Knit Sisters

I hit my front door last night at 10:30 p.m., and got up this morning at 6:15 a.m. to get to work by 7:30 a.m.   Not a lot of turn-around time there.  Midmorning today I felt like I might just fall right over.

Nevertheless, I had a great time in St. Louis with my family members and my knitting pal Carol. 

 

Carol and I went to Knitorious on Friday, a great little LYS, and basically spent the day there: looking at all the yarn, looking at all the yarn again, going out for lunch, and then coming back and looking at all the yarn once more.  We did actually make some purchases; Carol bought some beautiful dark teal bamboo yarn for a cardigan she’s planning, and I bought two skeins of Malabrigo, one gorgeous little ball of laceweight mohair, and a ball of Nashua Handknits Creative Focus Worsted to do some experimenting with.  (Pictures to come later in the week…)  Oh, and two skeins of buttery soft merino to make gauntlets for Harvey.  (I also took some of Carol’s unwanted stash off her hands–we’ll address that later in the week as well, OK?  OK.)

On Saturday we went to Grant’s Farm for a little time with the animals and fall foliage.

                                                      My three-year-old nephew, cavorting with the goats.

                                                              A beautiful tree.

                                         Black swans.

 

A llama, who, soon after this picture was taken, spit viciously in my face.  I guess my sis was right:  those llamas cannot be trusted.

Did you know that they give out free beer at Grant’s Farm?  You can get two “samples” (actually full-size cups) per person per visit.  Isn’t that just the coolest thing?  Could there be a better reason to visit St. Louis?  Needless to say, we all (well, the adults) availed ourselves of this generous offer.  And entrance to the farm is free as well.  This kind of deal almost does not exist in this modern world. 

Some people might even think that being spit on by a llama is a small price to pay for free beer.

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