Everything I'm working on is bland. The hoodie (yes, I still love it, and I pretty much knit exclusively on it) is BEIGE.
The Hyrna Herborgar shawl (stalled though it may be, it's still within my sightlines) is BEIGE.
The socks I keep in my bag for lunch time knitting are COFFEE BEAN (just a darker BEIGE).
I NEED SOME COLOUR! And I think some might be coming into my life - Lucky Canuck and I are doing a little swap of things I can get for things she can get. I am ending up with some Socks That Rock Silkie! Woo Hoo! Colour. Now I just have to be good, and not wind it into balls, otherwise I will abandon the Hoodie and start something new.
I do get to play with some colour at our Guild meeting however. I am demonstrating the Turkish cast on for toe up socks. and I have some wonderful Collinette Jitterbug to use as a demo. Hopefully that will satisfy my need.
So, Earth Hour on Saturday. Who participated? I'm quite glad to say that we as a family did. We switched off the lights, and the three of us dined by candlelight. Afterwards we went for a walk around the neighbourhood (as did a lot of people, it seemed!) We noticed quite a few homes lit only by candles, or completely dark (should we wonder what they were doing for entertainment?). But we also noticed a fair number of homes pretty lit up. Some were funny - candles on the inside, outside lights just a blazing. Or lights off, but the tell tale blue glow of a TV set. I guess if you want to get picky - it was about turning off LIGHTS. I'm not sure it mentioned anything about TV sets, but come on - if you're going to do this, you turn off everything. I have to say, we stopped short of unplugging all appliances that had digital clocks - resetting those would have been a huge pain. But my son enjoyed it (the highlight being watching us s-l-o-w-l-y walk down the driveway so as not to set off our outside motion lights. We all succeeded.)
So is Earth Hour a gimmick? SUre it is. But if it raises some awareness, then it's a good gimmick. I'm trying very hard to teach both my boys (the 9 year old and the 49 year old) to turn off things when not in use. Both of them have a tendancy to leave a TV on in a room when they leave. Drives me nuts. But they're getting better. And maybe others are too.
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David Suzuki said Hockey Night in Canada was exempt from Earth Hour. So we watched it in the dark. I did go around turning off power bars for the computer and router and a couple of other things though.
We participated. We turned off all electronics and lights and went for a walk to the local Tim Hortons (about a mile away). The neighbourhood houses seemed dark, but all the street lights were still on. The Hortons had actually turned down some of their lights, so that was good.
I remembered a little late but we did it for about 30 minutes. Noone else in my neighborhood turned their lights off. I may try to drum up some interest next year. Even DH, who has a vision problem in good lighting got into the spirit. He did forbid me to unplug the oven but most everything else was unplugged.
the hubster has a problem remembering to turn off the bathroom light. Although he remembered for earth hour. So maybe he's pulling my chain?
I turned off my lights but being a fourplex, I had to leave on the outside motion lights for the tenants. I participated in fear of reprisal if I did NOT do it. Our whole 'hood was dark. And I must say, 4 tealights in a dish were bright enough to enable me to put away my laundry and read a magazine.
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