Blek
Paperwork makes me very crabby. Taking small knitting breaks doesn’t seem to help. Stay tuned for happy times and spinning to return tomorrow.
Hearting Portland
Portland….I love you…..Food carts, arts, more food carts, festive coffee, boutique hotels and amazing service (everywhere) A few days, a really quick get away and yeah!!!! Portland. All I can say is that Knit Purl alone was worth the trip. Oddly enough, our hotel was only one block away. Who made that reservation.?
With their own line of yarns and carrying my favourite yarns the Knit Purl is great way to lose many hours in a day….I left the store with several skeins of Shi Bui, thrilled to get it at the source.
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| Shelter – Jarod Flood’s New Yarn |
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| Shi Bui Fabulosity |
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| Habu Goodness |
We left our car at the hotel and did the entire town on food and transit. We made a pilgrimage to Powell’s, spent so much time just taking it all in…Heavenly…and at night, still time to knit and spin in the hotel room. Since I didn’t want this post so picture heavy, here is a collage of our Portand.
I’m busy knitting the Malabrigo that I bought at the Yarn Garden (Portland) in my 2nd favourite colour Velvet Grapes. Favourite colour, Lettuce.
Not All Birthays are Perfect.
This morning we were given an unfriendly gift for our birthday. Universe, thanks for the one less hour sleep that I really could have used.
Other than the rain, and the shortened sleep, our day together was a thoughtful one. We still have all three of our babies and spent a great deal of time in cuddle mode. So close to losing Hadiya this week…It was an awful feeling. Everyone is back to their normal level of irritability looking for the comfiest cushion to claim. Yes, back to normal.
I even got a short studio visit in. I had a dyed top I could not wait to dive into. After that, dinner at our favourite restaurant. That would have been a great way to spend the evening, had my fortune cookie not called me fat. An insult and from a frackin cookie if you please. Okay, I know it’s been a long comfortable winter, but really. I have no choice, I have lifestyle changes to make. I have NEVER in my life NOT listened to a cookie.
Our day will end with its usual customary tarot reading. It’s what I get John for his birthday every year. It’s not like I’m going to knit him a pair of socks, right?
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Serenity
Yeah……love you space channel…Tonight’s jury piece knitting brought to you by Serenity and Nathon Fillon. Where’s my Jayne hat?
Listless
Still working on my list. I am determined to cross most of the issues off today.The 355 has been coming along nicely. I’m pleased to say I’ve amassed quite a collection of hand spun.
Back to the list.
Stop Thief
A visit yesterday to one of Steveston’s many coffee shop turned into a giant knit fest. Kim, Jennifer, Nancy and I settled in for a nice long knitterly afternoon.
I did something unusual, I frogged the cowl I was knitting in a gorgeous purple Malibrigo. I just couldn’t get the look I wanted from the thick and thin yarn. Frack…While I was watching everyone else’s projects grow, my shrunk, then altogether disappeared.
One highlight in our afternoon though. Check out this little 15 month old thief taking off with my new Jordana Paige bag…..so gorgeous even a child wants to steal it!
Back to my evil “to do” list.