Comments on: Garter is Good for the Soul

By: stacey

stacey — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:04:12 +0000

I totally associate patchouli with pot too!!! must be those college days…..

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:08:28 +0000

My favorite yarn store in the world, hands down, is Churchmouse Yarns and Teas. It’s worth a trip to the Puget Sound just to visit that store. I’m not exaggerating. Plus, there’s all that great coffee on every corner and I know how you can appreciate that, Adam!

beautiful photo of the yarn in the tree.

By: nuttnbunny

nuttnbunny — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:37:21 +0000

Now I want to zeebee too!

By: georgia

georgia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:37:53 +0000

i can’t wait to see the hat!! i’m so glad you like the yarn. yay!

By: Mom

Mom — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:16:09 +0000

The lavendar in your photo is as beautiful as the yarn…oh to have a garden once again! All I have right now is rocks, and sand…someday I’ll be able to dig in the dirt again. Patchouli and pot…I’m still chuckling over that one! Went ot wikipedia and read about patchouli. Patchouli is an essential oil extracted from the patchouli plant. It was used heavily by hippies in the 60’s and 70’s. They would burn patchouli incense to cover up the marijuana smell…which is probably why you thought they were one and the same. Love ya~

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:52:44 +0000

Well am I the odd one (yup, but so are you!)? Because for me patchouli doesn’t equal pot! I like some of the lighter versions of it, but am just tired of the heavier ones. What does smell like pot (to me and to my neighbors who eyed me up pretty suspiciously)? Burning sage. The BFL is lovely, it’ll be great in that hat pattern! I’ll probably make one for Dulaan next year, or maybe for gifts too. Glad you got a totemic tape measure! So were knitting while you were drinking that oatmeal stout (yum!) and people watching?

By: Janis

Janis — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:48:45 +0000

Wow, gorgeous colors! I equate pathouli and pot too, most likely from the stoner kids in high school. Still, I love the smell.

By: Renée

Renée — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:55:45 +0000

Churchmouse Yarns and Teas has got to be one of my favorite yarn shops. I can’t say I’m local to Bainbridge, but close enough to drive there and spend more than I ever intended to on yarn. My husband is a good sport about that. He will even do the driving, so I can knit in the passenger seat. (It’s safer than knitting in the driver’s seat, you know)

By: tiennie

tiennie — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:18:03 +0000

Well you’re just going to have to come back out this way sometime and we’ll go on a yarn crawl to Churchmouse Yarn & Tea!

By: Zonda

Zonda — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:16:52 +0000

Lovely handspun there!! The hat will look awesome knitted with it! I recently went to Seattle and visited Churchmouse Yarns, it is an awesome place. I just went around and around looking at yarns I’ve only heard about and seen online.