On the Road
I had a wonderful day yesterday. The weather is perfect for spring here in Ann Arbor, and my parents live on 10 acres of wonderful land north of the city. Yesterday was filled with good coffee, birds, yarn stores, tractors and accessory design.
Mom and I only got to wander through one store yesterday: Flying Sheep Yarns. If we were only going to see one store, this store turned out to be a good place to go for two reasons: Opal and Colinette. My only purchase was a skein of CR-10, but I finally got to lay my hands on some Giotto. It's always nice to find fun sock yarn, but finding the Giotto was like falling in love -- this stuff is beautiful. I like the Colinette yarns I have seen, but this is the first one that I have actually thought, Wow...I really need to do something with this!
The day also took us to a bead shop (which I enjoyed, but in which I was unable to find any combinations that really grabbed me for stitch markers) in Plymouth, MI called Plymouth Beading.
We tried to visit the Old Village Yarn Shop (also in Plymouth), but the store closed earlier than we had anticipated.
Because none of the other stores I would like to visit are open today, Mom and I are going to do something else instead... cases for circular needles and double points. Mom has a huge collection of fat quarters for doll making and an extraordinary Husqvarna sewing machine so we're going to spend the morning coming up with some storage solutions for my burgeoning needle collection
oooo that sounds so fun -- and totally something me and my mom would do! i can't wait to see the finished solutions!
Ooooo ,you've been busy ,fixing your calendar,and having fun .Do tell us which colour of Giotto you got [ you beat me to it,but I can still surprise you ;-] ].
Glad you're having a good break. Looking forward to seeing oics of your new needle cases and your purchases.
Don't worry Emma -- I just touched the Giotto, I didn't buy any :-) Now that I know how beautiful it is, I will need to pour over the colors. I have promised myself that I will finish some of my projects before I buy any more yarn for something big!
Wow -- yarn store and bead store! Sounds fun! And this is the first time that I'm using the new commenting system -- very nice. Glad to hear that you are having a nice time in Ann Arbor!