My Turn

Okay, we have been slacking on the posting lately.  We went on vacation and immediately when we returned we bought a new car, as the van decided to let us know she was dying.  Gas mileage sucked and that darn van decided to throw her serpentine belt during a rather nasty thunderstorm the night that C. had departed to go back home.  My sister (who is handy like that) had to fix it the next day.  Of course, both my parents and C. were concerned about me driving back to Colorado with just the kids, but we made it without any mishaps.  Even thought it was raining when we left and when we arrived into Denver, it was a sunny trip with no opportunities for that van to toss the serpentine belt again. 

The next few days were a flurry of car stuff, looking for a car, talking to the credit union, telling the dealership we did not want to get a loan through them, and 2 trips to Arvada (right at rush hour, of course).  Good times.  Good times. 

Now, I am am the happy owner of a zippy, little car: a Mazda 5.  We love it.

As for my spinning and knitting and quilting... The only thing I finished before our trip was K.T.'s bag and it turned out great.  It's almost as big as she is.

K.T.'s Bag

 

 

I have set everything aside that I was working on , except for the spinning project, but more on that in a minute.  While I was in Omaha, my mom suggested we go check out the new yarn store she heard about and when I looked it up, I got a surprise.  When we were living in the Town That Shall Not Be Named we used to drive 90 miles to get to a Target store and a good mall, there was also a great yarn store there.  That store has moved to Omaha and it was great to be able to go there again.  The owner's a very helpful, totally enabling my yarn addiction and I walked out of there with a project I love and hope to  finish soon.  My mom even found something she wanted.

The spinning is moving along but it is almost time for the Tour de Fleece which runs concurrently with the Tour de France bike race which starts this Saturday.  The point of the Tour de Fleece is to spin along with the race, challenging yourself with whatever would be a challenge for you.  I am hoping to finish the 8 oz I am working on right now.

Sage

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I am hoping to get some other spinning done during the Tour.  I would like to spin as much as I can everyday, sometimes that will be several hours, other days will be just a few minutes.  I want to work on 8oz of a Merino/Tencel blend called Psychedelic Mushrooms and 4oz of Wensleydale which, I'll be honest, scares me a little bit as I have never spun that before.  The Wensleydale is called Headache. 

Headache

 

Psychedelic Mushrooms