Heidi grew up in this area, and she used to bike over to Port Gamble. Nowadays Port Gamble, Washington has a lovely yarn shop.
The Yellow/greenish skein on the right I bought. It was a one of a kind, and I immediately feel in love with the color and texture. The woman who owns the shop dyed this wool and spun it for me. It is a very scratchy wool!
Isn't this a luscious array of colors and textures?
And more color! You can see why I was in heaven!
Here we are in he shop, and in back of us is a large couch that women would sit on and knit and chat.
Sher, Heidi, and Heidi's sister Mary ...
This is a brindle whippet. She lives at the shop. Her bed is made of sheep's wool, and she sleeps by the woodstove that is in the middle of the room. Her name is Gracie, and she is very gentle and lovely. What a bed!
The Duck Bed and Breakfast on Mercer Island where we spent two or three nights while we attended the Pacific Northwest Shapenote Singing convention. This 1940s cottage is right on Lake Washington. We had the whole cottage to ourselves, and although traffic was not far away, we enjoyed the ambience of an electric wood stove and lots of neat duck oriented details, and a fully stocked kitchen! I hope you have enjoyed seeing a bit of our trip.
Loved this account. Years ago I was a keen & unorthodx knitter, much inspired by Kaffee Fasset. You have reminded me that I have an unfinished gilet tucked away, waiting to be finished. Autumn is coming ... who knows ... I might pick up my needles again. Alison
ReplyDeleteHi Alison: Yes, I know of Kaffee Fasset. So many are in awe of his creativity. I'd like to take that yellowish skein and place beads on it and just lay it in a lighted cubbyhole as a work of art!
ReplyDeleteI hope you do pick up your needles again. :)