Last night at Sarah's Village
Yarn and Fiber ShopI worked on what will someday
be the World's
Largest Sock. It's big, it's heavy, it's multicolored. It has
to be 12 feet long before the heel turn!
I went to the Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival today. I love petting all the sheep, llamas and yarn. This particular sheep was in seventh heaven having his head scratched. Look how his eyes are closed in happiness. I never met such a personable sheep before.
I bought some yarn of course. The light brown will be a shawl, the dark brown a poncho. I am going through a brown phase.
I have been excitedly sitting on this news for weeks. My
friend Sarah has opened a yarn shop! She and her mom bought the Village
Yarn Shop and moved it from Midtown to East Rochester. It is now called
The Village Yarn
and Fiber Shop!
Aaron and I helped out a couple nights before the
store opened... inventorying the enormous amount of yarn and stocking
shelves. It was all fun and I am so proud of them! It is the cutest,
coziest knitters haven. The Sit & Knitters have a new home!
We stopped by on their opening day to pet the yarn and buy a
few skeins. It really is fabulous and if you are a Rochester knitter,
you gotta go check it out!
I am looking forward to going to Sit & Knit this week.
Between traveling and concerts I haven't been in awhile.
Since Aaron usually comes with me I like to encourage him to
do something crafty too. He did make a stupid
sock creature a bit ago.
I think he should try knitting too. And I saw just the book
for him. Men
Who Knit & the Dogs Who Love Them. Could that be
anymore perfect? I totally think he and Oscar need matchy matchy
knitted sweaters!
I was admiring the ripple blanket made over on Posie Gets Cozy and then was equally impressed when she jumped right into a granny square blanket when I remembered something...
When I was home for the holidays, my grandma gave me an unfinished granny square blanket she got from my great aunt. Jackpot! One third of the squares are finished, two thirds need the tan edging and then all the squares need stitched together.
The colors might not be exactly what I would have chosen, but having the project kick started for me is so worth it. A lot of work has already been done, yet there is enough work that when I finish it I can still claim that I made (part) of it! I just need to get a square to the store to buy matching tan yarn. Hmmm... maybe I am going to discover why my great aunt stopped in the middle.
I was feeling so good about knitting my mittens that I tried another non-square item... a hat. I used Lion Brand Landscapes wool and a pattern from this card deck.
I was excited to try out my pom pom maker to top off my hat. Stewie is obsessed with my hat's pom pom. Sometimes I let him wear the hat and that makes him feel better.
After several years of knitting only square items, I have finally broken out of my comfort zone and started a pair of mittens. The first one is finished and the second one might be done by the time it snows. I am so pleased.
