Rainy day road trips

Blair and I went to Brentwood Saturday with Matt and Karen. Very rainy but still very fun. We stopped in Dickson at the Cracker Barrel first for lunch. Super delicious! We then proceeded to Brentwood and went to REI where Blair and I purchased a GPS unit for my car to prevent long moments of lostness. We made another trip to the yarn store from last Saturday so I could buy more yarn, and then we went to the mall where Blair, Matt, and Karen played in the Mac store and called me from iPhones while I was shopping in Teavana for more wonderful tea. We had Subway on the way home so Karen would actually be able to eat something. We were all pretty much exhausted by the time we finally got home.

My First Dyed Yarn

I did the actual dyeing last night, and after FOUR HOURS of untangling today, I have a gorgeous skein of ooey-gooey purple-y goodness. Unfortunately, no matter what I do, my camera will not capture the true color of it, maddening maddening. So here's kinda what it looks like.

Yarn Addict

My very fun wool yarn came in yesterday...I so cannot wait to play with it! I have already carefully taken all four hanks and wound them tightly into balls...sigh...bliss...I have decided not to make the slippers out of this yarn because it is slightly too thin. Instead I will make a trip to a very wonderful yarn store in Nashville and hand-select my wool from there. I'm thinking either a very amazing felted scarf or throw will come from this yarn with which I have just been entrusted. I do believe I shall sit down with a cup of tea and begin the process of creating. On a side note, I think I should investigate spinning and dying my own wool...hmm...I am predicting another time-consuming hobby looming in the distance...