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

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

This is about "The Avenue" here...

118 ave (aka Alberta Ave/The Avenue) is an avenue in Central Edmonton that has faced so much since its decline in the 1970's when the Yellowhead was built. when you turned on the news it was about the seedy side of the community: the crime, the drugs the prostitution.

Well this Ave, which is currently under revitalization, is surrounded by 5 communities: Westwood, Spruce Avenue, Alberta Ave, Delton, Eastwood and Parkdale/Cromdale. The news media actually didn't even talk about the communities it was all about the crime.

This is the trailer for a movie that documents One Year in the revitalization period of the Avenue. I am proud to be a part of this. The movie is scheduled to be released May 2012.

'The Avenue' Documentary Trailer

Cora

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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.