We went to Canada (Eastern Ontario to be precise) in December to visit family and get a chance to actually see Toronto.\u00a0 The last time we went to Toronto was August 2003.\u00a0 The few days we had set aside to do things like go to the ROM were a bust when the entire eastern seaboard was blacked out.\u00a0 Things aren’t open when there’s no power.\u00a0 We did take a tour of the islands in Lake Ontario cause it was one of the few things running, and it was cooler on the lake. I have a whole set from the visit at http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zardra\/sets\/72157612587406314\/<\/a>.\u00a0 I took lots of photos at the ROM of dinosaurs and statues.\u00a0 It was a lot of fun.<\/div>\n It was kind of fun to see snow for the first time in over 10 years.\u00a0 I thought I was done with cold and snow when we moved out to CA, but being in it I realized it wasn’t as cold as I remembered it being, and I really miss seasons.<\/p>\n La’s Boozer was a smash hit.\u00a0 Got to sit around drinking, knitting, and spinning with La<\/a>, Didi<\/a>, Michelle<\/a>, and Rosemary<\/a> (and I’m sorry to say several other people who’s name I either didn’t catch or have completley forgotten by now cause I’m horrible with names). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, I decided that if I was going to get back on the posting wagon, I should try to get back to the posting schedule I had set for myself before the insanity of graduate school dragged me away — … Continue reading ![\"Snow](\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3346\/3198671580_8caa063c30_m.jpg\" "\\"Snow")
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<\/a>In February, there was, of course, Stitches West in Santa Clara. I didn’t sign up for any classes this year, so it was just the market place for me.\u00a0 I tried to concentrate on things that I can’t usually find in the immediate area and also fibers that I haven’t worked with before.\u00a0 I got some madder dyed BFL, some plain targhee, and some merino silk laceweight in Chartreuse’s Sister from <\/a>A Verb for Keeping Warm<\/a>.\u00a0 I got some gorgeous baby camel and silk roving from Red Fish Dye Works<\/a>.\u00a0 I got a huge thing of dyed BFL from Blue Moon Fiber Arts<\/a>.\u00a0 Picked up some blue dyed Wensleydale, some blue carded batts, and a skein of sock yarn from Lisa Souza<\/a>.\u00a0 Got a small ball of merino, silk and qiviut from Windy Valley Muskox<\/a> that I think I’ll make into a cowl.\u00a0 A skein of MadelineTosh sock yarn in Kale from Webs<\/a>.\u00a0 And last, but not least, a skein of sock yarn in Opal from Abstract Fiber<\/a>.\u00a0 Rather amazed at the amount of fiber I was able to get for my budget this year, all of it wonderfully squooshy.<\/p>\n