02.21.06
Return to Brooklyn
The trip to the West coast was extremely fruitful fiber-wise:
- I watched “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” on the incredibly long flight to Cali in which Audrey Hepburn, along with looking fabulous in all her outfits and living the NYC glam-girl life, is also filmed knitting! Except I don’t know what she is knitting - it looks like a strangely proportioned sweater in red.
- I read my fiber mags on the plane.
- I got a lot of knitting done on the lace scarf (on the plane and while sitting in a warehouse in the O.C. listening to my boyfriend’s band rehearse).
- Drove by Black Sheep Knittery but boo! it was closed! (must give kudos to the boyfriend here - he found the store while driving one day and remembered it so he could take me there - he is numero uno!)
- Yet again, while driving found a great store called Sueno (put a tilda over the n). They feature modern, tribal and antique textiles+furniture+more. Store owners were very friendly, considering I walked in just as they were closing. We talked a little about where they buy their textiles and learned about amate papel from Mexico. They had an amate wall-hanging but it was not painted on, the woven pattern was striking enough.
- I took photos of my guy wearing his birthday hat while strolling on the beach.
BUT
I left my camera in Cali! With all the rush, I left it in his car. I am so bummed-out. I was so looking forward to posting photos of my trip and the boyfriend modeling his hat. What’s an artistic goddess to do?
I had such a wonderful time in L.A. and now I have to adjust — it’s back to business in Brooklyn.
Fiber Things-To-Do:
- Start a new fiber art piece
- Price tripods for the digital camera - must take photos of fiber art work to post on this blog!
- Start another hat for my guy - thinking maybe the cable patterned hat from Stitch & Bitch Nation?
- Think about signing up for some sort of knit or fiber class.
- And, of course, keeping knitting the lace scarf!