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Sunday, September 17
The picnic was cancelled due to the horrible weather. Bummer. We're all very disappointed. We were about 2.5 hours into our drive on Friday afternoon when we got the call. We pulled over to the side of the road, I called ahead to cancel our two hotel reservations, then we decided to go to Saskatoon and stay overnight there. We got a nice suite and stayed in, listened to the rain and howling wind, and ordered Chinese food delivered.
Sabby continues to be a good little traveler. We did have to cover her up in the car - it was so cold and damp that even with the heater going so that we were comfortable, her little ears were like ice cubes. I remember seeing a fleece sweater on Chilly Dogs, so once we got home yesterday I ordered her a Chilly Sweater in red, of course. I'm so very impressed with their products. We got Sabby the winter coat and head muff, the rain slicker and now the sweater. They fit her perfectly, cover her hips/rump, they stay in place when we're out walking or she's running around, easy on and off, and so very well made! I didn't balk at the prices because I know I couldn't get the fabrics and sew the damn things - my time and patience is worth more to me than what I've paid for the jackets. Anyway, I've had to wrap the little princess in some fleece throws around the house here because our hovel is really draughty and cold in the winter and on cold, freezing rainy autumn days. So the little sweater will be good for her to wear at night and also in the car.
We visited a new-to-me yarn store yesterday before we left Saskatoon - the Prairie Lily yarn shop. They had a fanastic selection of all sorts of great yarns and wools. I was looking in particular for some Patons Decor to make this afghan with. My Yarn Forward order has been delayed and I can't wait any longer for it. The original colour I was interested in turned out to be quite bland and boring "in the flesh", so I chose one at the opposite end of the spectrum - an autumn variegation with rich, deep greens, rusts, burgundy, etc. I will post a pic once I get the pattern going a bit. I've decided to crochet this ripple afghan. I don't do a lot of crochet - not that I dislike it, just the stuff I enjoy making comes out better being knit. But I like crochet for afghans, too. I'm a little rusty, so I had a couple of false starts last night, but this latest attempt looks like it will be the one. Anyway, here's some other yarn I picked up there:
The colour of the green Astra is actually quite a limey/neony green, but when I tried to tweak the colours to reflect that, it messed with the other yarns' colours. They are all very close to their true colours in the unretouched photo here. I've got a cute idea for a hat with the Astra, I'll have to mess around with that over the next while. The Opal sock yarn - well, I couldn't go to a yarn store and NOT buy sock yarn, could I?! And the kettle dyed merino wool is another Uruguayan brand similar to Malabrigo; this is Rio de la Plata brand, and the colour is M63, yellow corn-fuchsia-red orange. I love the dye job!
As usual, it being Sunday, this is laundry day. I have a really hectic few weeks coming up - I'm at a week-long conference then after that I have two weeks of holidays, but I won't be returning home between the conference and when I start holidays, so I need to get my shit together, write some good lists and make sure the big fella follows them for packing for our vacay. Hmm, on second thought, scratch that. I'll have to pack my own holiday gear and hope he can do the same!
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