More Squiggles and Doggie

On the hook

1st Granny Square
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

This is my first granny square. I'm going to make a big throw soon. Or at least start one gigantic granny square, it'll be the project between projects!

my new shoes

my new shoes
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

They're so new, they're actually still in the bag. I may not wear them until next year...I didn't even finish typing those few words when I thought...yeah right, I'll be wearing them tomorrow!

On the needles 30.10.05

On the needles 30.10.05
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

This is what's on the needles this week.I'll have to showcase it when its done. I may call it...Always on the Run.

Felted Bracelet

Felted Bracelet
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

The ring...started off as a bracelet but then I noticed everyone else was making one, so I changed it up into a ring. And then came, this creation. The colour choice wasn't the greated, but I've got the wool sausage. I'll be making more of these...and I must say, no one elses looked like this. I'm not sure if thats good or bad.

Felted Ring

Felted Ring
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Today I took my felting class, the class lasted about 30 min and the other 1.5 hours was create your own thing. But the highlight was the end when I ended up with my two felted pieces of jewelry and the roving grab at the end.

Introducing...

Happy Go Lucky! Not quite finished yet, because it needs some fringe, not the purple one!

Purple Squiggle

Purple Squiggle
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Its going to be fringe. I just have to make about ten more in the appropriate colour.

Fleece Artist Roving

Fleece Artist Roving
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

More roving! I'm going to make a purse out of this, I may wait until the Christmas break though. I have alot of projects on the go right now. So pretty!

Yarn from Uruguay

This yarn is from Malabrigo in Uruguay. The first skien is called Lime Blue, then Amoroso, and finally Tiger Lily. Check out their selection at www.malabrigoyarn.com

Quilt for Allyson

Where's Gromit?

Where's Gromit?
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Feathers is comforting Wallace in the absence of Gromit. Poor Wallace,he looks so distraught!

And how many different colours do you see?

colourful sausage
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

If I didn't...

If I didn't already have two other projects on the go (one with a bit of a deadline) I'd be felting tonight. I'll just have to wait and look at all my pretty wool. Thanks, Jude for the wool sausage, there are so many colours. I took a pic of the end to show all the wonderful colours, but alas, again I took another blurry shot! I'll do it again and we can play the "how many colours are there?" game! So for now, I'm just gonna post my pretty roving wool (not in sausage form).

Revised and Revisited

Chinatown Red revised
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I had a big problem with the original Chinatown Red. So, I took it apart and made this scarf. AKA: Chinatown Red II

The WOOL Sausage is HERE!

Memories of Las Vegas

These were the penny and nickel slots I played and won on. I'm such a high roller!

Scarves out West

Scarves out West
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

When J said she took some pics of the scarves, I never thought they'd be so "artsy"...this is the first time someone has sent me a pic of them in the scarf, perhaps its because they knew I'd blog it! Telly's A Grouch and red.hot.sizzle look even better on these beauties, than on a table or park bench!

On the needles

On the needles
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

This is what I'm currently knitting, I'm not sure how much I like it, but knowing me I'll knit two balls of it before I decide to pull it apart. How does it look so far??

Egg Felting Kit

Egg Felting Kit
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I also got this kit, but I'm going to wait until I figure out how to needle felt before I make these! Plus Easter is a even further away than Christmas!!

This ain't no wool sausage!

In the Bag
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I'm still waiting on my wool sausage from the Netherlands, a wonderful gift from my sister for Christmas, which I know is months away. So for now, I get to use my wonderful colour samples of wool from BC.

If only...

Crocs
Originally uploaded by jovenfuego.

I could have a pair in every colour! I'm not sure I'm bold enough for the yellow pair. Check out the cute attachements you can get for them too at Jibbitz

I believe there is going to be some sort of Croc phenomenon, so you may as well personalize your pair before another Birk mishap*.

*Almost all my friends own a pair of two strap brown birks, and when we all gather, and the birkenstocks pile up, no one knows who's are who's!

Can't get enough

Correction two!

After browsing my sisters blogs, I think that my previous kudos to Allison, should be:

(I've never been much of a speller)

Handspun Goodness

Handspun 6
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

When I arrived at work today, I found that while I was on vacation, my yarn from South Africa arrived. It was described on ebay as Rainbow Coloured Handspun Dyed Wool Merino Yarn, search for yourself.

