Yesterday my hubby and I took a road trip north to Flagstaff to meet my folks for breakfast and just to relax a bit from the hustle and bustle of Phoenix. It was cold, 14 degrees when we arrived and 33 degrees when we left around noon, but it was gorgeous with a crisp blue sky, snow-capped mountains and trees trimmed in white. It was picturesque!
I was so excited to be able to wear my Aidez and my handspun Shizuku, both of which kept me so toasty warm that I never needed to put on a coat. I was quite tickled when a lady approached our table at breakfast to ask me about my scarf (Shizuku) and wanted to know if I could tell her about the pattern. It was so fun to share with another knitter and since she had not heard of Ravelry, I emailed her the link to Angela Tong’s Ravelry page so she could down load a copy of the pattern. I truly enjoy meeting people and introducing them to the wonderful world of Ravelry!
A “Handspun” Shizuku
After breakfast and a bit of goofing around with my folks, hubby went into his favorite archery shop and I was able to go around the corner to visit Purl in the Pines, a lovely shop just located off Route 66 in Flagstaff. I was instantly drawn to a lovely hand-knitted sweater on display that had been knitted up using Berroco Peruvia Quick in a deep chocolate-brown. As I touched the cardigan, I was happy to see that the shop owner had a attached a printout of the pattern use and was delighted to see that it was one I had wanted to knit for a while, Iced by Carol Feller. So needless to say, I picked up enough Berroco Peruvia Quick in the color Dragon for this project, along with two colorways of Tosh DK. The Tosh DK in the color of Firewood is destined to be a Teas Leaves Cardigan and the Tosh DK in Mare a Cloud Chaser vest. It’s a good thing I just did a major destash on eBay, I now have room in my bins for more yarn and projects!
Peruvia Quick in Dragon – Destined to be “Iced”
Tosh Dk in Firewood – Destined to be “Tea Leaves Cardigan”
Tosh DK in Mare – Destined to be a “Cloud Chaser “vest
I also managed to get quite a bit of car knitting done on my Weekend Wrap coming and going. This morning I created the first arm hole and now I’m working the back. The yarn I decided to use will make this a really “funky” and “artsy” looking wrap, which I can’t wait to wear on the weekends. I think I could finish this project by this evening!
Have you had a relaxing weekend?
It looks to me like you had a very good outing, in more ways than one too. I agree, it’s always fun to meet fellow knitters and share with them. I love the look of the yarns you purchased. I see some lovely projects being done in the future.
I have a dear friend that lives just outside of Prescott, and who personally knows Katherine of the knit shop you mentioned in an earlier post. Small world, isn’t it?
Thank you Sandie and it truly is fun to meet and visit other knitters. Oh my goodness, small world indeed! Katherine is the sweetest gal and the shop is so wonderful to visit, not too mention friendly too
This is when it is goof to be a knitter! We were watching the PGA Match Play yesterday from Arizona and it looked painful for the players! Who would have thought it would be 23 degrees at the start yesterday and it didn’t really warm up much!
I so agree! Welcome to the desert, right?
Wow, you were amazingly productive this weekend! I’m super jealous, I got very little knitting done, but I had a lot of great fun with friends
Ahhh… thanks Miss Lolly
P.S. I just emailed you
Ah you’re going to love the Iced pattern. It’s one of my favourites.
Here’s the kid version, Iceling.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Nic/iceling-cardigan
I love your Iced Nic! By the way, how are you ?