks are completed

These socks were finished on the weekend. The pair doesn’t look very neat even after blocking. However, they fit nicely, feel good, and are warm.

May 21

First blossom.

Gift of Wool

From my grandkids I received the gift of wool in colours that I like. What to make?

Heel Frustration

I finally got one done. The heel is getting to me. The fifth time of ripping and starting again. Finally I ’saw’ the sequence. However, there are holes on one side of the heel. There is something not quite right about the way I am making the purl increase. I even watched the video three times.

Short Row Heel Demo – Lifestyle Toe Up Socks, No wraps!

On the fourth viewing I see that even on the purl row the increase is knit, not purled like I did it. The first heel will stay as is and I hope to get it right with the second sock.