Potpourri

This is all I can show you of Wegmans in Hunt Valley. But trust me ... if you love food and cooking, you absolutely, positively have to go there. No ifs, ands, or buts. Wegmans is to food like Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is to wool. The whole time I was there I was walking around in a daze. Here's an example . . . 10 different kinds of apples. And you can get Valrona chocolate there. If you want to eat, you can either go with a nice sub made to order, or for a real treat, get one of those dinner entrees that cost 15 dollars. Oh, and you get a choice of 10 flavors of coffee that you can sip as you walk around the store. There's plenty of places to sit down and eat on the 2nd floor level.

The only downside is that this location is at least 2 hours away from me. And there's two locations in Virginia which means about a hour and half drive in normal traffic conditions. Hopefully in the near future there will be one opening in Montgomery Co., or in southern Maryland. You folks in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania sure are lucky.

I finally got the skein from England that I will be using to swatch for Patti's sweater coat. It has a very nice feel, and there was a floral scent - lavender, I think. Right now I have it on the swift and in the process of winding it into a center ball. It's slow going, though, because the skein's diameter is smaller than the usual that the swift isn't spread out wide. I have to unwind a bit, then crank the ball winder. Slow-going, but it'll eventually get finished.

The vest is progressing very nicely as you can see below. Since these pictures were taken, I've added about 2 inches or so. I love this kind of knitting, where work progresses at an even pace, with a bit of design elements so as not to make it boring. Knocking on wood I'll be up to the shoulders by end of weekend.