Fibre, Fads and Fun
Really a mish mash of things, but alliteration makes me feel better…
Fibre
I’m hunting for cotton warp for the loom. I’m driving around Ohio. My search brings me to a real tip of a place. A little building stuck in the middle of nowhere. An arts and crafts dive. Giving it up as a lost cause. Sigh. Might as well go in as I’ve driven all this way though.
No cotton for weaving. Even if there were, I wouldn’t be able to see it past all the other rubbish on the shelves and in the aisles. ‘If you happen to be lookin’ for that fancy yarn, try the next row over, says the owner, who I might add is more than a little creepy. ‘What a dump,’ I think to myself.
And then, like an eerie game of I Spy, I see the corner of a very familiar label. Lamb’s Pride. Oh wait! Noro. Crikey! Cherry Hill Yarns. Blimey! (as Isobel would say) Lopi. And boxes upon boxes of sock yarn…Regia. Not only that. They’re cheap! I’ve stumbled onto a treasure trove of yarn.
When my eyes recover from glazing over, I slowly realise that my suitcases are already bulging, and so I content myself with one reasonable purchase…teal cotton from Brown Sheep Company. That made me happy!
Fads
A little postcard for my Irish friends. Now I think that I can safely say that I’ve seen everything…
Fun
It does my heart good to see smiles as a result of something so simple. A tree. A tire. A rope. Fun in the country…
Hope you’re all having a wonderful summer!
isn’t it fun to find something wonderful in the middle of various odd stuff?! great color. and here in my county of northern california, we have an annual pet blessing along with pet physic readings. go figure. hope you are having fun. take care.
09 Aug 2007 at 7:50 am
What a find!!!
09 Aug 2007 at 8:00 am
I love the photo of the boy in the tire swing. The essence of summer!
09 Aug 2007 at 8:21 am
so where in Ohio is that yarn shop? [I'm in Ohio, the Marblehead Peninsula, and always interested in a new yarnshop]
09 Aug 2007 at 12:11 pm
What a find in the back of that shop. I can see why you were clearly delighted. How did you leave with only 3 skeins. They are lovely.
09 Aug 2007 at 1:28 pm
great treasure find, Cheryl…pleased to see everyone’s having some swingin’ fun!
09 Aug 2007 at 4:00 pm
Hi,
I used to go to that church in ohio!! They were a little odd to say the least.
14 Aug 2007 at 12:43 am
there’s a ’susan’ in ‘marblehead’, eh? amazing. . . . Hey Cheryl - loved this turtle:
http://k2sc1.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/lion-brands-celebrity-yarn/
blogger friend of mine pops to that site every now and again.
Cute!
29 Aug 2007 at 1:06 am