the blue blog archives: a very good day

My very good day started the night before when my LYS handed me 7 balls of Calmer to make a store model of my own nothing but a t-shirt pattern.

Merino stretch from Elann to substitute for a Jaeger pattern calling for Jaeger's old wool stretch yarn (I found the old Jaeger mag in Columbus!).

And speaking of Columbus, the mailman also delivered my grand opening door prize from Knitters Mercantile!!

Then the best part of all: after we all get dressed and are ready for the day, the boys look out the window and S declares "It's a rainy day. Let's go to that yarn store with the trains." Oh, I've trained them well. So off we go to Circles in Jamaica Plain, which has a wonderful playroom for kids. The boys played, I shopped.

I came home with this beautiful hank of Blackberry Ridge fingering weight wool in blue stone. Perfect for socks to wear with jeans!

And just in case that wasn't enough, a little bird told me that my new favorite online store, The Knitting Zone, is having a sale this week!

posted by alison at 11:09 am | in just blogging 05

Comments

Fun prizes! I just made a scarf with some gift Fiori myself. Sure wish any of my LYSes were a bit more kid friendly ~

Posted by: maggi at April 28, 2005 11:49 AM

So much yarn! I love your prize, so pink. You've definitely got those boys trained, I'll have to remember than when I have kids. Hope tomorrow can live up to this :)

Posted by: Vicki at April 28, 2005 11:56 AM

Oh Alison

You do have those boys trained well. How WONDERFUL, their suggestion no less.

Is it getting any warmer by you? Park knitting soon???

Posted by: kathy b at April 28, 2005 11:57 AM

I am going to need to train my children that well--when I have them!!

Posted by: Amanda at April 28, 2005 12:50 PM

Just reading that puts me in yarn heaven!

Posted by: Evelyn at April 28, 2005 1:23 PM

perfect boys indeed!
see you at circles tomorrow night for the Harlot?
enjoy all your new yarn and the increasingly good weather.

Posted by: beth at April 28, 2005 2:27 PM

hooray! for good days.

Posted by: cara at April 28, 2005 2:29 PM

Sounds like the perfect day, even with rain! Good to know about Elann's Merino Stretch, as I have an old Jaeger pattern as well calling for Wool Stretch. Looking forward to seeing that knit up!

Posted by: MJ at April 28, 2005 3:18 PM

NICE!!!

Posted by: Christie at April 28, 2005 3:41 PM

I love Skacel Fiori. I made a baby sweater with it carried along with lambs pride bulky to create flowery stripes. I got the pattern from a shop in my old city (Madison WI) The owner wrote the pattern and is also the author of a few books (Melissa Mathay)
And speaking of Madison, WI...Blackberry Ridge is just outside of Madison in Mt Horeb and I've been to their mill/shop. Lovely lovely fluff!

Posted by: Carla at April 28, 2005 5:01 PM

I'm taking notes so that I'll know how to train my own (far in the future) kids!

Posted by: Kristen at April 28, 2005 5:28 PM

OK, FINE, I'll make the DAMN t-shirt! Quit twisting my arm already!

[jenny looks innocently away as the yarn has been ordered and whistles lest Alison know she has created her design already too...]

Posted by: Jenny at April 28, 2005 11:10 PM

I bought the same shade of calmer for making your "nothing but a t-shirts" pattern's pullover! But I intended to make uni-color version. Looking that wine-color ball as a contrast color, I am now thinking to get the same one for me too....anyway I love your pattern and AGAIN I will knit it soon!

Trico

Posted by: Trico at April 29, 2005 10:18 AM

I saw you at Circles on Wednesday - I was there with my very own little blond boy, who enjoyed the company of your two. When I saw you walk out with the Blackberry Ridge yarn I just knew you were planning on another pair of socks.

Posted by: Rebecca at April 29, 2005 9:10 PM

Would that be "the yarn store with trains"? or the "Train store with yarn?" Yeah, I guess I need to refresh thw boy's memory about that one. After sheep season, I'll take him there again. He loved it last time. Come to think of it, don't you think the Construction Zone needs a yarn annex for us mommies?

Posted by: julia fc at April 30, 2005 8:28 AM

I just visited The Knitting Zone for the first time this Saturday. Mary and the rest of the staff are so nice, and the sale prices were great! Her store is located in a building off of her driveway- she lives back in the woods- so my daughter had fun watching her goats, chickens, and dogs while I shopped. If you ever make it this far south, be sure to stop by and check them out in person.

Posted by: Christina at May 2, 2005 1:42 PM