Caribbean Memories

The ocean ... waves of blues, turquoise and greens.

I checked out the websites and saw that I was able to bring my knitting needles along on the plane - great, I thought! and I picked out a pair of straight needles that I could part with, just in case.
;-) ... I knew I had several pairs in this size.

At the airport, we discovered that they needed to go into checked luggage. [sigh] So much for knitting on the plane!

Instead, I knit while sitting in the almost-sun. It was fairly cloudy but who knew that you could get a burn through clouds? Yes, you can.

So here are the dishcloths that I knit while on vacation. As I prepare the photos, I'll be adding these Caribbean Memories dishcloths to my Etsy shop.

This dishcloth was knit on the last day there - while the dark clouds threatened rain and the ocean turned darker shades of blue with just hints of turquoise and green ... ... and that's why I added a strip of variegated colour to the middle of this cloth. It's one of a kind!

Oh, and these photos were snapped on the stucco half-wall of the hotel staircase (not in the sand as they may appear).

Watch for all of these dishcloths to be available at ennadoolf.etsy.com!

Thinking Day and 100 Years of Girl Guides

And quoting the words of the Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada:

"It’s World Thinking Day 2010, a time to show our support for girls and young women around the world. The WAGGGS global theme for World Thinking Day 2010 is girls worldwide say 'together we can end extreme poverty and hunger'.

For Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada Members across the country, Thinking Day is a special time to take pride in belonging to an organization which enables girls to be confident, resourceful and courageous, and to make a difference in the world."

Chris Burton, Chief Commissioner

The 64th London Guides will be making a difference by donating to assist Girl Guides in Haiti.

If you'd like to help as well, please click the Donate button to visit our JustGiving page.

2010 is also a celebration of 100 years of Girl Guides!

Help us celebrate!

Girl Greatness Starts Here!

2010 Vancouver Olympics Medal Count

Thanks to Vancouver2010.com for this great widget.

Fair Isle Mittens to match the Tam

I made a pair of fair isle mittens to match the tam I made last month!

Remember the tam ...


The tam was my first attempt at fair isle knitting so I thought I'd jump right in and use part of the fair isle pattern and put them on mittens!

The hat is now owned by my mom ... and I've sent the mittens to her as a surprise! I hope she likes them!

Teams on Tuesday - Vintage and Supplies

Vintage Market Team on Etsy
If you love vintage, this is your place to shop!

Click here to search for the "vmteam" tags to find lots of great vintage items!

My shop - Vintage And Such - is a member of this great team.




Etsy Supplies Street Team

(aka Team ESST)

Need supplies for your artistic endeavors?
Need patterns?
Need inspiration to create?




Check out the Team ESST shops, including my shop - Patterns And Such - by searching for "team esst" for all your crafting supplies.

Put That in the Rearview Mirror

Has anyone heard this new catch phrase?

"Put that in the rearview mirror"

It refers to something you want to put behind you, or finished projects. aka FOs in knitting terms.

I heard it today. I rather like it today. I wonder how soon I will tire of it?

Like "too much on my plate" - I was tired of that one the first time I heard it!

I wonder what other new catch phrases are popping up this year?

Here's a FO (finished object) from my etsy shop.

Handmade Festival

Website: http://www.handmadefestival.ca

Info from the website:
The Handmade collective, headed by Leia Beland-Rawson, Heather Hargraves and Natalie Wu has been working endlessly putting this amazing event together, and we are overwhelmed by the response from not just the crafting community but the community at large.

Our intention with this festival is to provide a venue for everyone creating anything by hand, to share skills and learn from one another in a free and interactive environment.

This festival and the workshops are available to any skill level, and most workshops are all ages, so please bring your kids!

Now doesn't that sound like something you just can't miss???

Visit the website!
Sign up for workshops!
Enjoy the Handmade Festival!

Free CPR - Scouting for Life

International Online Tracking - Local Post Office List

This is a GREAT list at TooSis' blog.

International Online Tracking - Local Post Office List

They are links to post offices in lots of countries - just in case you ever need to contact any of them. Neat eh? And interesting just to browse around, too. :)

100 Years of Girl Guides!!

Today was the Launch!

to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Girl Guides in Canada!!


So we were at Casa Loma with our Girl Guides.


What a great event!


HUNDREDS of members of Girl Guides - from Sparks and Brownies, to Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers as well as their Leaders, then add some Trefoil Guild members and other adult members who came to celebrate!!


GREAT DAY!!!

Wednesday Wonder - Make a Clear Purse Handle

I've been looking for a clear purse handle to make one more of my ennadoolf purses.

Clear purse handles are not easy to find.

And then I found this tutorial! to make my own!

I may just try it. :D Thank so much to Jezze for posting the tutorial!

Featured in a blog!

Check out the Forest City Crafters!

They did a feature on ~ moi!

Be sure to come back and leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Teams on Tuesday - Meet the Teams

Team ESST has great crafting supplies in member shops. Search the tag team esst on etsy for some great patterns and supplies.

Shop the Etsy Vintage Team during the White Sale from January 10th through January 17th. Search the tag vmteamwhitesale on etsy.

Don't forget the grannies on etsy! Search the tag wwwg team to find some great buys from the shops of the Wild Wise and Witty Grandmamas of Etsy.

Locally, the Forest City Crafters have a wide variety of shops ~ drop on by to check them out. Click for a list of shops to visit.

Here is a link to the Flickr album showing off the great knits of the Etsyknitters team. Search the tag etsyknitters team to purchase some of these fine knits.

Another team keen on fibre and all you can create with it is the EtsyFAST team - Fibre Artists of Etsy! Search the tag etsyfast team to drool over all those fibre-y wonders.

Be sure to visit Etsy Canada as well! Wonderful artisans from coast to coast in this great country!

The above etsy teams brought to you by yours truly and my etsy shops:

ennadoolf.etsy.com

PatternsAndSuch.etsy.com

and

VintageAndSuch.etsy.com

Fair Isle Tam - completed!

The Fair Isle Tam is completed!

:)

I am kind of pleased with how the colours turned out.

You may recall, this is my first attempt at Fair Isle knitting.


In fact, it was my first New Year's resolution to learn it!

Of course, I got a head start on this project back in November when Patons' blog had a KAL (knit-a-long).

Um, there are a couple of boo boos in this finished tam.

Nothing that will impact the wearing of it, of course.


Just cosmetic.

If you're on facebook, come on over and comment if you see what the boo boos are!

Be sure to become a fan of my page while you're there. :)

Super Powers

If you could have a super power, what would it be?


There's a tv show on where Julia Dimon travels to Bogotá Columbia and during this episode she says that the super power she would most like to have is language. I agree! I would love to know any language that is needed to communicate whereever I am in, and in whatever country!

Before I was five, I spoke Dutch fluently and then lost most of it when I learned English. Luckily I can still understand a lot of it! I took the obligatory French in elementary and high school and even a little bit in college. High school offered German and Latin so I took those too. Looking back, its too bad they didn't offer Spanish - "dos cervesa por favor" will only take you so far!

What super power would YOU like to have?