This weekend was very nice & very much needed. Found my new LYS and OMG it’s amazing. The selection of cottons is amazing! I <3 california yarn shops They also have some amazing silk & hand painteds too.  So I bought enough yarn (hopefully!) to make my Roam from knitty’s fall issue. It’s from Knit One Crochet Two in tie dye. Now I have to admit that I’m not usually a variated color kind of gal. At least not apart from socks, scarves & hats. I usually don’t dig it on me. But I thought, “What the hell, I’m in california & it’s so very californian”. I’m renaming this sweater my Ojai Oats sweater because it’s so very Ojai. If you’ve never been up to Ojai then come on by and we will drive up the 10 minutes & meet all the hippies that sold out & are working for the man and are living in 2 million $ homes

 So yes, Roam is coming along nicely. My gage was way the HELL off, but I’m blaming that on yarn subsitution & my own gage problems. Even after swatching I had to frog out the 2 inches I had done (in 2 sizes smaller) because what was supposed to be 26″ was actually 31″. But at least I’m learning to catch it sooner than later & frog it I’m almost done with the back so that’s a happy thought.  So much seed stitch in cotton O_O My hands need some loving. Thankfully I have some wool on the way in some great tweed.

In other random news I went shopping. For the first time in a year I bought new clothes & for the first time in 2 years I bought shoes. I love me the nordstrom rack Being that I wear size 12 womens shoes I rarely find anything I want to put on my feet. & I’m either a flat or HIGH wedge kinda girl. No inbetweens please.  So what did I get? Some CUTE Lacoste white deck sneekers that are O so cute. *hello little alligators* and some Steve Madden red wedges that look almost like this. I also bought a cute perfectly flaring skirt in colors I would normally never buy. So I thought outside my fasion box. It worked.

 Now I have to knit a little sweater to go with the colors I would normally never buy, because I have none of them in my wardrobe. also how cute are these? They would go perfectly with the skirt I just bought. Hmmmm I may have to buy them?

Still no computer because our stuff is still on a truck somewhere in this great nation. I have no idea. Maybe it’s visiting the grand canyon? Maybe driving through the petrified forest? Should be here this week I think though. So pictures will come then.

 Toodles!