a simple yarn

Almost a week has elapsed since I last posted. Hmmpf. Trying to keep those darn spinning plates in the air….

So many plates to balance…some urgent….some important….some urgent AND important….and some neither urgent NOR important, but needing to be done all the same. It’s the middle of October….much of the busyness has passed, and there’s still a bit to go, but the end is in sight. Whew!

In the midst of all this activity, though, a couple of fun things to share….in no particular order…

New Friends
Met up with Diane-From-Toronto-Who’s-Moving-To-Dublin this week as she and spouse are searching for housing. Lovely to finally meet someone after months of blog comments and emails. Had a great chat over coffee. Hopefully I could answer some questions. Topics such as utilities, transport, schools are easy enough. Others, however, are a little more challenging…

‘What about yarn shops?’ she asked.
‘Um,’ I replied, ‘they’re coming, slowly but surely.’
‘How do you get your roving?’ she enquired.
‘Um,’ I replied, ’slowly but surely.’

And thus, as a consolation, she handed me a bag of beautiful blood red merino roving. Yum!

Hatting Adventures
Was so chuffed about my first hat project that I decided to do another….warmer this time, as the Sublime is soft, to be sure, but light weight. Need something for winter gales. So, of course opt for warm, woolly yarn…Lamb’s Pride and Manos del Uruguay…in cute Inca-style. Need to line with fabric, I think. But the styling is well-suited for a cutie four-year old.