Correction

Amy Butler Quilt
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I previously posted this under "More Kaffe" its actually a quilt made from Amy Butler fabrics.

M & M World in Vegas

M & M World in Vegas
Originally uploaded by shookiemookie.

I've borrowed this pic from a flickr member who found a picture I posted of the baked goods he made at Jean Phillipe's at the Bellagio! What a small world.

All in the Family

Pic C
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

These two scarves now reside in Ottawa. For mother and daughter, the larger scarf is knit with a three strans of fine seed yarn. A combination of a gold, rose and varigated stran.The smaller one with tassles has a fourth stran or light pink throughout.

Pretty Little Things

My New Thread

My New Thread
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

More thread than I can use in my entire life, but look at all the pretty colours! Not to mention that thread I bought from ebay earlier this year. Seriously though, there were over 80 colours to choose from and when the price drops when you buy multiples, who can resist! (I can almost envision the comment I'm going to get for this one!)

And of course

You had to know the next thing you were going to see is a basket I weaved myself. It was fun, the fascination is pretty much over. However the kit came with two to weave, so there will be another!

Baskets Galore

I saw these baskets at the show yesterday, I've always had an interest in basket weaving, as some of you may know from all the wire baskets I made about five years ago. Alas, those were the days when nothing I made was documented, along with all the jewelery and beading I was doing. I love blogging :)

Victoria Secret Angel

She was the closest thing to a showgirl I saw in Vegas, even if she's just a store front mannequin.

Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay

The line up to get in wasn't 400 people deep at the Shark Reef like the last time I went to Las Vegas, granted it was a weekend and the National Rodeo Convention was going on in the hotel then. Being midweek with no conventions this time, we went in and saw all the pretty fish. These were the only pictures that worked out. Good thing I had that grande memory stick in my cam!

Actual LV Dining

As much as my mum would have liked it if I took pictures of the buffets we went to, I just couldn't bring myself to do it, even though I took pictures of other food stuffs. And because Jane is wondering where I did eat? It goes something like this:
Monday- Breakfast: Buffet at the MGM (not too bad), Lunch/Dinner: some horrible burger place in the Aladdin Shop Forum (I think it was called Cheese Burgers) Tuesday - Breakfast: Buffet at Paris (absolutely amazing), Mid afternoon snack: Stage Deli at the MGM, Dinner: (before seeing Ka - the newest Cirque du Soliel show in Vegas - which by the way is different from the rest and just as spectacular) Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill Wednesday- Lunch: Buffet at Mandalay Bay (also pretty impressive)

Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill @ The MGM Grand

yuMMy

yuMMy
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

It took a day but I finally unpacked, does this mean I'm learning how to relax? Normally I would have done it 5 minutes in the door, it could have been the 8 hour sleep I had yesterday (jetlag, I don't know how anyone can travel for business). I was totally messed up. Anyways, the only thing other than the MGM playing cards that I bought...oh wait, the brown crocs, was this lovely bag of M&M's. There were over 30 colours to choose from, but there were 100 people standing infront of the dispensers...so no pic!

More for the stash

Floral Fabric and Yarn
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Look what I picked up at the show, I also got a thing like a bedazzler, but for crystals, is that still a bedazzler?? Not sure when I'll ever use it, maybe I'll use the Swarovski crystals that came with it and make a t-shirt with *tsai* on it!

More Kaffe

Today I went to the Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival and came across a whole Kaffe booth, infact three. I started taking a couple photos, and was politely told that they weren't allowed. At least I got a few snaps in before I put the cam away.

Crocodile Shoes

A croc at Shark Reef
My new comfy Crocs!

www.crocs.com

Wonka who?

Jean Phillipes Chocolate Fountain
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Chocolate was pouring from the ceilings down this glass fountain, I couldn't get it all in one shot and I'm too tired to put make it into one. There was this picture what was good, until someone stuck his arm out to say "coming through".....tourists! So its a pic of the chocolate fountain and some hairy mans arm.

Gelato in the Venetian

Gelato
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

If I wanted to take a picture of the chocolate gelato (about 20 different types) I would have had to body check the crowds surrounding the counter. Apparently chocolate is more popular at 10 am than the fruit ones...or maybe that was where the "place your order" here was? Gelato is my friend!

