I may have broken my stash vow. duh. 
I had a wonderful time yarn gazing at Green Mountain Spinnery. GPS was really tiny and felt like some artisanal kind of place, and a really nice woman named Em helped me out while I was there. It was a great chance to handle and see all of their yarns that I had read about, and it seemed that if I didn't buy it straight from there, I would be cheating somehow. (On the other hand, I didn't know that they carry the yarn at Webs, which was my next stop and at a 20% discount. Eek. But, it's the difference between buying at an independent bookstore vs. some Amazon/Walmart kind of place, yes?) Here's my purchase from there: 7 skeins of "Sylvan Spirit" (50% wool/tencel) in Amethyst, intended for Cinxia. 
After about 45 minutes at GPS, Poem-man and I had a lovely lunch in Putney at Front Porch Cafe, which Em had recommended. Both the cafe and GPS would be worth another visit!
Back in the car we got and made our way to Webs, a mere 1.5 hours or so from Putney. I should have known what I was in for when the car we parked next to contained two teenage boys totally reclined in the seats playing hand-held video games and the car parked behind us had a sleeping man at the wheel. Poem-man was like, "wait, let me make sure I have my Ipod and my book." I walked in to Webs with a plan. whatever. but that's a story for another day.
4 comments:
I think the Amethyst yarn will make a beautiful Cinxia! I cannot wait to see what happened at Webs!
Oooo such pretty yarn. You've made a good choice in a car, I have a mazda3 too!
a car? is that like a really small subway? remember, vows are meant to be broken. and now with a car, more places to stash yarn!
LOVE the purple sylvan spirit, will be really beautiful. hide the yarn in the trunk, now why didn't I ever think of that? one of those rubbermaid things that are meant to go under the bed will fit nicely in a car's trunk.
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