I'm back in North Carolina ready to get back to work! I enjoyed my vacation up to New England with my family. We spent some time working on the new house which had several surprises for us (it is 113 years old).
The night we arrived the floors were littered with dead bugs (I had a carpenter bee in my room) and I woke up the first morning to the sound of my parents trying to catch the resident bat. Later that week, my brother was in the process of gutting a room when he discovered something that completely puzzled him. It appeared as if there was a room above that one that was not visible.
My father found evidence of stairs hidden in a wall and then uncovered this in the basement stairwell:
A secret staircase leading to two secret rooms. There was even a window up there! We didn't find anything interesting, although I firmly believe that if you are going to go to all the trouble to make a secret room, you should leave something mysterious up there.
In other news, a few weeks ago I saw this jacket in the Ravelry store and just couldn't get over how adorable it was! Needless to say I needed to have it and justified buying it because of all that Ravelry has done for me. I'm not sure I would have gone beyond knitting distorted squares without the community and collection of great patterns.
The night we arrived the floors were littered with dead bugs (I had a carpenter bee in my room) and I woke up the first morning to the sound of my parents trying to catch the resident bat. Later that week, my brother was in the process of gutting a room when he discovered something that completely puzzled him. It appeared as if there was a room above that one that was not visible.
My father found evidence of stairs hidden in a wall and then uncovered this in the basement stairwell:
A secret staircase leading to two secret rooms. There was even a window up there! We didn't find anything interesting, although I firmly believe that if you are going to go to all the trouble to make a secret room, you should leave something mysterious up there.
In other news, a few weeks ago I saw this jacket in the Ravelry store and just couldn't get over how adorable it was! Needless to say I needed to have it and justified buying it because of all that Ravelry has done for me. I'm not sure I would have gone beyond knitting distorted squares without the community and collection of great patterns.
Please ignore the flour on the front, I was baking cookies for a friend and didn't notice it until after I took the photos.
The front has a cute little bunny snoozing and the back features what I would consider a jamboree of animals.
I wore it during my recent Webs visit and obviously fit right in. But I fantasize about moments where I'm casually wandering down the sidewalk when I meet a fellow crafter and we exchange secretive nods before continuing on.
Also, ever since I got my beloved Namaste bag I've definitely noticed that I've had less experiences where the yarn store owner follows me around being openly rude. I've actually had several experiences like that in the past, I assume the owners think that the only reason a young person would be there is if they wanted to shoplift, needless to say they don't get any of my business.
Have you had any fun surprises in your life lately?
