I was asked by Yarn Canada to review some Red Heart Scrubby yarn they sent me.  I have to confess, I have never knit with Red Heart yarn before let alone, a yarn that looked ‘scratchy’.  But, I was ready for the challenge! As you can see, it says that this yarn is great for dishcloths, right on the ball band.  I wanted to test out that claim. I received three different colored balls of Scrubby and I could knit or crochet a… Read more »

Vancouver’s very own fiber festival, Knit City, was this past weekend and what a great festival it was! There was much yarn and fiber to be squished and a wonderful gathering of designers, fiber artists and all-round yarn enthusiasts.  There were also various demos and classes (didn’t sign up for any this time).  Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera with me, so no pictures of the actual vendors and artisans and yarn, yarn, yarn.  I left with quite a… Read more »

Only 3 hours south of us by car is Seattle.  We took an impulse road trip there last weekend and it was fun!  I love unplanned adventures like this and the kids were great about playing along. My favorite Seattle sight was Pike Place Market especially the flying fish with the singing fishmongers.  Check out these funny lamp men!! Wonderful stuff all around Post Alley outside Pike Place Market was very interesting with the famous Great Wall of Gum and fantastic graffiti. Ewww germy and… Read more »