Good Morning! or rather afternoon, at this point. Hooray for Saturdays and sleeping in!
I've done very little knitting in the last few weeks, but I am on the verge of starting two new projects. One is a lace tank top, mostly of my own design and the other is a lace scarf. Seeing a theme here? Yes, I can't resist lace. papillon_denuit, is currently working on two garter stitch scarves and I don't know how she does it! I would get so bored.

I meant to start that tank yesterday to coincide with the beginning of the Bejing Olympics, but somehow I didn't get around to it. I'm not sure if anyone is doing it this year, but I participated in the Knitting Olympics during the SaltLake City games a few years ago. That's when I finished my first sweater. I couldn't believe that it only took me the 10 days. I gave it to the_acrobat because it looked awful on me and she seemed to like it. Do you still wear it?

A few weeks ago, we went to the Calgary Stampede. Just our luck, we went on the one day that is poured. Thunder, lightning, hail. They shut down all the rides and everyone crowded inside. For anyone following the news in Alberta, that was the same day that lightning struck a house in Calgary and it burned to the ground. Yes, it was a beautiful day for an outing!
While we were there, we went to see the animals in the barns. There were some adorable lambs, but the highlight was definitely