A Few Sheep Shy of a Farm

How is this for service?!? After play group this morning the toddler and I found ourselves just around the corner from Butterfly Yarns. I really wanted to run in and get the new Yarn Harlot book, but I had just put the little guy back in his seat and didn’t want to take him out again (esp. since we still had to grocery shop) as too much in and out makes him crabby. So I called on my mobile phone and asked if they had the book (definately not taking him out just to find they don’t have it!) and they did, then I asked if they would mind bringing it out to the car if I parked out front, running back in to run the card etc . . . Sure, no problem!

Not only did I get the book but B. from the Monday night group was there and I got to see the sock she is working on in MY YARN! I hadn’t even seen it knit up yet so that was a treat, her sock is lovely! I’m going to get a picture of it from her when its finished and post it on the site . . . I mentioned that I might be back next time I need a yarn fix for another “drive thru visit” ! How cool is that!

the toddler and I are off to playgroup this morning . . . today we’re meeting at the park! He’s going to love it!

Yesterday I dyed up a big batch of yarns, 8 lbs of sock yarn and 4 lbs of Decaf (part of that is a special order). One lb of the decaf I didn’t like how it turned out, I was trying something and it didnt’ come out has I had hoped. So that is either going to be over-dyed with something dark or just sold as “seconds” on the site, I’ll decide which after it dries and I take another look at it.

At the moment, our bathroom is about 1/2 torn down but luckily the tub is still connected, even if the plumbing is hanging in mid air. I’ve got it full of buckets of rinsing yarn at the moment and I’ve got to try to get them out and spun and hung to dry before we leave for playgroup. Now I’m just debating between trying to hang them outside and just using the drying rack inside.

I’m really quite happy with this latest batch of colors. I’d been stuck when it comes to dyeing “warm” colorways for a while now, hadn’t had my “dyeing Mojo” working on those colors . . . but yesterday the stars must have been aligned because I got a great batch of stuff. I did each lb of sock yarn in a different grouping of colors so I’ll have 8 new colorways to post in a few days. I’m shooting for posting/sending the newsletter no later than mid-week. Actually, I’d really like to send it for Monday Morning but I just don’t know if I’ll get photos before then. Guess we’ll see how the next couple of days go . . .

Okay, I haven’t had any coffee yet so I’m going to go brew some up . . .

Oh, and check this out! Our state is actually considering a Ban on Pit Bulls! If you lived where I live, this would be very, very happy news indeed!