Ok, so I did something I never thought I’d do. I had lunch with someone I met on-line. My visit to California afforded me the opportunity to visit yet another yarn shop and most excitingly, have lunch with one of my pattern testers. She’s a magnificent lady, an incredible knitter who had just finished test knitting my Jardin Ruffled Cardi. Well, since I was going to be so close to Long Beach, why not visit her who was only a short 45 minutes away. The shop is the Alamitos Bay Yarn Company located on the Long Beach marina.
Outside the shop, a magnificent sight, with dozens of little white sailboats in the background – inside, a buffet of luscious yarns. Here’s what I brought home. Madeline Tosh, lace weight in a generous 950 yard hank.
Oh, what a beautiful knitted square. Yes, only one square and it took me way longer than I thought. Amiss all my other projects I munched on this little square a little bit at a time. I found it to be a bit challenging. Not the type of knitting you’d be doing at the knitting group. Tried that and had to unravel all my work when I got home. LOL Every row had its distinct stitches. There were no easy purl rows. But as you can see, it developed this beautiful design. You can find this pattern in The Great American Afghan . I’ll be contributing this square to Knits! in Longwood as part of a charity afghan.
The color is really moss green. Doesn’t show well in this picture.