Summer Storms

 
A few weeks ago we had a round of intense storms that tore through the twin cities. My neighborhood was particularly hit. Trees were down all around the city, uprooted and blown over, hitting houses, blocking streets and intersections. Luckily we lost power only for about half a day, but parts of the city were without power for up to five days.

The sheer size of some of the trees toppled was so impressive. 

Luckily everyone in my house was safe and we didn't suffer any damage. It was strange walking around after the storm while the power was out and everyone was walking through the streets looking at the damage. Slowly but surely the storm clean up is being finished up, although there are still plenty of branches and logs sitting out on the side of the street. It makes for a very foliage filled walk down the blocks.

A Long Drive

I spent the last weekend in Minneapolis taking some pictures for the Holla Knits photo shoot. I'm so excited for this all and can't believe it's all going live in less than a week!

 photo shoot supplies

Besides being where Allyson currently lives Minneapolis is also my home town so I got to spend some time with some pretty great people.

nephews

cousins 

cousin, new puppy, and brother

 

a girl and her unicorn

 

I even managed to get some knitting done while I was there. Casting on for this cowl and getting about half way done with it. I'm using Brava from Knit Picks. It's really soft and will be easy to care for, which is good because I see this getting a lot of use around here!

yum!

Yarn Garage

On my trip home to Minneapolis my mother and I decided that the time had come to visit the yarn garage.

Located on 35th and Chicago, a mere four blocks away from my parents house it is exactly what it's name implies. A garage sized space FILLED with yarn.

It's literally wall to wall, floor to ceiling. Almost what yarn dreams are made of.

There are knit items EVERYWHERE. Tons of sweaters, sample projects, knit art projects. All kinds of crazy stuff.

My favorite was this knit wedding cake (!!!) Madness of knitting!

I also loved this alpaca, adorned in knit wear, welcoming you when you walk in. There was a class/meet going on when we were there. I got to meet Steven Be. Everyone there was so friendly and so helpful. Definitely one of the most inviting yarn shop/workshops I've ever been to. If your around Minneapolis be sure to stop in sometime, it's a yarn adventure!