Twisp of Fate

We had a 4-day, 3-night visit to The Coast last weekend, a busy and sociable visit.  On the way over on Friday, we had dinner with old friends from Seattle who have built a new home at Suncadia, a planned development and resort near Roslyn on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass.  Their home is beautiful, particularly the tile work in the kitchen and bathrooms which they did themselves – it’s very individualistic and professional looking.

On Saturday we shopped for the dinner I was cooking that evening, which was a joint birthday celebration for Rick and his sister (they are 4 years and 4 days apart in age).  Here they are after having done justice to the roast lamb and accompaniments, including a lot of veggies from our own garden this year:

Sunday was for knitting (for me anyway) with a group of friends who meet once a month.  I haven’t made it for the last 2 months, so it was great to see everyone.  Sarah had finished a beautiful Aran cardigan which she designed herself:

Later that day I delivered 2 of my rag rugs to someone who had ordered them for her kitchen and then we dashed to the ferry to Bainbridge Island to have dinner with our friends who have just come up for summer break from southern California.  They keep a sailboat at the Eagle Harbor marina and live aboard when they are up in the Northwest.

Monday was for errands and business meetings, then lunch at Seattle’s Uwajimaya and a bit of book shopping at Kinokuniya Bookstore (Japan’s largest bookstore chain specializing in Asian language books).   I found a book I was looking for with interesting, rather free-form clothing that could be adaptable to handwoven fabrics – of course it is all in Japanese, but the schematics are good and it includes the patterns in an insert.

Then we were off homeward in the afternoon, arriving about 7 pm, back in the valley again.  Always glad to be home!