*Life one meal, and stitch at a time*: This summer, and a Yarn Crawl!

I have been busy this summer with work. Most of that was on a computer, so I didn't always make the time to blog. Sorry, it may happen again. (I don't like to break promises). My hope is to make up for lost time in the days to come, so watch out.
I was counting the amount of knitted projects that I have worked on this summer, and I think it is by far the most knitting I have ever done in such a short time. Realizing that was pretty exciting!

I have knitted a baby blanket, a wine sweater, completed two hats and working on a third. The hats will be upcoming blog posts. Stay tuned for that later...

The Yarn Crawl!
Yarn Crawl, like a pub crawl on instead of hopping from bar to bar, you hop from yarn shop to yarn shop only without the nasty side affect of a hangover.
The city that I live in, hosted on a weekend ago and some friends of mine and I jumped at the chance. There were 12 shops included on the crawl, and we had plans to set out to half the shops but only made it to three shops. I guess that's what happens when you have to personally touch all the yarns and thinking of various projects that the yarn could become. We spent an average of 1.5 hours in each shop and only had a day and half for the crawl. To the victor goes the spoils, and I was victorious by the end of the second day. I found the yarn for a project I have wanted to try for a while at the third shop. I also found a new project and a yarn that I absolutely adore along the way.
This trip solidified a good friendship and my love for cotton and other soft fibers like alpaca and extra fine merino wool. I also discovered my taste in hand-dyed yarn is particular but spot on.

Teasers: I included my spoils of the crawl.