House Progress

Natalie reminded me at iKnit day that I hadn't updated you on the project house in a while...
Well, since the start of the year we (mostly Tony) have gutted the place and filled 5 of these:

Ever wondered what a house looks like without internal walls, ceilings, plaster and wiring?
Upstairs bedrooms (without the dividing wall which moved when Tony tried to take the plaster off)

The other bedroom - the wall at the end is being extended.

Stairs (and my favourite window)

Lounge - you get the idea!



Tony has built new walls and put a new roof on the outhouse
The old

Demolition

Ready for the bricklayer

New walls and roof joists

Inside

From the top


So far all I have managed to clear the shrubs from the bay window!

Rockies part 2

Here are more of my holiday favourites:
Maligne Lake, near Jasper.

The weather was just amazing that day.

Minnewanka Lake, near Banff

My new hat and jumper near the Athabasca River

Mushrooms, we saw lots. I took a lot of pictures of mushrooms, this is my favourite.

And finally, this is Damson by Ysolda Teague. I wound my most favourite ball of Yarn Yard Toddy at about midnight on night before we flew to Canada.

I'm so glad I did - I love the way the subtle blues and purples work in this shawl.
I knit this through the hours of delays at the airport on the way home, I have never been so glad of long rows!
I used every last cm of yarn too - casting off as we landed back in the UK!

What's next? Well, another Ysolda design of course!

I'm jumping on the bandwagon - it's a Vine Yoke Cardigan from The Twist Collective in Dream in Color Classy.

The Rockies - part 1

I'm back from the most amazing holiday in the Canadian Rockies. I'm slowly sorting through the hundreds of photos. Here are some of the favourites so far.

Free Champagne (and amazing views from our room at Moraine Lake Lodge)


The Classic Lake Louise Shot


Reflections on Lake Agnes - the Larch trees were such an amazing shade of yellow.


One top of the Big Beehive


Walking on a glacier (my favourite part of the holiday- every geography students dream!)


There was also time for knitting! My socktopus sock pattern was mysteriously left at home, so I had to start knitting a hat on the plane. Snapdragon, from Ysolda's WLK2 with the Skein Queen yarn I bought at iKnit. The Rocky Mountain mornings were certainly cold enough to need a woolly hat - luckily it was a very quick knit!
Snapdragon Hat

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