another memorial day weekend and more rain!!
ugh! gray, overcast skies certainly don't inspire one to get outside and do much of anything.
i spent part of the weekend at the beach, seaside to be exact, watching the blue-gray waves pound onto the grayed sand. since beach combing on a bummer of a day was not appealing, what else to do but go yarn shopping!! yippee!!
first stop was creative beginnings in seaside. entering with rowan 'calmer' on my mind, i left with about 100 bucks worth of yarn (and no rowan 'calmer').
next day, the lys of choice was coastal yarns in cannon beach. after a delicious breakfast of blueberry pancakes at 'the local', my rowan 'calmer' search continued but to no avail. i did, however, manage to find a few other yarns that i couldn't live without!! after fondling many new yarns and old faves, i dropped another 100+ on yarn i can't possibly live without!
but, still no rowan 'calmer'! i've found some wonderful replacements but will they really fit the bill? i hope so but if not, i can always hit the local yarn shops in the pdx area!!
when not shopping, knittin' was the rule of the day!
currently i am working on no less than 4 projects and having to fight the urge to start another one. i've made a deal with myself that i must finish something before i can attach any yarn to needles!! i'm sure it won't be long as i am 'roundin' third and headin' for home' on the little blue silk shrug from lace style. i'm using a bamboo yarn that i frogged from a top that didn't make the cut last summer. wise idea, as i am much happier with this outcome! i am hoping that one of my nieces will like it - it's been a quick and simple knit with a lace pattern that was extremely easy to memorize - a bonus for this ageing brain!
as i am starring out the window watching it rain, again, this weather has me wondering if memorial day really is the start of the summer season. maybe it just might be the 4th of july!
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