On my way to the City...

 

 

On DL 1698, returning to Manhattan, I had the immense good fortune to sit next to a charming & beautiful 84 yo woman who was flying in to visit her kids, et al.   We spoke about many things.  Then she pulled out a needlepoint canvas (handy work to do in a limited space).  As we continued chatting I noticed the excellent tension in her stitches.  Now I have a trip into MI & my TV studio coming up relatively soon which will include, per usual, a side-bar visit to the coolest yarn store in Grosse Pointe (& beyond):  The Wool & The Floss,  on Fisher Rd. 

 

I bought this canvas there a few years while attending my weekly evening knitting class.  There was a  needlepoint canvas trunk show with handpainted canvasses pinned up on the board directly across from where I was sitting.   The canvas looked perfect to me: serene blues AND snow!   Haha!   I left that night with it, obviously.  Yes, I did paid for it!

    

I have been hanging on to the untouched canvas having never picked up the appropriate yarns; besides I really wanted the yarns to come from this same shop.  After watching the woman working on her canvas with such skill, I realized that my own skill level was probably less than remedial after a twenty+ year absence of needlepointing.   The canvas & yarns deserve better than this!  So...

 

This morning I spoke with the shop owner, Jean, & now have a private lesson booked (with said canvas) to begin needlepointing again, PROPERLY.  Can't wait!