Wabi Sabi!

We went on an overnight trip to Ottawa, left Friday morning and spent the day at the museum of Science and Technology ( I love museums), Had the best milkshakes ever (Elgin st. Diner), swam in the pool at the Sheraton and the next morning after a big breakfast, we went to Wabi Sabi. Not all of us of course, M took the boys to the park, and A came with me. What a fantastic store! So friendly and warm inside and full of lovely, lovely yarns and other nifty things! Buckets of roving and spinning wheels, buttons, needles. And very nice ladies working inside :) I did purchase a couple of things.

 3 hanks of yarn: 

Kargil by Couleurs Mouton  in Girolle (which is french for Chanterelle. I think. I had to google it.). Made from 80% superwash merino / 10% cashmere / 10% nylon-So you know those socks are going to feel daaaamn fine on your tootsies.

 

 Huh, strange... I bought an artisanal yarn made in Quebec, in Ottawa. But have never bought Qc yarn in Qc. Though, to be fair, I've never seen Couleurs Mouton in the local yarn stores I've been to.

And this pretty thing is  Manos Del Uruguay Alegria in Olive.

 This yarn is 75% superwash merino wool and 25% polyamide. Nifty fact about Manos Del Uruguay-it's a non-profit organization that helps rural women! Neato! 

And finally, in this luxurious 85% Merino Superwash Wool, 15% Mulberry Silk: Cascade Heritage Silk Paints in Celtic (discontinued)
Urgh, I need to sticky roll my chair-that's a lot of cat hair.

I looked this yarn up, and bloody hell! Gorgeous yarns! How have I not seen these before?  Water Lilies is stunning and moving to the top of my wish list, followed by Shadows and Deep Water. 

And finally, I picked up some Chiagoo us1.5 (2.5mm) dpns. The one size I was missing, is missing no longer!

 

I didn't get much knitting done while I was actually in Ottawa (obviously) but I did knit while M drove. Not the whole time. I like being a passenger on long car rides, watching the scenery go by, keeping M company while he drives and stopping B from hassling his older siblings. B doesn't do well in cars for long periods of time, nor does C, yay motion sickness. I dosed them both with Gravol and was expecting B, at least, to pass out but that never happened. Instead he was a giant pain in the ass. Oh well, at least he didn't puke. And at least I had knitting to calm my irritated nerves. I had cast on Wise Hilda's basic ribbed sock on Thursday, and knit about three rows. I got about 2" done in the car on the way there, and about 3.5" on the way home.The kids have Monday and Tuesday off so who knows how much knitting I'll manage in that time. Probably not much, But I will make sure to ball up the Cascade Heritage Silk Paints, I don't want it to get tangled.

Almost 6" of sock done!

And now for a nice, hot bubblebath.