Gifts

Last week I received two unexpected gifts of yarn - lucky me!

On Tuesday, my darling friend Kelli sent me three skeins of Cascade Yarns Mochi Plus. She sent it along with a t-shirt for Aidan from her daughter’s school, autographed by the women’s JV lacrosse team, on which her daughter plays. I will get around to photographing Aidan in the t-shirt sometime soon.

The Mochi Plus is 80% Merino wool and 20% nylon, and is oh so soft. The colorway is Lake Trail, a peaceful blend of bright green, turquoise, a sort of mocha color and a sort of caramel color:


I think I will knit a neckerchief or shawlette with the Mochi Plus yarn.

When Geri arrived on Friday, she was bearing gifts - a lovely cross-stich "Queen Bee" sampler, Queen Bee notepad and a skein of Hand Maiden Sea Silk. Geri not stitched the sampler but framed it herself:


The Sea Silk yarn is 70% Silk, 30% Seacel, and feels so incredibly decadent. It is a lovely green called Moss and has a delightful sheen:


What riches! And the gifts are pretty wonderful, too.

Watkins Glen

Yesterday we drove down to the tip of Seneca Lake, which is one of the Finger Lakes, to go hiking at Watkins Glen State Park. The park is in a 400-foot deep narrow gorge cut through rock by a stream that was left hanging when glaciers came through the area. Hundreds of stone steps climb over, under, and along the waterfalls.

It is spectacularly beautiful:




Here we are, prior to our hike through the park:


Our little goofball: