Weekend In Review

Another fun-packed weekend in Southwest Ohio!

This time, I started my weekend on Friday because I took a vacation day! I had work to catch up on but managed to slip away for a bit. Meg and I went to Mason, OH to Main Street Yarns. We ate lunch at The Wildflower Cafe & Coffee House and then headed to the yarn shop. Chris showed us her wonderful Christmas stockings. I think they're the perfect size - for lots of Christmas surprises - but she's going to felt them. I love the colors!

After browsing the fiber, Meg and I scooted across the street to Sweet Art of Mine. Meg and I both were pleasantly surprised by the size of the shop and the various artisans' work displayed.

After several hours of work yesterday morning, I headed to Saturday knitting. We had a great time! Didn't make much progress on my Fetching Fingerless Mitts, though. Carol was the comic relief for the day and I think everyone was tinking their knitting as a result of laughing so hard. Carol, at one point, discovered halfway through a row that she was going the wrong way, Merry had dropped a stitch, I had cabled only half way around the cuff of my mitt, etc. It really pays to bring ONLY mindless knitting to a group knit-together.

We had some pretty finished objects and works-in-progress. Diana had her beautiful red mitts that her daughter, Sara, made her. (That's the prolific knitting Sara I posted about last weekend.) Karen was knitting a GREAT pair of socks out of one of the most fun sock yarns I've ever seen. Merry had finished some cute mittens. Donna was working on a Dandy Neckerchief and Merry was just starting one. (The Dandy Neckerchief is a free pattern on  Ravelry and would make a terrific quick gift for holidays.) Carol was working on a hat to match a pair of Fetching Mitts. Carol also had a pretty orange pair of mitts with a very interesting textured stitch pattern.

A good time was definitely had by all!

Today, Andy got off work early so we headed to Christmas in Springboro. As with all these festivals, it's all about the food. Well, mostly. There were funnel cakes, kettle corn, roasted nuts, pork chops, steak tips, hot dogs, Cajun food, fried fish and shrimp Po'Boy sandwiches, etc. etc. We each ate a plate of salad, rice and grilled chicken and shrimp. Andy had a bit of lamb added to his. We sat on a rock wall and watched as the horse-drawn trolley  went up and down the street.  

There were large tents full of craft vendors, entertainment, and activities for children. Critters in the Classroom was there with two of their folks showing and talking about owls. Musical folks were set up along the sidewalk and in the street. This group of three were terrific! They were playing jazzy holiday music - I loved that tuba!

AND, you could even take a camel ride. That's right! A CAMEL! This one on duty, while the other two rested, was named Barney.

I noticed several Santa hats, Santa dog costumes, Santa blow-ups, and then there was this Santa that was busy painting this house! He better hurry up so he can get back to the North Pole. He's got important work to do!

After walking up and down the street, checking out the tents, etc. we went into the Wooly Bully Yarn Co. Donna was working today so it was good to see her again. I bought some NORO Silk Garden to make two scarves.

Next, Andy and I headed to Lebanon. After a stop at Advance Auto for oil for his truck, we headed downtown. We checked out some of the shops along the main drag and stopped in for a scoop of Almond Joy at Whit's Frozen Custard Shop. 

Now, we're home again. Time to work. UGH!

I did finish the One Row Scarf I was working on with Mushishi and started a new one out of NORO Silk Garden.

This week will be a short one work-day wise but not short on work to be finished by the end of the month. 

So, I better get to it!  

 

Comments

[mrspao]

Did YOU ride the camel?

[HVAC contractors]

A real camel! Ok, now that's cool.

[Paula]

Wow, that was an interesting weekend. Makes me tired reading about it! The scarf looks great

[Rebekah]

Oh I love owls. WE ahve this great place in St. Louis called the World Bird Sanctuary. They do exhibits like that, but you can also go to their facility. We are freezing all the mice we catch at our house (using snap traps) to take to them to feed all the owls and hawks. Every mouse helps!

[Jeanne B.]

Please tell me that you rode the camel!!!

My friend and I happened upon a makeshift petting zoo at my local mall in the parking lot one Sunday, and I snorgled a baby lion (precious) and rode the camel. It was an adventure--much different from riding horses.

My advice? Don't sit on the hump!