Usually when Donna comes up north, she's straight out with family and kid things. So when she called Wednesday, was I free on Thursday and I was....
So she got here around 10 for tea and Danish and we walked the gardens. Which despite the weeds, look pretty good right now. Then we compared our various WIPS - hers are much more adventurous than mine at the moment.
Then we went out - first to my favorite bead shop in the world. Ok, a good friend owns it. But it really does have a great range of beads, findings and just plain old fun stuff. And it is bright and cheery and just plain friendly. Tori is from near where Donna and her DH were stationed so, they had a lot in common to start.
Off then to mine new favorite yarn shop - nicest people, they do - yarns, weaving, needle and wet felting, lesson. I tried a row of knitting on a pair of HUGE needle with this really funky thick yarn. The display shawl, knitted with that pairing was 6 feet in two hours. The yarn was so lovely and soft. So tempting... I bought the cutest t-shirt; it's actually on their home page