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Tag: Los Angeles
Gather DTLA and other La La Land adventures
Hi there friends, and happy Friday!
Phew, this week’s flown by — I can’t believe I’m just getting to tell you about my time in Los Angeles! It was a wonderful (almost) week, and we crammed in a lot — especially considering we had to carry on with work Thursday, Friday, and Monday as usual.
So, obviously, the most important part of the trip was visiting a new-to-me yarn shop! I’ve been working my way through the fiber spots that are scattered around LA. A few weeks before I arrived, Mr. N had, by chance, had an opportuntity to scout out one of the shops I’d been hoping to visit — Gather DTLA — and was very enthusiastic about it (“They have Quince yarn!” he reported, “and locally dyed yarn as well!” — clearly, he’s done a good job learning how to evaluate yarn shops.) Our original plan had been to do some hikng Saturday and visit downtown LA, and most importantly, the yarn shop, on Sunday, but bad weatehr Saturday morning conviced us to swap our weekend plans. And in the end, by the time we got downtown early Saturday afternoon, it had turned into a brilliant day.
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Mawson visits Griffith Observatory, and other LA snippets
I’ve been in Los Angeles with Mr. N the last week and a bit. One of the WIPs that came west with me was my almost completed Mawson hat, which I started at Thanksgiving with my mom, but, due to yarn shortage, we couldn’t complete before I left.
I finished the hat within a day of arriving here, but hadn’t a moment to get any pictures of it. But on Friday, Mr. N and I decided to take the afternoon off and head over to Griffith Observatory, which I had never been to, to explore a bit and see the fabulous views.
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Thursday Sockalong: Hermione Heel and a Walk in the Park
It’s Thursday and, friends, I have some sock progress to share!
I was all ready to write another post where I told you all about how I wasn’t making progress on my socks. I was planning to cast on Asagi last night. But yesterday was … a day. And by the time I sat down with a little time to knit, I didn’t have the mental or physical energy to cast on for a new project. So I pulled out my Hermione sock and had some therapeutic knitting time.
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Saturday in South Bay
Saturday, Mr. N and I decided to put our newly bought car (!) to good use and head out for some exploring of this vast place that is Los Angeles.
Just as we we were packed up and ready to go for a day out by the beach (sunscreen: check; Hermione Socks: check), Mr. N inquired: “don’t you want to check if any of your knitting shops are around where we’re going?” And I’ll tell you, readers, I felt pretty dang lucky. Not only does Mr. N go along without complaint to yarn shops and stay as long as I’d like, he actively seeks out opportunities for me to buy yarn!
fiber and sustenance 