Anything Knitted and Crocheted: Alberta has a new landscape this morning...

Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Alberta has a new landscape this morning...

Alberta Progressive Conservative party leadership winner Alison Redford waves to supporters following the results of the leadership race in Edmonton, Oct. 2, 2011.

Photo Credit: Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters

What an interesting couple of months, there have been two leadership races, one for the Liberals and one for the PC. Dr. Raj Sherman won the Liberal leadership race and as a surprise Alison Redford won the PC race lastnight. Alison is now the Premier Designate. Congratulations Ms. Redford, now lets see what you can do.

What we need to work on now is:

Health Care
Education
Oil Sands Sustainability
Oil and Gas Royalties (We receive the lowest royalties ever. If Sara Palin can royalties raised why can't we?)
Helping municipalities to build and maintain infrastructure (hopefully NOT funding a downtown arena in Edmonton)
Affordable Housing issues

I think what I am hearing about having an election within a year is good, at least it won't be during the municipal elections. I do agree we need a budget and throne speech in place to know where Alberta is headed. The next 30 days to be focused on education which should help all the school boards across the province.

I for one will be watching to see what happens next, so exciting that we have our first woman premier!

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.