Eye Candy Friday

The tree in our front yard was screaming "Autumn!" at us the other day. The leaves were a gorgeous, burning orange with dark margins, and the berries a deep maroon color. The wind was blowing when I brought the camera out to take the picture so it's a little out of focus. Then again, all of my photos are out of focus. So if you think your eyes are going bad, it's because mine are.

I joined the Socktoberfest (see the Button Bin in the sidebar). My plan is to finish the Ombre Hombre socks and to work on spinning a yarn that can be used to knit socks during the month. I even passed up on the sock yarn at Shuttles, Spindles and Skeins in Boulder yesterday, although it was good to be in a really nice fiber arts store during Weaving and Spinning Week. I didn't pass up on a set of Lantern Moon ebony DPNs, though. It was a great extravagance, but I think I'll take that in lieu of trying to find a suitable reward yarn for my gym attendance, since that is turning into an epic search on the scale of The Holy Grail.

S, S and S is a great store. You can find just about anything you want for spinning, weaving, or knitting there. I looked longingly at the rovings, available in nearly any color you can think of. They have spinning wheels, looms, equipment, bags, books, magazines, sheeply bric a brac, and yarn, yarn, YARN. It's funny, I don't go nuts in there, but get overwhelmed by all of the beautiful fibers and just wander around feeling skeins and wondering where the heck I'd put a big pile of that pearly white roving, and after a good long look I finally emerge with a small piece of equipment or a little wool. If you're in the Denver area, scoot over to Boulder and check them out. There are a couple of other really nice yarn stores in D-town, but S, S and S is worth the trip out.