My family had a yard sale on Saturday. It was quite interesting, actually. I had a bunch of kitchen stuff that I wanted to get rid of before I moved (if I ever find a house). I figured the money I made off of the yard sale I'd spend on the Maine Fiber Frolic in Windsor. I ended up making some money, but not enough to pay for all the yarn I bought.
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| I got me some purdy yarn that I'll someday turn into something wearable. Or just keep because it's lovely. |
All right, I didn't buy that much yarn. I could have bought from everyone there, but I limited my buying to two shops. String Theory out of Blue Hill has some of the prettiest yarn I've come across. I've bought from her before, even when I was at school and I didn't have a lot of money (I once spent an entire night's worth of tips when I went into the shop, but that can't really be helped, her shop is a knitter's dream come true). The other yarn that's there came from A Hundred Ravens who mainly sells on Etsy. Such pretty yarn. I would have bought it all, but I'd really like to cut down on my stash this year.
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| Let's not talk about my stash. Ever. |
My mother went to the Fiber Frolic with me, as I like to corrupt her with the awesome that is fiber. I almost have her talked into buying a sheep or two. Nantucket Baggs was there and I introduced my mother to Jo. If you like the bag I've been dragging to work with me but don't like the color, they have these beautiful looking tapestry ditty bags available. As an early birthday gift to my mother, I bought her one. She had a tough time figuring out which one she liked best, but eventually went with the one I would have gotten myself (thankfully, which means I can steal it at some point).
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| Jo and I at the Fiber Frolic. It was a gorgeous day for spending money on yarn. And bags. |
After the frolic, we picked up my father and headed to Kennebunk so I could visit with my brother's family before I leave for work again on the 5th. He has a daughter and a son and both of them grow so much while I'm gone. We all went to the beach to walk around for a bit and I was able to snap a few photos of the bag, my license plate, and a knitting project.
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| The yarn is from Spunky Eclectic in Lisbon, ME. She does incredible work and this pattern, called Show Off Stranded Socks, does a great job showing off the colors. Probably why it has the name it does. |
I may have gotten a few strange looks for toting around a license plate on the beach, but I will be changing the plate this year to something other than "Knit."
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| I need to finish yarn bombing the strap. |
In other home news, the beehive I declared mine has swarmed (I chose the color so that makes it 99% mine, right?). Since I was home, I got to snap a couple of photos.
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The middle hive was empty and we were hoping the swarm would decide to move in there. Bees have a mind of their own and decided to go somewhere else.
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| Some day, when my father isn't home, I'm going to stencil a bee-skull and crossbones on the side of this hive. |
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| We would have moved the swarm into the hive ourselves, but they swarmed on a pine branch thirty feet in the air and none of us wanted to climb up that high to get a bunch of insects with stingers. |
This hitch off has been deemed a success. I learned to spin on my wheel, finally, and figured out that embroidering isn't as difficult as it sounds. Come Wednesday, I'll be heading back to Brazil. Jo gave me a couple of ideas for my next blog post, so as soon as I get to the boat I'll start trying to take some decent photos.
