My First Connecticut Knitting Post!

I couldn't decide whether to let the knitting blog stay frozen in Shorewood time, or to keep writing. So you can pretty much figure out what I decided. Anyway ...... I just returned from the weekly Woodbury Farmers' Market, where I noticed yarn for sale. The woman who sells it spins it herself in 50 yard skeins, and it is beautiful (though pricey). I especially loved the angora that she spins from her rabbits' fur. Each skein has a photo of the animal it came from, and the animal's name. I love that. Her website has some information and photos of the sheep and bunnies. She'll be at the market all summer, so once I figure out what I could do with one of her skeins, I will buy one. She suggested using the angora as the bottom of a hat, which I thought was a good idea. And ...... she told me about a yearly yarn event just over the border in New York state, the New York Sheep and Wool Festival. It sounds similar to the one Cathy went to last year in Wisconsin. And, in talking with her about yarn, I mentioned that I haven't seen a yarn shop yet. She told me about one in a neighboring town and said it's a good shop. They don't have a website, but I found out where it is. So one of these days I will venture over there. Not that I have given much thought to knitting yet ....... between the settling in (translated: cleaning a mess that never seems to go away) and the lure of outdoors, it's hard to think of knitting. Friday mornings were good because they forced me to pick up yarn in the summertime. But soon enough that time will come again ........