What I Did, Day Two...

Day Two of summer vacation had lots in common with Day One.  We were still working on The List, which included an outing to another yarn store.

This is North Woods Farm, owned by mom's friend, Teri.  If it has to do with making yarn available, Teri does it.

The alpaca, freshly shorn, greeted us as we arrived.

A fourth of the shop is where Teri processes fleeces.

I had never seen all that amazing equipment before, and have a new and deep respect for the amount of time and effort it takes to turn this...

Into this...

There may not be any kind of yarn that Teri doesn't carry.  Well, except for the one kind I was looking for, Classic Elite Cotton Bam Boo, to make this.  But Teri took time to show me lots of possible substitute yarns, and I finally settled on Twilleys' Freedom Gorgeous DK (75% bamboo, 25% nylon, 100% gorgeous indeed) in the Bamboo colorway (a neutral).

Mollie distracted entertained the ten-year-old, who to his credit was supremely patient with his second yarn shop visit in two days...until the visit dragged on past an hour or so...

North Woods Farm is in Inman, SC, which is right in the heart of peach country.  Georgia may pride itself on its peaches, but South Carolina peaches are perfection, especially at this very time of year.  They're beautiful and soft and sweet and so juicy you have to eat them over a sink.

Peaches were on The List.  We stopped at a roadside stand to buy a basket, and were tempted by lots of other fruits and vegetables as well.  The woman who sold us the peaches (and some fabulous zucchini) said she arranges the produce by color because she thinks it's so lovely that way.

By the end of the day, the Cascade Pacific from Day One was being turned into my first sweater big enough to be worn by an actual human being, if that human being is a very tiny infant...the Five-Hour Baby Sweater. It may have really only taken five hours, over the course of the next couple of days, if you don't count the holes under the arms I still haven't sewn up.  Unfortunately I don't have any in-progress pictures.

I do have a picture of Sam, who lives at my mom's house (along with Belle).  He hopes you'll tune in next for Day Three.