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(Saturday, April 25, 2009 – very sunny in the morning and afternoon, but with thunderstorm in the evening! )
I really enjoyed today’s trip to the frolic.
First of all, I woke up at five thirty because Erika ’s up at that time. But luckily we were able to sleep back till seven.
Then, after the breakfast I dropped Erika off to my friend’s place. And I went to the frolic all by myself. I arrived there at nine sharp. There were already lined up with people for admission.
This was my first time to attend this and gave me a good impression.
The location is good with the essence of Japanese taste (inside Japanese cultural centre). they had mainly three big rooms for the vendors.
I knew few of them because they were actually from our LYS. I was quite interested in the other ones. Because I didn’t get a chance to visit them.
Personally , I do love the Black Lamb yarn, they have lots of nice roving for me to choose. I bought two bags of superwash Merino and a bag of milk fiber. They are just gorgeous and super soft to touch.
I did go to the booth from Gemini fiber, they have so many handmade drop spindles, and I asked the expert there to show me which is suitable for a beginner. And she told me that the heavier weight is better as it will be easier to control. And I’ve got one which is also the most expensive thing that I’ve got from the show.
I also love the Oceanwinds knit, I went to that booth many times to look at her merion seacell, it is so pretty! But finally I only bought one roving from them, because the seacell yarn is not cheap though.
I was very happy that I met some friends and ravelry’s fellows there. I must mention about Robyn, she brought Mack and Amy with her drivind all the way from Quebec to Toronto for the show! I finally saw my swap pal! And I was happy that I could take picture with her and Mack. Mack is super cute, I really didn’t want to put him down. Haha!
I also met Michelle, Nancy, and Deb too .. 
I left the show at Eleven, and went to my friend’s place to pick up Erika. Wow, they had a good time too. Since the weather was so good in the morning , they brought Erika to the park for some fun. So , by the time I drove back home for lunch, she slept.
After the lunch and Erika’s up again, we went to the frolic one more time.
IT’s a great 2nd trip , there were less knitters there ,but could shop freely without squeezing myself in the crowd to look for yarn.
Erika was happy to this frolic too, she said hi to most people, and she especially loves the baskets of Yarn in Purple purl booth. I took a short video for her and also some pics.
I like The Purple purl idea: they gave a purple necklace for people who buy yarns from them. Isn’t that cool ? They gave ERika one of those, and she loves that she didn’t want to remove it from her hand until the end of the day!
Overall, I was quite impressed for the frolic, lots of yarn to see and touch, and I especially love the fiber, I could able to buy MILK FIbER too. I knew that I couldn’t try that until I get used to the wool spinning. The milk fiber is as soft and silky as the silk fiber.
(Sunday, April 26th, 2009)
However, today’s weather (SUNDAY) was so bad here with cloud and rain outside. Which means it’s hard for me to capture my treasure from the frolic with natural light source.
I will try to list out the stuffs first, and pictures will follow later.
List of my treasure from the Frolic:
1) The Black Lamb Soy Silk, very pretty colorway, and looks like seasilk.
2) 2 x Manos from THe Purple Purl, I love this colorway and wanted to use it for a ’so called scarf’ for myself.
3) A messenger bag from Shall We Knit? I love the Brown base color with the graphics on top. It’s just a perfect size for me to use it while taking Erika out to the park.
4) A drop spindle from Gemini Fibers, and a bag of roving for my swap partner.
5) a skein of Tanis Fiber Arts’ 100% Superwash merino roving. my favorite purple/pink colorway! YAY!
6) A 225 grams bag of Milk roving , undyed. Extremly soft fiber, you will love it!
7) 2 x felted little purses from Serenity Knits, one is for my swap partner, and the other one is for myself.
2 x shawl pins (wooden) from Nake sheep, love the designs, simple yet cute
9) 2 x superwash merino roving from The Black Lamb, one is in plum, and the other one is Orchid. BOth of very soft and pretty.
10) 1 skein of Ocean wind knits Merino roving. EXTREMELY SOFT and I just adore this colorway! I can’t wait to see how it woud look like after spinning!
11) 2 skeins of Habu Cashmere, they are on sale at “Needles and Pin”. .wow, can’t believe it , only $6 each! it’s 180 meters each. So, I can use two to make a little shawl.
12) last but not least, 2 skeins of Noro cash island. I used this yarn before for the crocheted Queen anne’s scarf, it looks really pretty, so, since they were on sales again, so, I bought two. I will make that scarf again! (the one that I made before was sold to someone who loves it.)
Wow.. my list is long.
but, I was very satisfied of what I’ve purchased, they were many for spinning, but I am sure that I will enjoy both spinning and knitting.
(able to take pics for the treasure! here you go!)
1. pollika shawl pins, 2. soysilk, 3. tanis fiber arts roving, 4. spindle, 5. oceanwind merino roving, 6. noro cash island, 7. superwash ORCHID roving, 8. Superwash PLUM roving, 9. habu cashmere, 10. milk roving, 11. manos , 12. messenger bag, 13. felted purse, 14. FA roving, 15. Knitter frolic 002 – Copy, 16. Knitter frolic 014 – Copy
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I received two packages today!
what a surprise when I opened the mailbox!
