This is the coffe mug that started it all. Well, sort of. It was at the end of one of those relaxing, fun Friday afternoons at the Marina Mall when the Caribou Coffee lady came to us saying their large coffee mugs are on sale: only Dh15 (around US$4) only! Instead of packing up to leave, we scrambled to get cheap but handy coffee mugs. The plan was to use them as yarn bowls. Hala bought 10 I think and the idea is you get your mug labeled with your name so that you use the same mug every time you visit the cofee shop. Instead of names, she got them to label the mugs like this:
Tag Archives: dubai
It’s been a while
27 NovTrust me to neglect my blog during NaBloPoMo! Work and home have been very hectic and I have resorted to micro-blogging via Facebook and Instagram/Tweeter. It covers the gap but does not necessarily fill the void. I promise to try and get better at this before I forget how to compose a post and add photos, etc.
First things first, babies! Over the last couple of months, two of our beloved Amiras (Louise and Marion) have given birth to beautiful little people. Naturally, we were there to give a baby shower.
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Travelling Suitcase of String
29 OctThe post title refers to the wheely case of hand-dyed yarns that I bring along to our regular local knitting group meetings. Sometimes I even bring two wheely cases!
But first a bit of update on the Yarn Club.
Sign up is still open. I can positively say that there are only 3 places left in the Club. I am back in full-time employment so best not to over reach with regard to the Club. The yarns for the first kit are all dyed up. The Club swag is ready but needs to arrive at my front door. And the pattern is being given final tweaks. I am excited. I hope you are too.
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Knitting weekend
22 AugHello there. Remember me?
Yes, yes, I’ve been absent. Again. What can I say? Knitting is more enjoyable to me these days than blogging. That and the fact that the only computer we have at home right now is a desktop which is fixed in the children’s bedroom. Plus I have to get in a queue to use it.
What have I been doing apart from knitting? Not much. These tiny puffy honeycombs might take over my life and our flat at some point in the near future though. Photo shows Jackie’s and Mel’s combined first efforts to make puffs for their Beekeeper’s Quilt. In Ruth’s adorably geeky and utalitarian fingerprint bowl.
And I survived!
13 AugSorry I have been absent. I have just not had any bloggable whats-it to share. I will get back to it, I promise. Cross my torchlight heart!
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Dubai Knits at ARTE Soukh
7 Aug
I blame the heat and the yarn fumes and what they’ve done to my brain for deciding to participate in the first Ramadan Market of the ARTE Soukh. Yes, I’m doing it!!!
If you are in town next weekend, please come by the Dubai Festival City on the 12th August, Friday and visit Dubai Knits. ARTE (Artisans of the Emirates) supports hand-made crafts by UAE-based artisans. Since it is the Holy Month of Ramadan, ARTE will be held from 6pm to 11pm this time only.
I will be showcasing every yarn currently available in my Etsy shop as well as new colours you may not have seen before. There may or may not be a sneak peek of the first colourway for the planned Yarn Club. I haven’t decided on that one yet. I will also have caked yarns, needles and hooks at the table for an informal “yarn tasting”. So you can try out the yarn before committing to it.
If nothing else, feel free to come and knit with me a while! 
His name is Luca
21 JunLast weekend, we travelled down to The Vet Hospital in Al Quoz as they were hosting an adoption/fostering programme for Feline Friends. Bernie found the advert on 7 Days and thought we’d take a look; not intending to adopt any cats at all. I wasn’t sure if the kids were ready for this kind of responsibility.
It was a swift process; they take your details, ask you some questions to see if you are suitable to adopt or foster a cat. Then they show you to where the cats were kept in their own carrying cases. It was so difficult because each cat we saw was more adorable than the one before! But I knew in my mind that I wanted an older cat, not a kitten definitely because I don’t want to be the one saddled with house-training them.
We were considering one of two brothers, either Bert or Ernie, yeah no kidding! Bert was ginger and Ernie was ginger and white. They were 1-year old and right away I knew they were not for us. Bert was so curious and would not sit or lay still. Ernie refused to get out of the box. So that was that.
We asked to see another cat, an older tabby and we all fell in love with him. Not Bernie right away because he wanted a cat with a tail, and this cat’s tail was cut short, don’t know why. Meet Luca!
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A bit more change
5 JunHave you seen this girl? She’s 15, nearly 16. Five foot, four inches. Wears glasses. Has long dark brown naturally wavy locks. Answers to Eileen, Eibee, Eivy, Ek-bi or Ditche.
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