ROAD TRIP!!!

Last week J & I had made plans to take a road trip to visit to visit Knit-n-Knibble and Uncommon Threads in Tampa. We realized after we had made the plans that Knit-n-Knibble’s annual birthday sale was that day (woohoo!). With DH in tow, – well, actually he was towing us because he was the driver for the day – we headed to Tampa. We arrived at Knit-Knibble around 11ish. OH MY GOODNESS! It was a mad house! It was almost like Target on black Friday – on a smaller scale, of course. I bought a couple balls of Jade Sapphire Lacey Lamb for MS3, a skein of Mountain Colors Barefoot and a Noni purse pattern. Ironically, I bought less than J here. Next, we made the drive to Uncommon Threads in Palm Harbor with hopes of fondling and purchasing some spinning fibers and weaving yarns…Unfortunately, they had had a small (read large) leak, so all of the stuff they had in the back room was pushed up against the shelves with the roving and weaving yarns, so we didn’t even get to look at them! I say unfortunately, but DH says fortunately. I guess I really do need to monitor my fiber intake right now since I am planning a trip to the Finger Lakes Fiber Festival in September and to SAFF in October. Back to the road trip…I picked up several patterns, 2 skeins of lace weight Trendsetter yarn, beads, a circular needle and a HUGE skein of wonderful, soft, light gray alpaca yarn…Pictures of all of the booty from today are on my flickr site.

During the ride, I finished the scarf I have been working on!



It is my first completed lace project...my first lace attempt is still on the needles...



Yes, they are the same pattern...I wanted to make a scarf out of the pattern, so I cut back on the number of repeats. The scarf is going to a dear lady I met at Knit-N-Needle Nook and spent the next two Saturdays knitting and having tea with her.

Next weekend there is a bead show at the Maitland Civic Center. I am looking forward to that after the OAKS meeting.

On a non-fiber/yarn note, I have started working with a trainer again. I had started this last summer, but I was having some issues that made it almost impossible to work out. Then, ended up having surgery in September and was not able to do much for several months after that because of where the surgery was…On July 3, I am meeting with a dietitian. I have made up my mind this is going to be a new beginning for me. Hopefully, that will hold true. 