yes, it's official! In only 5 more days I'll be back in Naples (see blog entry below), where I'll be staying with my dear friend Mara, she of the Naples knitting group I had so much fun with last time I was there. Last July I stayed with her in Boston and we had a blast!! And now a short vacation in Florida once more! Wow, I feel very glamorous writing this down, however most of the time I lead a pretty humdrum suburban Dutch life, mainly working! While in FL we plan to visit two LYS's, one in Naples, one in Sarasota (A Good Yarn).
On the fiber side of life: I do think I am back at that point in life where I was before the unlucky car incident, that is: I was contemplating the purchase of another spinning wheel. The dent in the budget the car left, is now healed so: which one shall it be? Another Majacraft, maybe a Suzie pro? An Aura? Or, for something completely different, a Schacht Matchless? Choices, choices...
I joined a batt club! Enchanted Knoll Farms Happy Hooves to be precise, am so looking forward to receiving my first batt and spinning something from it! Will keep you guys posted.
I was at the "Handwerkbeurs", the national Craft Fair, and didn't buy a lot of yarn, knowing I'd be going to yarn heaven (the US) fairly soon, but I did buy some beautiful books on lace knitting mostly, as well as several lace circ needles... my subconscious is trying to tell me something here I think. However, I'm not on a lace WIP at the moment, rather reanimated an old unfinished object, a warm woollie cardigan made out of Chunky Donegal Tweed by Debbie Bliss, it's a pattern from Drops Garnstudio.
(dear readers, I so want to link you to all these lovely sites named above, but somehow I cannot get the hyperlinky button to work... however, maybe it is a good thing I can't enable you, because these could potentially damage your wallet...)
