Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

I am sorry it has taken so long to post this.  We got here Friday, May 19 and was hit by a woman who ran a red light that very day.  Nobody was hurt but I was pretty shook up emotionally.  On May 22, we picked Butch and Evie up for their first stay at the Coastal Condo.  We took them to the airport yesterday and here I am today; a week and a half since my last post.  Time flies when you want to do something. Now "the rest of the story."

On April 29, shortly after our return from our April trip to the Coastal Condo, I received a troubling email from Phyllis, the owner of Knit 'N Purl, my favorite LYS in Myrtle Beach.  It was called "One last message from Phyllis" and said after nine years Phyllis was going to retire.  I couldn't believe my eyes!  I had just visited Knit 'N Purl twice and was planning on many days of social knitting at the friendly, big table.  I already had a picture in my mind of going once a week in January and making Myrtle Beach knitting friends.  The email was lovely, very sweet but disconcerting.  Was I going to loose one more of my favorite LYS?  Remember last fall Yarn Quest in Traverse City closed because a woman drove through the shop and it couldn't be fixed before knitting season.  Then there was Yarn Paradise in Asheville, NC a few years ago.  I spend way too much time grieving over the closing of LYS!  

​I made Dick go into Myrtle Beach on Friday (before the accident) so I could figure out what's going on.

From the outside everything looked the same.  No "going out of business" sign, no "all yarn must go," no look of letting stock dwindle in preparation for closing.  Then I walked inside and . . .

There was Mollie.  "Are you closing?" I asked with much trepidation.  In a small voice she said, "No, we're not closing but what is going to happen hasn't been announced."  She eased my worried mind.  All of a sudden the future was a much happier, brighter place.  

Knit 'N Purl is safe for the time being and I am relieved.  This is an example of the creativity of Knit 'N Purl.  They pulled out all of single skeins from around the shop, put them in a display with a book on one skein projects and put them on sale.  Great idea! I probably should have bought the book but I think I have enough single skeins.  Well, I am very relieved and all of you people who might be coming to Myrtle Beach some day should be relieved, too.  

Now on to what I have accomplished while here.  I didn't knit as much as usual because I was just having too darn much fun with Butch and Evie, but I did get some knitting done.

This is called Luna.  It is a Ravelry pattern and it so edgy.  It is knit in Madelinetosh Electric Rainbow and will be a surprise gift.  I started it just before we left home and I finished it on Saturday.  I haven't found the perfect way to make it into a necklace, but I will.  I have started another using lace weight and copper crochet thread which I think will be spectacular.  One of the things I love about it is you're not married to it.  It is possible to decided you need a little gift and have it done in a few days.  

This is the wrap out of Twisted Fiber Art Juicy which I should finish on the way home.  Once it's steamed it will be a beauty.  

My Coastal Condo knitting basket is filled and will be waiting for our next trip which will probably be in September for Dick and me.  I may have a June trip with my friend Barb and a bridge, knitting and book club trip in early fall with some other ladies.  I love it here and can't wait to get back to my knitting retreat by the sea.