Where I was…

Back from the Great White North. To be specific, home of you know who, Toronto, Ontario. Great City, amazingly diverse, and so hip it hurts. I went home for the holidays, and then up to Toronto for Boxing Day and sales. It’s only about a 3 hour drive from my parents home in Michigan.

I remembered to photo this place, this time-

I really like this place. It’s totally teeny teeny tiny inside, like, if 20 people where in there it’d be like the photos of a bunch of people crammed into a phone booth. Great stuff though, I guess you’ve really got to limit what you carry in a small space to the good stuff. 66 1/2 Nassau St. Near Kensington Market, off of College and Spadina, if you’re in the area. I picked up some more of that wonderful fleece artist roving I love so much.

I drove back to Pittsburgh yesterday, I had a show to shoot. If you live near here, you might have heard of these guys,The Clarks. They always have holiday shows, this time it’s 4 in a row. Wednesday-Saturday. I’ll be working three of those nights.
From last night-

and so, so, many more. They give me free reign, and I spend the whole set running around the whole stage area. It’s great.
To see more of my work, go here. It’s still under constuction, but the live section is viewable.

AND, Knitting!!!
I started the cabled slipper sock design.

So far, the going is good. I think that I lost a few brain cells working out that chart, though. For those of you who think knitting from a chart is hairy, trying creating one. Holy crap, my eyes crossed so many times, my brain almost exploded. Really.
It’s very simple so far, I love the picot edge. Never did one of those before. I’ll more than likely make the pattern available eventually. If anyone’s interested. The yarn is Baby Ull, held double. US 3 needles. but I’ll probably revise to a 4, just to make them a bit roomier. I also usually cable without the needle, but I found this fabric too tight and the yarn too slippery for that. I kept dropping the damn stitches without using the needle. Anyway- Happy New Year Knitters!