A Day Off...

Today, I took the day off. I got a massage, then drove around finding local yarn stores. The first one I visited didn't have what I was looking for: wool roving. But they did have lots of lovely yarns. I was going to buy some "cool cotton", which is cotton with super-fine threads of steel spun into it. Very cool-looking. The price that I thought was for the whole bag of 10 skeins...which I thought was a great price...turned out to be the price per skein. So I decided to save up some money first. I didn't need to spend that much money on yarn for one project, especially when I already have boxes and boxes full of cotton yarn at home. But maybe if I get a gift certificate at some point...

At the second yarn store, I hit pay dirt. (What, exactly, does that mean anyway?) I found eight ounces of red wool roving, and 7 ounces of the softest, squishiest white alpaca fiber. I'm looking forward to spinning them up, especially the alpaca. It feels so lovely. The wool isn't so soft, but I can condition it with hair conditioner after it's spun, and that should help.

I had a very nice day. I had planned on also going to my favorite bookstore and just sitting there, knitting or spinning, but the traffic was getting pretty thick, and I was starting to get a headache. So I went home earlier than I'd planned. Now it's time to start the pizza, and do a little spinning...