Petunia rambles on and on….

There’s a very nice yarn shop on the way to Daughter’s house and I made a quick-and-easy detour off Route 50 into Chester, MD on Kent Island – just east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.  The shop is Island Yarn Boutique; I’ve been there before and it’s lovely. Now I promised Pop I wouldn’t buy anymore yarn – I think he made some comment that indicated I had almost as much yarn here at home as most stores have in stock. This was a gross exaggeration. Still, there’s no denying that I’ve got a good-sized stash and don’t really need to add to it. Actually, I wanted to see if there was any spinning fiber there and told him I would limit myself to that.  And I almost kept my word.

I did get 2 4-oz packets of “Meriboo” – 70% Merino and 30% Bamboo from Frog Tree Yarns. Wonderful colorways!

I’ve not spun with a Bamboo blend before, so I’ll be doing a bit of experimenting first. I’m thinking it’s going to be more slippery than fibers I’ve worked with before and I don’t want it getting away from me!

The shop’s site indicates that they are going to have a Jordana Paige trunk show from March 17-24. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get back to see what will be there, but Sue, the owner, had a few items on display. While I promised the husband not to bring home any more yarn, I made no statements about patterns!  And this one, Sylvar, was made up and on display in the store. Having seen it, touched it, I don’t think the picture comes anywhere near doing it justice. It was beautiful! The design calls for waist shaping, and I may eliminate that, as my waistline is no longer shaped the way the young model’s is – it doesn’t appear that it will throw the rest of the knitting off if those stitches are not decreased.  The lower part of the top-down pattern is simple garter stitch. The pattern says that worsted weight yarn called Yummy Worsted by MissBabs was used; if that’s what the model in the store was made of, let me tell you that it was a lovely choice. A tonal yarn, delicate shadings, very nice. (Glad I didn’t see that yarn in the store – it would have been damn hard to keep my promise!)

And a pair of sheep earrings.

We left early Saturday morning to go down to Daughter’s house.  Small toolbox kits were delivered, and with the help of Joe and Pop, the boys painted them and then assembled them. Both of them were so proud of their efforts. (And I got each kit with a 50% off coupon!)

We lucked out with a rather comfortable day, so the painting was done outside – good decision as the job was done with a lot of paint slopped around much enthusiasm.

Evening brought a movie of their choice, and rapt attention to the plot – also much giggling. And popcorn!

We had a safe trip down and back – gas prices even higher in Maryland than here.  A fill-up south of Annapolis was 12 cents a gallon higher than here at home.

I missed them all even before I got back home.

Well, I have the time, and a million things to do. Bet very few of them get done. Missed a guild meeting tonight cause I just didn’t have the energy to move.

Got a new Spin-Off magazine in the mail today and reading that may be the extent of my activities for tonight. Just have too many things going on right now that are severely messing with my head which clearly hasn’t got the original quota of brain cells.

So to end in silliness, I think this picture was sent to me by Daughter.  (If not, it’s the sort of thing that she would find and send me!)

Rather appropriate around my house, except mine is all overgrown, due to the price of a day at the Poodle Spa, and looks more like a black sheep than a dog.