It was a gorgeous crisp morning on the lake this morning. Hubby was off to work early and I saw the baby loon and a parent (heard them, too) and saw a flock of Canada Geese heading south. It’s so much quieter in the morning now that the summer visitors have left and schools are in session. I spent most of the day yesterday in meetings representing the board of trustees at Maine Arts Academy. I’m so proud of the progress and growth the school has made.
On Sunday my hubby and I took a Sunday drive thinking the weather was going to be rainy. We were wrong about the weather but we had a lovely day on the coast. First stop was the Cashmere Goat in Camden, Maine. I hadn’t been there since before they moved to the new (now not-so-new) location and I was pleasantly surprised by the quantity of yarn they had in their space. I was pleasantly greeted, and happily offered use of the restroom. I did see a couple of samples that I have to make for the grands. A lobster sweater by Whitney Terrell, a Jamberry sweater for Sylive (I bought the Vintage DK yarn to make it) and there was an adorable colorwork hat made in Malabrigo Rios in Christmas colors …CUTE!
Next stop was Belfast and we tried a new-to-us restaurant, Must Be Nice Lobster. I had a lobster roll and the hubby had a crab cake. Both were pretty good. Because he’s a trained chef and I’m a pretty good eater, we are perhaps more demanding of quality than most. We sat outside in the shade with several other tables. The waitress never did bring ketchup for our fries but it was a serviceable lunch. AND then off to Heavenly Yarns and Fiddleheads. I bought an “In the Garden” skirt kit at Fiddlehead to make for the granddaughter and a couple of hanks of Ultra Alpaca Light from Heavenly Yarns for a Fishbones hat (Mary Jane Mucklestone’s pattern). Heavenly Yarns is under new ownership and it’s still a lovely store to browse. They have a yarn line called Helen which I assume to be the former owner’s work. A nice wooly wool and lots of lovely totes and baskets. I particularly love their logo tote and would have bought one if I needed one more tote. I do not.
I’ve been working almost monogamously on my Vanilla Sweater and have finished the body and am ready to pick up for the sleeves and head off onto sleeve island. I am eager to try it on, too. Maybe today. I am still loving the sticky wool which is already softening up as I work it. This is the perfect sweater to wear on cool mornings.
Yesterday I picked up the Sorento cardigan that I am making for a client and finished the back and the second front. I love the color of this little sweater, too. I will split the second hank of yarn today and knit both sleeves at once so they’re the same and both done at the same time. My goal is to send it off to my client by the end of October if not sooner. I have chosen a couple of different buttons and we’ll see what we think when the knitting is done.
When we were at the beach I had my daughter try on the fingerless mitts that I started for her last fall/winter and she liked the fit so I will finish those, too. I hope to deliver them when we are in New York to help with babysitting. One fingerless mitt shouldn’t take too long, right? The challenge with these is that she really wanted black and blue so my “old” eyes need some bright light to work on them – in the morning!
Today I’m off with “the girls” from work to Thomaston, Maine to visit Rachel Jones at On the Round. Rachel has moved her storefront to Thomaston and we decided we needed to head over to Carol’s part of the state for once. I’m looking forward to time with friends and another adventure.
Gone knitting.
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