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stu pendous skip to main skip to sidebar stu pendous after all my years of cheering for puddlemere u imagine my surprise to have been drafted by pride of portree i m loving life on the isle of skye tuesday december 29 2009 package arrived it was very cold here this morning 25 celsius when a poor icicle laden owl landed on my doorstep poor artimus it seems he was delayed by customs in quebec i m not sure how that happened the fastest route to my place would be via toronto perhaps he got some bad directions poor owl we re going to keep him here for a few days so he can defrost and bundle him up well before we send him back dorian was super excited about the package he couldn t wait to break into it the first thing i found was a letter from canada customs s i don t think anything was damaged or missing from the package though here is how it looked i was pretty excited when i found out that antonio was going to be my swap partner he has an uncle who dyes yarn and is pretty good at it as you ll see my package came with two skeins of yarn one from his uncle s paca peds dyed an unbelievable variegated blue and the other a one of a kind semi solid blue worsted weight from lorna s lace i m not sure what i like more the yarns or the felted bag they came with almost as cool as the yarn are the local items he picked out for me mmm i can taste the wings now and the wing sauce is milk free so my poor allergic sister will be able to indulge with me i also got two sets of knit picks harmony needles one for a hat and one for a scarf there was also chocolates yum and a sweater stone thank you so much antonio you re the best posted by stuart at 1 43 pm 2 comments friday december 4 2009 getting ready i placed a big order with knit picks last thursday one of the dangers with knit picks for me is that if the order is being shipped to canada the shipping is a flat rate after the first 20 you spend so once you ve spent that 20 you might as well order as much as you can because it s going to cost the same to get it here note this is very very unusual for american companies shipping to canada knit picks also charges you an extra 10 and takes care of all taxes and duties at the border so there s no risk of terrible surprise charges when the package arrives i picked up some needles for my spoilee a bag kit for a friend in my guild and thirteen balls of the swish worsted in lemongrass heather to make my mom a rogue sweater the order arrived in a great big box today much to my surprise it only took a week to get here which is awesome so with the needles in place i only have a few loose ends to collect up and i m hoping to be able to ship my package out to the lovely enna later this week huzzah posted by stuart at 2 06 pm 2 comments friday november 20 2009 giving thanks like any good canadian i know that thanksgiving really comes in october but i very firmly believe that there is never a bad time to give thanks and to be thankful i am thankful for my partner soon to be husband i am thankful that we ve been able to grow our relationship through good times and bad and that in just over ten months we will exchange wedding vows in front of our friends and family i am thankful for my family my parents celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary this week and i am thankful for their love and the positive example they have set for me i m thankful for my sisters who i can count among my best friends i am thankful for the cat even though right now he loves his dad more than he loves me and even though he keeps unravelling wip socks i am thankful for my house and my car and my job which allows me to have these things i am thankful to be doing something that i love i am thankful for ravelry which has allowed me to meet so many people and to learn so many new things i am thankful to have a swap partner from outside of canada because i can send her lots of things that would be mundane to other canadians but might be exotic and fun to someone else today i picked up two chocolate bars from a canadian chain of chocolate stores and i really hope that she likes them posted by stuart at 12 32 pm no comments friday november 13 2009 updates first things first i believe winnie has visited al mamzar in dubai and cairo in egypt i hope she doesn t accidentally set off any of the curses on the old pyramid now that that s out of the way i can report in on the knitting front i finished my second february lady sweater or as i ve taken to calling it the infernal sweater i love this sweater it looks beautiful it s flattering on lots of people but man oh man is it a snooze to knit sure that s good in the sense that it s easy my knitting group was doing an informal kal for the sweater this summer and i m the only one who has finished so far granted i had a two month vacation this summer in which i had little to do other than knit i can definitely see why so many other people have gotten bogged down knitting it if it weren t for the fact that this second sweater is a gift for my sister i probably would ve given up or shoved it in a drawer in my craft room never to be seen again my next few projects are going to be my handmade item for my partner and a swallowtail shawl for my grandmother i also want to get started on making some tiny ornament sweaters to give to people for christmas if i start early i won t have to cram them into the wee hours of christmas eve right posted by stuart at 5 55 pm no comments friday november 6 2009 getting over the voldemorts ugh just my luck that on the eve of my quidditch career i should come down with a virus it s a muggle sickness naturally so it can t be treated by normal magical means i actually had to go to a muggle walk in clinic and speak to a muggle doctor she told me that i have an unnamed viral infection so we have been calling it the voldemort virus it s likely to be h1n1 or the seasonal flu either way i have been feeling like junk for the last little bit but i am on my way back to health and once i kick this lingering cough i ll be back on a broom in no time i ve been doing a little bit of knitting to stay occupied while i recuperate i have a february lady sweater for my sister that just needs a couple of sleeves which may take a while since i am b o r e d of working on it i also cast on my first pair of socks in almost five months the fascine braid socks now that the weather is getting cooler i m noticing that my storebought socks just don t cut it i m hoping to make some big progress on my kit tomorrow posted by stuart at 5 03 pm no comments thursday october 22 2009 training up what a busy week with training my broom has been acting a bit dodgy lately i think the brake is wearing out and i may well have to buy a new one before the season really gets under way thankfully the signing bonus should take some of the sting out of that major purchase any ideas on brooms i could look into i ve been enjoying reading about our former headmistress s antics on the main blog right now i believe she is at lanarch castle new zealand i m quite envious of that i ve always wanted to go to new zealand but i don t fancy the trip to get there that s a long time to be on a broom if she has a chance she should see if she can find some possum yarn it s quite soft and warm posted by stuart at 7 09 pm 2 comments friday october 16 2009 where s winnie right now winnie is at the ministry of magic in london i wonder what she s doing there posted by stuart at 12 52 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me stuart view my complete profile wishlist wooden bamboo circular needles knit picks harmony or zephyr needle tips any size knit picks options cables any size something local to you something i can t get in canada knit or sewn project bag stitch markers yarn needles i m a chronic needle loser anything owl related i ll add more later i can t think of anything else right now blog archive 2009 9 december 2 package arrived getting ready november 3 october 4 2008 48 november 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