Kingstonians

So here I am, in Kingston, knitting, drinking wine and tidbit snacks.  Some would think, "What purgatory!"  Others would think, "What heaven!"  I am in the latter.
I am working on a triangular scarf, in Noro, the Mercedes-Benz of yarn.  I have already finished half of it, and will probably have finished it before the end of the weekend.

I came across the Boyfriend Sweater Curse while knitting/reading today.  Ultimately, it argues that if you knit a boyfriend a sweater, he will inevitably dump you.  The evidence is numerous.  15% of knitters say that the curse is alive and kicking, 41% say that it is a distinct possibility and should be heeded with all caution.  One writer even goes so far as to outline a timeline on which to base your projects for the prospective husband, so he doesn't dump you.

Month 1:  Inquire after his favourite colour
Month 6:  Knit 1 mitten
Month 9: Claim you can't find the pattern
Month 18:  Knit 2nd mitten
Year 2:  Knit scarf
Year 3:  Knit hat to match scarf
Year 4:  Knit socks (there are 2, after all)
Year 5:  No engagement?  Pull out some pretty yarn and knit yourself up something special, It's time to look for a new man.

Personally, I want to have the 2nd ring on my finger before I even buy the yarn for the significant other's sweater.  Buyer beware!  You're getting 1 mitten first!

Have a story that contradicts this theory?  Let's hear it.  Comment on it.

Some random facts about Canada:
~According to the 2001 census, 42.6% of Canadians are Roman Catholic, 23.3% are Protestant, and 16% claim to have no religion.
~Alert, in Nunavut territory, is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world.

~Ice hockey is Canada's official national game.^a The modern game of ice hockey was developed in Canada, based on games that have been played since the tenth century.  (Sarah here:  However, lacrosse was the national sport up until 1994, since then, both lacrosse and ice hockey have shared the honour of national sport.)
~Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world at 151,600 miles  
~North America's earliest undisputed evidence of human activity, 20,000-year-old stone tools and animal bones have been found in caves on the Bluefish River in northern Yukon.  (Me again, I Googled this, and this is what I came up with:  The Blue Fish Caves on the Bluefish River in the northern Yukon contain the earliest evidence of human habitation in North America. Today, some experts believe humans have lived in this region for more than 14,000 years.  Carbon dating is very much unreliable.  For instance, scientists carbon dated bones that they knew were no more than 200 years old, but carbon dating showed them to be 10,000 years.  What's up with that?) 

The list of Canadian artists are never ending.  I won't even begin to get into them, but may I point out that nobody has come from Richmond Hill?  OK, except for Elvis Stojko and Marina Nehmat.  However, Marina Nehmat lives in Oak Ridges, which, depending on what side you're on, is not Richmond Hill.

Check out my friend's blog, Reading Though Austin.

-Sarah
"Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands, and would the rest of you just rattle your jewelery?"