Memories of Norfolk

Some of the first knitting I put up was when I was living in Little Italy. I had some left over Paton's Astra, and knew our little street of Norfolk was pretty bleak. Easy enough to fix...

It's our house in the background, with Preston's archway just out of view to the left.

Today in Yarn Forward, their discount pile included $2 Patons Astra! "Oh hello there!" I said out loud (oh my) and grabbed a selection of High Energy (seen above), Denim Mix and Paint Box Varg. They are thinner than the yarns I usually grab these days, but awesome colours to revisit!

Greyhound Niagara

Another find from Yarn Forward and Sew On was the orange Shetlands Chunky. Although a good portion of it ended up with spray catnip on it, hidden away by 2 crafty kittens... some of it ended up outside the Greyhound station in Niagara Falls.

Half price!

And one smoke for the Boy = one knit for me! Taken from the bus, rollin' out...

Home for the Holidays

Home means a trip to Frenchys, and that usually results in some good finds! This time around, three different shades of blue and a pink!

The pink really won me over because it still had it's label, and the inside of it indicated that it was a fresh new shade of 1970! I wondered briefly about the person who bought it 40 years ago, and the closet it likely sat in for... well... decades. They certainly didn't imagine the gal who would be thrilled to find it for 25¢...

Or where it would end up!

Toronto, for the record, on a brief stop-over outside the greyhound station!

More Patons Quick & Cozy in Action!

I do favour the centretown area. It's my preferred stompin'-grounds, and the knit lasts longer there than other areas. (I'll win over the Glebe sooner or later...)

Current Yarns

Yarn Forward & Sew-On always has some spiffy deals up front, and when I'm lucky they're nice bright colours. Recently, they've had Paton's Quicky & Cozy in a variety of rainbows at half price.

It's Charles-Approved™ and, as advertised, fast to work with.

I picked up three different variegated balls, and one solid yellow (seen neglected in the background above). They knit up nice and I've got a tree I'm scheming on... it'll likely be this stuff, finger-knit, that make it!

Sale yarn, you make my day!

Are there others?

Aside from the Winterlude event that's in it's second year (c/o Spins & Needles), I've only ever seen one independent knit...

It went up about a year ago on Glendale and Percy, right across from a friend's house where I koozied up their front railing. The bright yellow has faded a touch, but it's survived a lot, including the current construction where they pulled it down a bit, but didn't remove it to make room for their markings.

Caught in the act...

I tend to go out at night, and usually alone. But people are always driving, biking, and walking by. I have had cyclist yell encouraging things at me... "yooour artwoRK MAKES Me smiiiiiiiile...." and random people just stop to chat. Police cars have slowed down, but I smile and they don't stop.

I only got heckled once. By a drunk guy who was living above Pizza Shark.

Worth it.