We’re off to the last day of swimming lessons. The kids have done really well, Eden has even warmed up to her BOY teacher. Honor has mastered the “dunk” and today he’ll be dropped off the diving board (wearing a life jacket) to me waiting in the water below. I don’t expect that he’ll care much for that.

After lessons we’re going to have a picnic at the adjoining park and then go back to the pool to swim. Because I’ve been in Honor’s class with him, I haven’t been able to see much of what Eden has learned, so I’m looking forward to swimming with her and seeing how she has progressed.

Not a whole lot is new on the yarn store front, but things are all falling into place. Just a month to go until opening day. eek!

Here’s to a relaxing and LONG weekend!

Over the last week or so, I’ve been trying to get some models done for the store. This is hard, because my yarn hasn’t come in yet. Luckily, I have my trusty stash to turn to. (Any suggestions of great patterns would be very welcome at this point!)

Here is a scarf that I will be teaching. The construction slightly different from the scarf in Loop d Loop.

Knit from Fiesta La Luz 100% silk.

And I finished another pair of Victorian Wristlets (PDF). These are made out of Cascade Pima Silk, but in the future I think I will prefer Cascade Pima Tencel. It’s a little more sturdy, a little more shiny and a little softer.

Next up on my list? I think maybe the baby sweater from Knitting for Two. It is so freaking cute. I guess this means that my Ms. Marigold is on hold for a bit. But that’s ok.

I whipped up these teeny little socks out of a sample of yarn that I’m going to be carrying. Aren’t they so cute? And I LOVE the yarn. mmmm… handdyed superwash merino.

Thank you all for answering my questions and your suggestions. To answer some questions, I will be selling online, I will ship to Canada and I will let you know when the website gets up and running (which should be very soon!)

I met with the Cascade rep today, it was nice to see all the new stuff out there. I also got samples in yesterday for Southwest Trading Company, gotta love the soy silk… Buying all this yarn is making me very happy!!!

I’m opening up a yarn store!

My boss at the store I’ve been working for has decided to close the store. And this just makes it the perfect opportunity for me to open up my own store. I will be staying in the same place (a block from the house baybee!) ordering in a whole new stock, and yeah… owning a yarn store. I’ve got things all worked out so the kids are only away from me for two days a week (like it is now) and I’ll still be at the store as much as I need to be. And of course this means FREE YARN. What could be better than that?

Needless to say, things have been crazy around here. I haven’t even looked at Bloglines for over a week. But everything is falling into place. I’m still a little scared, but mostly excited. I’ll have a lot more details to come, but in the meantime, I could use your help. I want to know:
What would your ideal yarn store be like?
What are some cool things you’ve seen your local yarn store do?
What are things you’ve disliked in a yarn store?
What is your favorite yarn? Your favorite needle? Favorite book/pattern?

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THANKS!

Monday, after two weeks of hearing every day “when is swimming lessons?” we started swimming lessons. Eden was more apprehensive than I expected her to be, but I think it’s mostly because her teacher is a boy. (dern boys!) Luckily her best friend is in the class with her so I can actually coax her into the water. Once she’s in, she’s totally fine, it’s just that initial moment of shyness that overcomes her.

Honor on the other hand is… Honor. I’m doing the mommy and me class with him so he’s not scared at all, just a wiggly, slippery ball of energy. Honors favorite part of swimming lessons is when we’re done and get to go play on the Splash Pad. Our pool just installed a series of fun fountains at the pool and so far it’s a HUGE hit. I’m still a little concerned about the combination of water and concrete, we’ve come home with some scrapes, but it is pretty cool nonetheless.

(Photos courtesy of my good friend Melissa.)

Yesterday Honor pooped in the potty all by himself. Today he did too.

It almost makes up for Monday when he smeared poop all over himself.

Almost.

Well, here they are, pictures from our trip. Being at the zoo made me wish for a telephoto lens. hmm…

Colorado Mountains

The kids thought the best part of the whole zoo was being able to pet the goat and the turtle. That and the gift shop.

Eden had to see the elephants and the giraffes.

Honor had to see the crocodiles. Here he is with a komodo dragon.

Yeah, I’m not pregnant. Repeat, this has nothing to do with my uterus.

Well, the trip was a success. We were SO busy! It seems like we were gone two weeks, not two days. I’ll have lots of pictures in the next few days, but first the most important.

Us at the Apple store. Photo taken on a Macbook pro with photobooth.

And my yarn scores.

See that, right there on the left? That’s Koigu, the best sock yarn EVAR!!! I think the store owner laughed at me when I saw it, because I let out a little squeak. On the right of that is Louet gems sock yarn and on the far right is Rowan Linen print and felted tweed. I needed one more ball of the linen print for a shawl I want to make, and the felted tweed is just backup incase I run out.

I also bought a book I’ve been wanting, Knitting For Two. It is the book that has this extremely cute baby sweater in it that I must knit, like, yesterday.

There’s some pretty exciting things going on around here, so my brain is a little scattered. I hope to be able to let you all in on it soon, but in the meantime, I’ll leave you in great SUSPENSE!

I’m so mean.

I’m sorry that I haven’t been here that much this week. There is a lot going on, and I’m busy doing, going and processing it all. We went swimming at the lake yesterday, the windiest day of the year. And tomorrow we’re going to head over the mountains to spend a couple days in Denver, or more importantly, the Apple store.

I’ve been knitting away on Ms. Marigold, and even though it’s on 5’s, it’s going really fast.

Busy is good… I just have to keep telling myself that.

xo