Monday, last week of Sept

Had quite weekend, today was our first Knitting Bee, there are 4 of us, we get together, once a ,month , for gabbing, good food and some knitting.
today was my turn, as host you serve lunch which is really a meal, with dessert and of course wine, I an knitting on sox now,

Wednesday all day,

I am knitting on the KAL dishcloth no, it is a nice pattern, with a varigated cotton yarn, in green, tan and white, vvery pretty. also knit one for the exchange of another group, in tan with a turkey motif.
I am also knitting on my sweater, the left front but cant seem to get the pattern to reverse, (or may be its my brain that wont reverse ).
when my camera is working again i will put up pictures .

shooting in montreal

One of our colleges in montreal,had shooting today,there were several people shot some serios. they finally shot the gunman.
the college is at the atwater metro (subway). where there are office and shops and food courts. in alexis nihon plaza, dawson college and westmount square which houses office, shops and a medical center, which i went to day for x rays,
when i finished at the clinic i decided to see window shopping . the take the bus home , thank goodness i did as i would of had to pass the college, that is about the time of theshooting.
Last nite was our first guild meeting, we had a large turn out , and i got a lot of knit s for my charity, ( the battered women shelter). we knit scarves, mitts and hats.
we had show and tell, there as alot to see , women made a felt scarf (it looked like the hand made paper, very cool.

swimming day

today my friend M and I going to go seniors swimming, we go every tuesday P,M, for 3 hours
yesterday another friend and I went to my daughter-in-laws to sign up for classes, she ahs a craft store. we signed up for misc, one day class.
tonight is our first guild meeting. sign up and show and tell,
so i am a busy bee

saturday again

Yesterday I went for a course in microsoft excel , only to find out my tape is no good. Today I was suppose to go a jewellery making class and that was cancelled because of not enough people. oh well that is life
Today I will work on my swap bag and try to finish my scarf before the guild meeting. it is sign up night and show and tell, the things we knit in the summer

finished kintting the bag

I finished knitting the bag for the purse swap. my pal wanted a knitting bag, so i made one, have to line it and buy the handles for it,
I just finished reading the Debbie Mccomber latest book in the cedar coves series, now we have to wait a year for the next one, as they are continued stories
Now I'm off to have a nap then knit on my scarf

Saturday's outing

My knitting buddy and my self went to the Brome Fair today, It was a beautiful day for the fair. we met several people we knew. one member from our knitting guild had entered several things in the contest, she won first prize for 2 entries and third prize for one entry.We saw lots of old farm machinery and other things that brought memories of my child hood. Sone very nice horses with the kids riding them. also all of hens, geese etc. baby gosts and baby sheep.
I just found out I won the bingo on the Canadian dish cloth contest,