OK–it’s time to “fess up”   the entire trip so far has been one big yarn road trip…I’m probably the only person with a traveling stash.   This is one of the 2 skeins of mountain goat that I dyed at Mt. Colors last week..and then there’s the blue blobs of mill ends that I’m going to use to make a hat; some BFL in the colorway Thunderstorm and my other custom colorway

I also picked up some of their regular colors–spruce and opsrey and northwind….I love the way they work colors (and the osprey have really been out and about in the park–double joy!)

I’m also the proud owner of 2 new drop spindles–and spent almost 2 hours practicing using a spinning wheel (an Ashford Traveler) at Josephs’s Coats in Missoula….The owner made my day when she said “would you like a job”—after I spent a little time showing one of her other customers how to use the spindle….it was so tempting to say “yes”  (or actually to shout it at the top of my lungs).

I then stopped by the Bozeman LYS, wound my mountain colors and picked up more fiber–this time dyed with natural dyes—just to play with.

I love taking my drop spindle with me–the folks in the employee dining hall just look at you really strange–and it can take them quite a while to get up the courage to actually come ask what you’re doing–and their reactions vary from “cool” to “huh?”

I finally realized that the dorm room really didn’t have a nice space in which to knit so today Tim & I rearranged things…we now have a really BIG bed  (it’s a double mattress combined with a twin mattress) and, with a little bit more space the room is just a touch friendlier..and easier to knit in.

I don’t yet know whether the Old Faithful Inn will work its knitting magic  this year.  50 years after the 4-fireplace chimney collapsed they have finally found the $ to repair it…so the magical fireplaces in the Old Faithful Inn will be swathed in plastic for almost all of the summer….I’m thinking about organizing a yarn bomb–just to give it some color.