Wynn Lanterns

The Wynn's indoor garden

While I was taking picture, I noticed that the Floral Crew was lowering each of these flower balls one by one and replacing any wilting stems, there were probably 100 of these throughout the garden and thousands of stems per sphere.

Welcoming the Wynn

There wasn't as much time as I would have liked to spend at the Wynn, this was as far north I went on the strip...oh yeah there is a monorail now, so convenient! Anyways, the Wynn Resort and Casino is gorgeous, I only focused on two subjects in the hotel itself: 1. the indoor garden outside the casino area and 2. the lanterns. From the monorail, which we took from the MGM to then Stratosphere you could see the Wynn's golf course...gorgeous.

All the pools and gardens on the strip are spectacular. I highly recommend a three day tour of the strip itself, or a week if you want to really take your time checking out the hotels. This is the second time I've been and it was awesome. I will definately take my time at the Wynn the next time I'm in Vegas.

Rose petal fantasies

Only in Vegas can 1/5 of prime retail be used as the cooridor into a restaurant. I'm not sure if I was in the Caesar Forum or if this was in the shops at the Venetian, so it will remain nameless. If anyone recognizes this restaurant, let me know!

The Various Hotels on the Strip

The Venetian Resort and Casino from the Venetian
The Mirage Resort and Casino from the Venetian The Paris Resort and Casino from The Bellagio
TI, aka Treasure Island from the Venetian
The Bellagio Resort and Casino & Caesars Palace

Dusk shots

Paris and the strip at dusk.
Monte Carlo Resort and CasinoThe famous M&M Store

Shibuya at the MGM

After many attempts of catching the big blue fish that kept swimming by, I got the tail and the head, imagine it together if you must. Note: when the restaurant is open at night the every changing graphics on the screen above the sushi bar are spectacular. These pics were taken at 7am, I never did get used to the time change. For example, at 11pm at night I would say, its only 11 (in reality it was 2am) but at 5am I'd wake up and think, wow, I've slept in its 8am back in Toronto, so I'd jolt out of bed and worry about wasting the day! Ugh, no wonder I just slept all day and now I can't sleep because its only 9pm in Vegas!

SEABLUE

MGM and its Fine Dining

This is where we stayed, and these are the fine restaurants I got to see at the MGM Grand.Emeril's
Nobhill
Diego's

L'Atelier du Joel Robuchon

Hail Caesar!

Dozens of blurry photos!

Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay

The only fish that didn't move around while I tried to take pictures!

Blythe Moment

Walking through Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay, something about 10 feet above my head caught my eye, funny when at the time I should have been looking down and the reptile tank or fishes, not even sure anymore after I saw this. I had my every own wanna-be-blythe moment. Until I made my way to the gift shop and saw these Barbie look alike swimmers!

Conservatory at the Bellagio

Hundreds of pumpkins and more apples than you can imagine. They change each and every apple as they naturally grow old, yes they're real! And the suspended glass leaves are over $10,000 a piece.

Pretty Food Stuff

Viva Las Vegas

Here are my pics from Las Vegas, we had a great time, I broke even on the slots, took many pictures here are some highlights. (My new memory stick came in handy, but it drained the batteries like crazy!)

Things I missed while in Vegas

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad - October 10
Happy Birthday Jude! - October 11
and
Congratulations - Birth of Allison - October 10

the Warm Clan

warms1
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Just like the cools, the warms enjoyed the pleasant autumn breeze and lazing around for a quick group pic.

the Cool Family

cools 2
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

I took my scarves out this weekend for a family photo, they quite enjoyed it.

red.hot.sizzle

step one and two
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

red.hot.sizzle will soon be joining its cousin Telly's a Grouch in Calgary. This scarf is made with a varigated wool and over 200 fringe is added as a finishing touch.

Chinatown Red

chinatown red
Originally uploaded by tsaiware.

Chinatown Red was inspired by what I saw at distill at the The Distillery District a couple weekends ago. This neck embellishment isn't quite thick enough for a scarf, but its definately an eye catcher. Made from over a dozen types of yarn, Chinatown Red will definately get your attention.