Prop 8 Protest March

History was made all across the USA and the world. Where you there?

This pictures is from the Seattle march. You can see more here.

P.S. If you see me in the photo pool, leave a link in the comments! :)

Seattle Area Yarn Stores

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There are nearly 52 yarn stores in the Seattle area. If I visit just one a week, it will take me all year to see them. That's a lot of yarn! But what better way to learn my way around the Seattle area and get to meet a lot of knitters along the way!

This list is taken from the Ravelry Sheepless in Seattle Group's Puget Sound LYS List post. (Sorry, if your not a member yet, you'll have to sign up and get on the waiting list. Maybe soon they will be out of Beta and everyone can get in!)

Seattle - Day One

Today we went over to the canal locks where they let boats in and out of Lake Washington to Puget Sound near Ballard.

The salmon are swimming upstream right now and we got to see them through an observation window as they worked themselves up a "fish ladder".

We also got to watch several boats get lowered to go out to sea at the locks. And then we watched several others get raised to get into Lake Washington. It is a production. If I was a boat owner it would seem like a hassle. But if I was a salmon, I'd be grateful for the locks.

The weather was perfect: sunny and in the high 60's/lower 70's. I'm glad to be away from the heat back in Texas.

We looked at one house today but we didn't like it. We are going to drive by some others tomorrow. I'm thinking it may take longer to find a house then I expected. But we'll see. I'm sure the right house will show up at the right time!

Knit and Pearl, Santa Barbara Yarn Store

I just got back from a week in Oxnard,CA at my new job's corporate headquarters for training and to meet the rest of the people I will be working with.

I flew in and out of Santa Barbara. It was a beautiful hour drive up and down the coast from and to the airport.

While I was in Santa Barbara, I stopped at Knit and Pearl, a local yarn store. I bought some really soft baby alpaca yarn to knit another Bejeweled scarf.
Erin, who is from Seattle, was there knitting. She gave me some great advise on finding a place to live in Seattle. She also told me about a couple of knitting groups, her favorite being Tuesday nights at the Fiber Gallery.
I'm looking forward to seeing her again and meeting the other people in her group. Knitters are such great people. Who would have thought that of all places I would have met a fellow knitter who lives in Seattle during my trip to Santa Barbara?!?

So far I've found two knitting groups to attend in Seattle. Can't wait to get up there. But now it is crazy packing until the 4th when I leave to go up to Seattle. 10 days and counting!!!