ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Recently, a friend and myself went on a little road trip over to Mitchel NE., I have always wanted to visit Brown Sheep Wool Mill. We had the most beautiful blue sky day to drive out on the Nebraska panhandle.

Brown Sheep wool is one of my favorite work horse yarns with a great price point! I use it often for kids sweater, socks and extra colors to have around for color work patterns. You can order direct from the mill, I like cones for main color and then fill in with smaller pre-wound balls. BUT, if one goes to the Mill you can find so much yarn, every color, weight to meet all one’s knitting needs in the ‘seconds’ room. I have bought their seconds for years and have yet to find any difference from the firsts. Many times they are discontinue dye lots or a knot in center of skein.

After an hour or so at the Mill we went into Scottsbluff, a small town USA kinda place…..I love a small town with a coffee house, bakery, quilt shop, and a Brown’s Shoe Store! We stopped in each of these shops and made purchases!

I should of brought my big camera to take pictures of cows, farms, and the back roads of the panhandle, I forgot….again! Oh well, ‘the best camera is the one in your hand.’

Reading has been happening, mainly to a kindergarten class, (my grandson), and that takes time at the local library to find the perfect 3 books. Five/Six year olds is like herding cats! Kudos to all elementary school teachers!

Finished Northeaster. I enjoy reading books on weather and how people deal with the elements. Some behave stupid, some ignore all the signs and pay for it dearly and some (most) do not fool with Mother Nature.

Reading: ROOTED. I love it- so much to learn and learn we best, before it is all gone! Nature, I believe will save humankind from ourselves! The benefits of being out doors is endless but for me, it’s remembering how small I am in this creation and the interconnection we have with all creation.