Rainy California

Just got back from a week in Southern California visiting with family. I was hoping to go to a doll club meeting down in San Diego to hear Patti Culea speak but got rained out. Well, maybe that should be wimped out. Decided I didn't want to drive long distances on unfamiliar roads in pouring rain. Ah well. I did get to go to a couple of great shops though. Found an utterly amazing yarn shop that had so many choices it was overwhelming. If you get to Laguna Hills check out the Yarn Lady. Also went to a craft shop called Tall Mouse - it's like a Hobby Lobby and I was astounded to see the high quality goods they carried. Wasn't used to finding Hoffman batiks, Michael Miller, Alexander Henry and other 'quilt shop' fabrics in a chain store. Plus a great collection of inks and fabric paints. They had an large variety of Prismacolor pencils so I got to augment my collection, yay! It's nice to be home where I have my sewing machine though - I did a lot of knitting while I was gone. I've found I'm not very good at sitting and watching tv or chatting anymore without something for my hands to do. Made three of those narrow scarves out of novelty yarns while I was gone. Guess I'll have to learn to wear them now!