Wonderful old two-story house. The first floor is all quilting, and the second floor is knitting and weaving. I've never seen so many different sock yarns in one place before! I got the lovely Euroflax from my previous post there.
A new favorite is in picturesque Old St. Charles, down by the river. Fun place to wander and visit and have a "cuppa" or a good meal. The new knitting store is Knit and Caboodle. Here's a picture of her 110 (!!) colors of Cascade 220! Lots of other goodies, and she is encouraging folks to bring a sack lunch on Fridays, nosh and knit there. I bought a luscious Lane Borgosesia Cashwool 100% merino lace yarn, in "Denim" 1460 yards, for $14. I feel a shawl coming on..
Ozzie will help me look for a pattern for the shawl
After he finishes his nap, of course. That's three feet of Bengal kitty (nose to tail tip). He's about four years old, attitude to the eyeballs, but very loving. Usually.
I can't leave without reporting that we won a medal at the Region 7 Sweet Adelines Competition in Kansas City last weekend. Our St. Joseph chorus, named the St. Joe Show Chorus for the last 48 years placed second in small choruses. The chorus almost dissolved about 10 years ago, and has slowly been building back. This is the first time in several years that we've even placed, so we're really happy. One judge complains about Region 7 because " everyone wears black!" We took care of that!
Our director is Kim Kraut (on the left above) who is terrific! Here she is (second from the left below) with her winning quartet, Primo! I know, they're wearing black, but they're from the Kansas City chorus.
We're lucky to have her. I feel so lucky to be a part of this chorus--we're small, but dedicated, loving and supportive of each other. Such fun!
1 comment:
gratulations on your place in the chorus singing.
Everyone in my home loves singing, but we don't have those sorts of competitions in Australia.
Found your blog from ISE4. Hope you're having fun with the scarf swap.
cheers gemma
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