He is doing the Tour for Kids in August, the full 4 days! I am working on the Camp Quality Summer Comedy Splash! We are both working to raise money for kids with cancer. Part of the proceeds from his tour benefit Camp Quality too! 

Ross is accepting pledges for his tour on byte.org via paypal.

You can purchase tickets for my event by using the form available on the Camp Quality website here.

Check out Yarn Harlot's Canada Day post. Very funny! I love the last point she makes above all. What a fabulous idea!

I must have these cupcakes!

When I got home from my surgery last Wednesday, my summer copy of Interweave Knits was awaiting my arrival!!! I must have that big huge shrug and many of the other things in there. I love the Vintage-Inspired Jacket and Veste Everest. The Fur-Trimmed Wrap is high on my "I wants" list and I love love love the Greek Pullover. So many great patterns in all the magazines over the last couple of issues that I just don't know what to do with myself. I am knitting like mad to complete my secret project (which everyone knows about except the secret receiver) so that I can knit myself a pair of pj's and a tank top! I must confess that the Subscriber-Only Content patterns - are divine. I am so happy that I broke down and got myself a subscription to this magazine. I have come to realize that it is indeed my favourite one, no matter how hard I tried to resist!

On Thursday, Day 1 post-op, my summer issue of Creative Knitting arrived. I love how they have the preview of the current issue on their website. You just go there and you can browse through the magazine just as if you were in Chapters. The upside of being at home is that you can wear your pajamas and drink your coffee from your favourite mug while previewing this knitting magazine. The Basket Weave Preemie Blanket will likely become a dolly blanket for our niece. I love the Splendor Wrap Top and I think Jamma will too. The Hugs & Kisses Ponchette is cute and is a free pattern on the website. I am hoping to make the Just Duckie Blankie for a  co-worker. The Spun Sugar Baby Set is great for any new baby girls on the way and is of a more traditional variety. (Which I happen to love.)

Topping off my knitting pattern fix for the week, is Knitty's Summer Man Issue. I love Kumo for my soon-to-be brother-in-law, Saranac screams "Knit me!" (and spend the next 2 years cursing me), and how about Cargo for nephew-o? Loving Boulder Belt for my skinny better half, and the super-awesome Satchel (also knit for his pleasure). I think Jamma needs Wild Stripes in a larger version for her living room (or bed) and I'd love it for my front porch once I have the junk cleared out and some lovely comfy furniture out there.

(there was just a bird in the back of our house doing funny acrobatic tricks on the telephone wires. I half expected this bird to swing off the wire, catching the feet of another bird and the two of them swinging on the wire...very funny. Silly birdies, acrobatics are for acrobats!  Ok, while I love writing about knitting, this is cutting into my knitting time.