MMMmmm, what could be better than tattoos and yarn? My friend, Sarah, came for a visit from Texas this last week. She arrived at our house Tuesday night. We stayed up and chatted till 3 a.m. Bright and early the next morning we headed out the door for what we thought would be yarn shop hopping and tattoos. Part of that is true. Our first yarn shop was the ever lovely and glorious Pastimes. By far my favorite store. If only they'd carry everything I love... sadly, no store exists. Anyway, we then went to Fiber Gallery. A nice little shop with some yarns not found anywhere else locally. I picked up some Recycled Silk for a poncho. I'll post the pattern here when said and done. I'm thinking of writing a pattern that will work with whatever yarn you have, needle you have and whatever yardage you have. That's what I'm thinking at least. We also made it to Seattle Yarn Gallery where Red Heart sits next to Reynolds... I joke you not! We ended our yarn shops early with Hilltop Yarns. I found the worst y
arn ever!!! Handmaiden's silk blend. Why you ask? It reeks! I'd take a poopy diaper over this yarn. I ACTUALLY threw the yarn down. Yup, that gross. Anyway, tattoos enter here...Last Saturday I checked out a new tattoo parlor near me. I wanted to make sure it was clean, check out artists' past work, and pricing. Everything looked great. I try to set up an appointment, but they only take cash of which I don't have any. The artist tells me not to worry about it as there won't be a problem getting us in. After Hilltop Yarns we call the shop to check to see if we are still ok. We then leave Seattle earlier than we had planned to so that we could get to the parlor in time. Guess what?!! A problem. He is now booked for the day. Not only that, but he can't get us in till Friday afternoon. Sarah was leaving Friday morning. Grrrr. I was so mad. Why tell a customer it won't be a problem and, and, and... grrrr... So after calling around for 30 minutes it was clear we weren't getting tattoos on Wednesday. My ever sweetest, darling, wonderful husband called and got us appointments at Mark of the Vampire Thursday evening. Isn't that a cool name? Anyway, the above photo is my first tattoo on my lower back. Got that one 7 years ago. The second photo shows my wrist tattoos. I had Carpe Diem touched up after my shoulder tattoo. I think I shall get a lovely little Celtic knot between Carpe Diem and my palm. Lovely little place for one, right? Finally is my latest tattoo. A Celtic phoenix. Isn't it the coolest? I
so looooove it! Back to yarn...Thursday we went back to Pastimes, drug dealers that they are. Went to the Knittery next. I swear wenches shouldn't be in business, let alone musty, old, dilapidated ones. Then Nancy's Knits. Old lady there was very nice, but... I didn't know there was such a yucky yarn store in existence. And finally we went to Hilltop East which was Skeins. Very nice. They really turned the store around. Not as nice as Pastimes, but oh so much better than it used to be. PF Changs for lunch. yummy. Insert tattoos here. During Sarah's last visit I taught her to knit. Very condensed lesson. This time I got in a condensed lesson on cables and lace. Even wrote a small lace pattern for her to use. Difficult to do at 2 a.m., even with Irish Cream. hehehe. Now back to my boring little life. :)
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