redhead ramblings

Yarn Aboard II

July 15, 2006 · 1 Comment

Because I am totally addicted to swaps and alongs now. And because Lynne is my idol and I copy everything she does, I signed up for Yarn Aboard II which looks totally fun.

It keeps getting better, though. Captain Amanda sent us YAIIs an email saying she had partnered with “the wonderful people at Crown Mountain Farms” who would give us 20% off on many of the things they sell. Discounts, yummmm. So I popped over to CMF. CMF, yummm. Sock Hop Yarn, yummmm. Everything they have, yummmmm.

I looked at the page of dyes they sell: Cushing’s Perfection Direct Dye. I clicked to “embiggen” (argh, hate that word, what’s wrong with enlarge?) the color card. As I’m perusing the colors, the place where Cushings is made jumped out at me. Can you see it?

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Kennebunkport, ME.

That’s where I’m spending my summer vacation! Well, actually Cape Porpoise, but same thing.

Two words, friends.

Field Trip

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Project Spectrum Purple of the Day

July 15, 2006 · 2 Comments

We certainly couldn’t celebrate a month of purple without the true Willy Wonka’s (sorry Johnny) purple velvet frock topcoat (which, BTW, went for 28K at auction in 2002).

This is purple at its best (and it may even be the color of the vermicious knids).

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