Dijon Bag

If you are in the Toronto area and are into knitting, I suggest that you go to the store Americo Original. If you have followed my blog for a while you will know that last year I decided that I was going to knit myself a bag. Well, that did not work out. I still plan to finish the project...some day. I saw this bag on the website and I just love it. This would be a great bag for the summer.

The summer collection has now been added to the online pattern catalogue. Visit http://www.americo.ca/patterns/ for a peek at the stunning new line of summer sweaters, tanks, vests, shrugs, wraps and bags made from their light and luxurious cotton and fine llama yarns.

When you decide on a perfect project, simply call, e-mail or visit the store to purchase supplies -- patterns are always free.

For our out-of-town customers, shipping is free for the month of May!

Americo Original
416.777.9747
456 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON, M5V 2A8

Golden Globe Awards

It has been almost 6 months since I started working on the bag that I was knitting for myself. I decided to watch the Golden Globe Awards last night which was three hours long as I can never find the time to knit. For some strange reason I find it easier to knit while watching television.

The awards show started at 8:00pm. By 8:10pm I noticed that something was wrong. I made a mistake that I could not fix. I have never completed a project before using circular needles. I did not know what to do. Should I go back to the store Americo Original and ask them for help or unravel the work I had done. I am a beginner knitter. I have only made scarves. Nothing difficult. The bag only required the knit stitch, so it should have been simple. I made the hard decision to unravel the project. It took 20 minutes. For the rest of the evening I just watched the ball of yarn. What to do now?

Happy to see Kate Winslet win two Golden Globe Awards. I first saw her in Heavenly Creatures. Great actress.

I must see Slumdog Millionaire.

A work in progress

I went to a knitting class at Americo Original back in July. I decided that I would make a bag. It is the end of August and I am still not finished. I really have to push myself in September. I would love to use the bag before winter.