Fibermania

My Excellent Adventure!

I had such a wonderful time yesterday's lunch that I came home feeling like I made a real friend. Kathy met me at Panera, we gabbed and ate and laughed and got to know each other. She was so generous and suggested she could show some places I would love. I had my laptop (it IS Panera after all) and we looked up this new yarn shop I have been trying to find.

Michelle's New and Old Time Knitting. I am not buying any new yarn, I swore. And then succumbed. This is superwash wool Happy Feet at $6 a skein. Just like Koigu only half the price. How could I resist? I have already done the ribbing and will get to the heel today.

Then we went to the Riverpark bike trail!!! It goes from Hixson along the Tennessee River all the way to Chattanooga. Gosh, it was beautiful, even before things come into bloom. To think we almost sold our bikes because we couldn't find a flat place to ride. A safe flat place, I mean. And of course a place like this is perfect for rollerblading, if my knee ever recovers. I am soooo ready to get out there and ride. Woowoo!

Then she took me to Perimeter Fabrics, an interior design fabric place. Beautiful fabrics for my decorating urges. Now I can get the right stuff. And it is so close to the Rumdum and the used book store, which makes it one stop shopping. Again Woowoo! Also right next door, is the Pool Place where I can get soda ash for dyeing. Amazing.

But wait, there's more!

Kathy took me home to see her gorgeous drop dead studio ( not to mention her drop dead gorgeous house!!) This was just fabulous.

Click to see her huge closet. I am so at home here.

After all that wonderfulness, she returned me to my car at Panera and I stopped for a minute at Hobby Lobby and got some new embroidery threads.

What a great day for me...And today the sun will come out and I may just sit on the porch and knit. Sigh. I am truly lucky.