People, Places and Things

by Patty · March 5, 2009

My last post was all words. This will be a few words with pictures, to continue on February.

What I bought

Generally on trips, Tom and I stimulate the local economy, but I’ve been restrained mostly because, as you may know, my collection of both fabric and yarn that goes way beyond SABLE, and there just isn’t room for more stuff till I get some sewing and knitting under my belt.

At Madrona, it was the last day and I hadn’t made a single purchase, but a $5 certificate was burning a hole in my pocket and Just Our Yarn yarn isn’t readily available locally. Just before we packed up the car to head south, this was my choice. Almaza lace weight yarn in a colorway of plums, greens, and blues, with a little brown thrown in.

In San Jose, Tom picked up a couple of bottles of single malts – one from BevMo and one from Trader Joe’s. We visited Purlesence in Sunnyvale, but I wasn’t inspired, so walked away empty handed. Again, it was the last day, and we were meeting Margie and Ted Easter for lunch in Campbell, so we stopped by Green Planet Yarn, where it was a hard decision, but I chose this Mirasol Baby Alpaca yarn, as my trip souvenir.

It was a big market at the Sewing Expo in Puyallup. Since I was resolved not to buy fabric I passed up Vogue Fabrics, among others, several times, but I did come home with two books

Four DVDs

One pattern (which is much cooler than the pictures would suggest)

And some vintage buttons from Nifty Thrifty Dry Goods

Sewing related, but not sewing…I also purchased my copy of the local ASG chapter’s cookbook. I worked on the project and it includes Tom’s “Meatless” sauce and my tried and true recipes for ginger cookies and southern biscuits. You can buy a copy too. Contact Barbara to get information on ordering.