Well, this is a beautiful neighborhood!!!! I visited two of the loveliest shops today! I drove up to Fort Collins and went to My Sister Knits. The shop is located in the carriage house of a lovely home on Mountain Avenue, which is a grand street with a tree lined median running through the middle….
Month: June 2019
June 16, 2019 – Rocky Mountain National Park
Apparently, we were too wore out to walk anywhere!!! Happy Father’s Day to all the father’s out there! I let the hubs drive me through Rocky Mountain National Park today! (It was his idea – I did offer to drive.) We went through Estes Park to pick up cinnamon rolls from Cinnamon’s Bakery. They are…
June 15, 2019 – Rocky Mountain National Park, Alberta Falls
I mean, it looked like a trail!!! We drove up through Estes Park to the Rocky Mountain National Park today. We were determined to go on a hike. We used to hike quite a bit but as time has gone on – not so much, so we wanted an “easy” hike no more than 3…
June 8, 2019 – Estes Park Wool Market continued
A-buying we will go, a-buying we will go, hi-ho the derry-o, a-buying we will go!!! So, I love ALL parts of the festival – the animals, watching people spin yarn on spinning wheels and drop spindles, the smells, the yarn, fiber and roving for purchase (ED. NOTE – the purchase part is actually her favorite…
June 8, 2019 – Estes Park Wool Market and Fiber Festival
Finally!! Finally!!! We get to see sheep!!!!! Today was the day I’ve been looking forward to for several months! (ED. NOTE – I think she meant years!!!) I LOVE a wool and fiber festival 😊! It’s the anticipation of all the buying!!!! Yesterday I drove up to Estes Park by myself for a sneak preview…
June 5, 2019 – Your Daily Fiber and The Loopy Ewe, Fort Collins, Colorado
I guess you could eat it if you really tried!!!!! I took a little drive to Fort Collins to visit a couple of yarn shops – Your Daily Fiber and The Loopy Ewe. Your Daily Fiber (cute name!!! Years ago I told someone I was going to a fiber festival and she got so excited…
June 1, 2019 – Riverview RV Park, Loveland, Colorado
Hello City!!!!! Goodbye Genoa! Hello, Loveland! Today we left Genoa and headed to our next park, Riverview RV Park in Loveland, Colorado. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed our time in Genoa but I my vision of Colorado was MOUNTAINS! Now, we are in the foothills and around MOUNTAINS! I LOVE it! (ED. NOTE –…
May 25, 2019, Knitting and Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colorado
It should be ready by next fall!!!! I’ve been working like crazy on my Boxy sweater especially while riding in the truck on the way back and forth to Denver and Colorado Springs, but I’m still not finished with the body….sigh. I have reached about 15 inches though – only 3 more to go! I’m…