Abundance

Also a stop in Portland for the fiber savvy is Abundant Yarn and Dyeworks. Larissa Brown mentions this shop (and frequents it) in her book from whence the traveling scarf plan came.




It is a beautiful, friendly and GIANT LYS. I'm told they just got their liquor license for the cafe last week. Mr. Sophanne happily worked on his laptop at one of the many cafe tables and eavesdropped on a "knit day gathering." Uh oh. Our secret has been revealed. I bought some locally dyed sock yarn (ptf-pictures to follow) and was glad to have it when I had only sock knitting faculties available in my head.

Another not-to-be-missed Portland venue is Powell's bookstore. Store is a bit of an understatement. It's a great place to go if you have unlimited funds and are not confined to one bag on the flight home. Since neither applied to me, I had to use a good bit of restraint. I did get No Idle Hands-the social history of American Knitting and I recommend it highly. In addition to being chock full of a bunch of stuff I didn't know, it gave my sock mojo the little kick it needed.

Food, family, and a trip to a casino (a reward to Mr. Sophanne for his yarny-book patience- can you believe I married a guy who doesn't just LOVE bookstores and can't carry a tune- truly opposites attract) finished off the Portland visit and sent us on our way to Seattle. Stay tuned.

I'm not sure where this next tidbit of information will fit in, as it was sort of a theme from this point on. Let it be known that I have a children's cd in the works called "Dog" with a punk rock "Dog in the Bed" and a bluesy sort of "I gotta bury my bone." There are other titles pending. Blog readers may get the first glimpse of these songs once they are written and I convince Mr. Sophanne that he really does want to tape them for me.