So. I grew up on Port Susan Bay. As a child, my life sort of revolved around the water. The tide going in and out; playing out on the mud flats; swimming in the bay; beachcombing; logwalking. How I loved the beach! But wait a minute--how could I have forgotten the woods? My siblings, cousins, and I played in the woods behind our house almost as much as we went down to the beach. As I was driving home and thinking about it, the memories came so thick and fast that my eyes welled up. And inspiration came. Now if I could only find the materials I needed....
I went to Michaels looking for yarn. The kind of yarn that was sort of fringey--I didn't know the name, but I would know the yarn when I saw it. Sadly, no luck. Fortunately, JoAnn's was nearby. I found this wonderful yarn:
It's called "Angel Hair Stripes." It wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but if you could touch it, you'd know why I had to have it. It was so VERY soft! Anyway, maybe what I was really looking for would go with it. *sigh* Nope. I found the type of yarn I was looking for--eyelash yarn, but the color was all wrong--a cool, sagey-type green. It wouldn't go with this lovely, warm-toned, delightfully soft, angel hair. I went to the yarn store in Stanwood to see if I could find eyelash yarn in the right shade. Well, no. But I did find a couple of things that might work:
Anyway, then I had to figure out what exactly I was going to do. I spent most of today mixing colors of clay and trying to learn how to do a chain stitch. UNfortunately, trying to crochet made me crochety. Time for plan B....
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