First, I opened the first parcel from Norway, it’s a beautiful scarf made by my scarf exchange partner, Marianne.
She outdid this for me!
1) my favorite color: purple, the pattern for the scarf is very beautiful with a cable in the middle and rounded ends.
It’s so pretty with the crocheted flower with shawl pin.
2) she also added 3 balls of yarn, two from Drop designs, the Alpaca , and the other ball is silk alpaca, very soft and bright color.
3) the chocolate from Norway , can I say more? I really love chocolates. 
Then, I opened the second parcel, it’s from my secret pal 13 partner, she knew that I am leaving to China very soon, so, she kindly consider that and made a very special gift for me. She made many things for me , hey, it’s ONE of A KIND!!
1) few dish cloths, which is very functional for me to use them in the kitchen.
2) a very very fine lace work: dolly, I don’t think I can do that in my life, the ‘thread’ she used is really fine. I really admire my partner who really did a good job on it.
3) a very big , beautiful shawl made by my partner again, it’s a crocheted shawl, it’s gorgeous. When I showed it to my husband, he couldn’t wait to take this picture for me.
4) two packs of Lindt dark chocolate (yummy! my partner is worried if it’s too dark for me, no , I like it, I like the little ‘bitterness’ of the dark chocolate!
5) a pair of circular needles, she is so thoughtful that she knows that I will travel to China, and she bought me a pair of ‘plastic’ ones that is SAFE on the flight! Thanks!
6) a hook, with a fancy top , which she said that I can use it as a shawl pin. Yeah, I agree with her.
7) a skein of Knitpicks yarn, this is my first time to receive BROWN color yarn, and I actually want to buy one , because my daughter looks good in brown, hey pal, you read my mind!
last but not least, a box of Lace knitting cards, I did think about buying this on my own when I saw them in the bookstore, but, I put it back as I thought I had too many patterns. Ha, you’ve got me this set of cards, thanks, I will bring them with me to China.
Thanks… pals, you guys really know my taste! I love them all.
and your packages just brightened up my day, and gave me SO MUCH MORE energy to pack my stuffs for the move!
I told myself not to go to the mall today, because I know that it will be very crowded starting from the PARKING LOT…
I passed by “Markville Mall” which is only 3 minutes driving from my house. WOW, at 9:30am, the parking lot was already FULL! I think it’s very crowded inside the mall with long line ups for cashier!!
So, I changed my mind and went to Aurora’s Serenity Knits and checked out their boxing day sale. I actually checked their website before I went. And they had some decent sales on some famous yarn such as “Handmaiden, Fleece artist and Koigu” , of course, they were many more other good deals, but I wasn’t very interested.
I bought a skein of sea silk (I knew that I won’t able to find them in Asia.), a skein of Fleece artist sea wool, few skeins of Koigu and also a book of Nashua knits, it’s a book for accessories knitting. I wanted to knit a pair of easy mittens by using “JOY” yarn.
The best part to go to this store is: I love the store ladies there, they are so friendly, and they even took pictures for Erika.
I will check out their blog later and see her picture there.
When I was on the way back to Markham, I was on HWY 404, the sudden snowing made the road very slippery and I saw that there was a car “flipped upside down” on the side of HWY 404.. What a bad accident !!!
I felt so blessed that we were safe on the road.
THen, in the afternoon , I went to Chapters with Erika , she loves the train so much and I bought her there for some fun.
At the same time, I bought her two hardcover books (because all hard covers were 30% off!) too.
:>
That’s all my deals on boxing day.
How about you then?
I am going to destash more yarn …
why? due to some changes in my family, so, I want to sell them as soon as possible.
I put them up in my Ravelry’s ‘trade/sell’ page, if you have an account in Ravelry, please check it out and see if you are interested in anything …
I will ship to anywhere , the prices do not include shipping cost, just PM me and I will calculate the cost for you.
I do accept paypal as well.
For those who doesn’t have a Ravelry’s account, take a look of the picture, and leave me a message if you are interested in anything there!
I will have more to destash in the future , keep an eye on them!
IF I can’t sell them all in Ravelry, I will put them up in my ebay …
I think I will wait for 2 weeks until I move them to ebay…
The Swell yarn (lilac) is GONE,
Debbie Bliss are gone (except the cashmere).
Zitron is gone.
Kauni(s) are gone.
While I came out from the bathroom this morning, the door bell rang…. I was so surprised ( so did Erika!)
It was a package from Delena (from Knitter’s treasure swap)!!
It’s a very yummy package !!
handmade mug warmer!
She did great job on handmade stuffs and also gave me lots of chocolate treats (Godiva!!) and hot chocolate mix.
Fan crochet bookmark handmade by Delana
The yarn is very yummy and colorful with Misti alpaca and Claudia handpainted yarn!
Misti alpaca fingering and Claudia handpainted sport weight yarn
There are also some knitting and sewing notions that I always lack of (even though I have , I don’t know where i put them… it’s every where in my house I guess.. haha)
pin cushion and other knitting/sewing notions
One knitting book called “Knit so fine”… and a magazine from Europe!
Verena magazine and KNIT SO FINE book
Can you believe this?
it’s soooo yummy!!
and she is so generous!!: )
Thanks Delana , I am totally spoiled!
