I finished the child's sock and started on a throw rug. I just bought some cheapie Lion's Brand Homespun, cast on 100 stitches on a size 15 circular. I do like the colours as they match my house colours - sage and lavender, there is very light aqua and tan thrown in but that is just fine. I also bought a skein of lavendar and I'll either alternate a certain amount of rows or use it to finish off the edges. It is nothing fancy, just a rug that I can put under my cat's bowls.
I never did mention my trip from Connecticut to NY. Again I made sure that we took it nice and easy even though it is only an hour and a half drive LOL I made it a four hour drive. We stopped in Millerton where Harney and Sons Tea Co., is located and bought some wounderful Earl Grey - oh the scent is to die for. They also had a blend of Earl Grey with Roses and I picked up a tin of that. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but the aroma from the loose tea is heaven. I thought since I really enjoyed Earl Grey and love roses I couldn't go wrong. I picked up a sampler box of teas and tried their Paris - oh the aroma on this tea is awesome, if you want a tea that just lets you sit back and bath in its aroma this is the one. I wasn't to keen on the taste but it will do.
What is nice about this drive is that you go through many small towns that have the greatest shops. I really didn't look for any scapbook stores as I really didn't need anything; I have four albums planned out and for two of them I have pretty much everything I need. However, I did search for local yarn shops. I hit gold just before Rhinebeck and Red Hook. We were sitting at a red light at a fork in the road and deciding if we should head towards Rhinebeck or go towards Red Hook when I looked to the right and there was a store called Sheeps Clothing. Well of course I figured this had to be a yarn shop. Boy did I hit jackpot. It was Morehouse Merino's own store. This is the yarn I picked up:
All lace weight except the hank second from left, which I plan on making a headband from. They had kits for this and samples knit up and I just loved the way the colours melded, but they didn't have this yarn in a kit so I just bought the yarn.I also stopped at Amazing Threads in Lake Katrina, NY but I wasn't really thrilled with the store. I think they were gearing up for a class or some sort of knit meet and no one was to anxious to help. I am really looking for a great cardi or some sort of sweater to knit and I could have used help in deciding the yarn, but oh well. I did purchase this copper thing that looked like it was Tibetan and it stated on the sign that you could store your dpn's in. It was really cute so I picked that up and they had these great looking baskets pretty reasonable so I bought one of those in a berry colour. The problem was the way there accessories are you cannot really look at the products. The baskets were hanging on a wall and you really couldn't get a good look at them because you would have to cut the ties holding them. I did get a good look once I made it to my parents and was very disappointed. The inside of mine was pretty badly chewed up so you could forget about putting yarn in it as it would definitely snag. The copper dpn holder was so cheapely made it would fall apart just by holding it. I had my Mom return the items for me as she lives nearby. Turns out that they will not refund your money you only get store credit, but as I was from NC and had headed home they made an exception and gave me a refund.
Those were my three memorable stops on my way to my parents in NY. I will definitely go back to Morehouse next time I'm up there.
