how the mighty have fallen...

and fallen hard. I am one of the few and the proud that actually made it to the end of the three month 12 step program for yarnaholics. Just like and addict, I knew exactly how long I had left before I could feed my addiction.

To help take my mind off the last few hours of the stashalong, Stacey, her mom Marsha, Jeni, Michelle, myself, and a few other gals headed up to a bed and breakfast in Buena Vista called Liar's Lodge for a weekend get away.

We went well prepared for anything.


Do you think the four of us (Jeni, Stacey, Michelle and I) packed enough stuff? We brought drinks (see the hardcore?), sweets, snacks, yarn, chairs, cushions, pillows, blankets, the kit AND the caboodle!!!


Look at the view we had from the front window...
and the doggy who was only TOO eager to serve


Friday, we drove down and got settled in, had a wonderful dinner. Saturday morning, we got up bright and early, knit a bit, had a HUGE breakfast, and had a small class on intarsia/stranded knitting from Marilyn of Black Water Abbey. We had a small break so that I (um, i meant to say WE) could get into town to visit Serendipity Yarns, the LYS that was conveniently having their anniversary sale!

I bought myself a *few* things.

On the left, we see a few skeins of frog tree alpaca, and a skein of Alpaca With A Twist. The frog tree is for me, the baby twist is to make some baby bootees. On the right, a new needle/DPN case from Offhand Designs.

We knit the rest of the day away, stopping only to gorge ourselves on the luscious foods being served. On Sunday, we headed back to Denver, but stopped by Colorful Yarns for their April Fool's Day sale... and I couldn't resist.


There's a skein of Opal sock yarn missing from the pic, but you get the idea. It confirmed my suspicions that I am indeed, an addict. I can not just buy ONE skein of anything. It's a slippery slope once I start buying yarn.

Today, I also got some packages in the mail!



My scarf exchange scarf and mittens finally arrived... and my pal, Mia, sent some pretty lace weight? yarn, and some pretty Galway yarn along with the scarf and the mittens. Thanks Mia!

There are a few things (skeins) that I have neglected to mention... I started to feel a bit indulgent after showing you all the yarn I bought. But there's more to show tomorrow.