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

Friday, December 11, 2009

For those who live in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver...Be on the lookout for this loser.

Vancouver women warned as Downtown Eastside killer released

By Katie Mercer, The Province
December 10, 2009 8:38 PM

Vancouver police fear Paul Richard Haley may kill women after his release

from prison. The murderer served his full sentence.

Photograph by: Handout , For The Province

Vancouver Police are warning the public that a violent offender who poses a risk to women is living in the city.
Paul Richard Haley, 40, was released from federal custody after serving his full six-year sentence for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend.

Police say Haley “poses a risk of significant harm to female acquaintances and prospective intimate partners.”

While in custody, Haley was assessed as a high risk to re-offend against women.

He also has a history of domestic violence, including assault, mischief and theft charges.

Haley was deemed too dangerous to be released on parole and such was held in custody for the entirety of his sentence.

Haley had been living with his 19-year-old girlfriend in the Downtown Eastside's Regent Hotel when he killed her with a blunt object in May 2003.

He was originally charged with second-degree murder which was later downgraded to manslaughter.

Police describe him as a white male, five foot nine and 170 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes and tattoos of a dragon and a skull on either side of his neck.

Haley is ordered to abstain from drugs and alcohol, cannot enter any licensed establishment, cannot have contact with sex-trade workers, cannot possess any weapons and must obey a 10 p.m to 6 a.m. curfew.

Anyone witnessing Haley in violation of any of these conditions is asked to call 911.

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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.