Smash Burger San Diego

I met an old friend whom I haven't seen for a while for lunch at the local Smash Burger.


It is situated in a mall near a movie theater and business was brisk.

I ordered the San Diego burger and it was tasty with a bit of heat.  No Colorado burger here.

Yarn Spun for In Dreams Redux

I had posted before about a re-knit of the In Dreams shawl.  My variegated color just obscured the lace pattern.


I dug out some 70/30 Ashland Bay merino/silk blend in the purple color and started spinning up some lace weight yarn.


I finally finished the yarn and got 1,012 yards of a 2 ply yarn with a wraps per inch of 28.

I'm ready to start the shawl pattern again.

Recap of Colorado Trip

It was a great time visiting my best friend, Val at her new home in Colorado.  There was still a little bit of snow.

There was beautiful scenery.

Fiber and sewing.


Love from dogs and cats.

Sheep.

Housewarming gift finished in the new house.

Food - Bonefish and Smash Burger.


And visits with family....

It is very dry in Colorado and my curly hair was totally flat.  There was bargain shopping and an excellent Mexican fiesta.


I also got a few presents.


Embroidered towel of a knitting Maneki Neko.

And a market tote back with Knitmare from Elm Street fabric. 

Val also had this cool fire experience which is a faux fireplace that has its own remote control.

Preparing Flax Strick and Spinning Linen

In the class that I took with Celia Quinn, I learned what to do to spin linen.


Celia walked the class through preparing the flax strick and spinning the flax off a distaff into linen.


She had a cool portable distaff that broke down like tinker toys and we all took turns spinning with it.


Here are the steps I recorded on spinning flax into linen.

Pepper and Her Box

I order medication for the dogs from 1-800-petmeds and every time they ship something, they always include a treat.


It is always unfair since there is only one dog biscuit in the package and I have two dogs.


I recently placed an order for flea stuff for both dogs and the package came in its box.  I haven't ordered in a while so when the postal carrier delivered it, I brought it in and set it on the floor since my desk was full of stuff.


The next thing I know, Pepper has dragged the box to the bedroom and here she is opening the box for a treat that she knows is in there.

Bailey is MIA and was probably out in adventure land tracking down some squirrels.  He missed out entirely.


After Pepper finished determining there were no more goodies to be had, she left the packages of flea medication intact.

Bear and Aidan

As much as I miss my best friend, Val, I also miss her two kitties.  Bear was always my bud and Aidan worms his way into your heart.


I was so surprised that both of them ran up to greet me and treated me like long lost family.  Aidan and Bear both wanted to sleep with me but I know from experience that would be a recipe of no sleep.


I took some great photos of both kitties and a great little video of Aidan being in love with water.

Merope Cowl

I finished knitting the Merope Cowl by Romi Hill using leftover yarn from Andrea's pedicure socks.


I took it to Colorado for the big craft sale and here is Val's sister, Stacie, wearing it over her black top.

I still have a bit of yarn left over.