What I did on the May long weekend
Ya, it's the following weekend; I've been busy.
To recap, Friday night was a road trip to Shall We Knit where there was much Stash Enhancement going on. The lovely Karen was fabulous as always and no one wanted to go home. Gas was also 5 cents a litre cheaper in Stratford which still annoys the hell out of me.
I know I did something on Saturday. I think it involved reading, knitting and of course shopping. For hair crap. Because curly hair can never have enough. Sunday was more of the same, except at some point I showed up a N's place. . . as I seem to do on a regular basis. The youngest insists that I don't live there, but I walk in the door and scream "Honey I'm Home" anyway. It amuses me (as many things do).
Monday. Whoot! An extra day off just seems to make the weekend, well, that much longer. I wish there was a long weekend once a month man. I tell ya. Monday I gassed up the car, headed over to N's (surprise, surprise) and we all piled in the car and headed out to Brier Run Alpaca Farm!
They were having an open house and were in the process of doing their spring shearing. I made a b-line for the barn where all the action was. I was in there and completely in my element; animals, fur flying, butt shots, you name it - it was seriously interesting. And I shot an entire roll of film. For now, I give you the souvenirs of the excursion!
3 bags full? Who needs it? I got one, not entirely full and I'm more than thrilled with it.
One of the first things that I picked up in the store (yes!! Farm, mill AND store!) was this Grey skein. It had no price and no name, but I fell instantly in love with it. And I still am. It's soft, lovely and has some what of a halo to it. It's going to become part of a scarf . . if I can wait that long. I'm sure I will have to pet it many times before the transformation.
Rufus was another that I was lucky enough to find. There weren't many of his but whoa! Apparently Rufus is a silver with many other colours mixed in. Although it looks beige, it's got many subtle hints of other colours in it. It will be joining the above Grey in the afore mentioned scarf. Love.
Really there was so much going on there, it was a fabulous road trip! I'm looking forward to digging in to my film shots and seeing what has turned out!













