Vintage Shopping in Santa Fe

I've been frequenting this one particular vintage shop in Santa Fe.  It's called Pegasus Antiques, and its within walking distance from my house.  It's also closing down, so everything is about sixty percent off.  This place is amazing, its so full of stuff, it reminds me a little of a store called Sophisticated Junk in my home town.   Pegasus has a huge collection of textiles- not just scarves, table clothes and aprons, but also fabric remnaments dating back to the 40s.
Here's one of the women who works there going through the fabric racks.

So much crazy stuff!
This is probably where Allison Smith's happy place is.  There are these insane "sampler jackets" made up all of little crazy embrodiered patches.
And an amazing hankie from World War I!
I've been really obsessed with old photographs lately.
And old west themed prints.
I bought this amazing purse for my self, so I can accesorize all south west-y.

I bought this amazing radish fabric remnant for my mom.
And also this table cloth.


And I bought these two 1950s fabrics for me! 

Foam Carving

I carved foam masks today!

And got foamy feet.

Mail box day!

Nora sent me the best package! Not only does it have a zine she made for our quilt that was in two shows in Baltimore, it also contained some beautiful yarn she spun herself.

She wrote me a little loving note that said the only condition of me using this yarn was that I tell her how she can improve her spinning! As if! It's a pleasure to work with handspun yarn! Now all I have to decide is what I want to make. It has to be something worthy! Maybe a hat?

Leap of Faith

I decided to re-knit the scarf I started here. I thought I would do it on circular needles so that the feather and fan scallop would go all the way around. I measured before I cast on so it would be the right length but I just can't tell if its going to work now. Knitting scarves in the round is a total leap of faith. I just have to trust myself and my instincts and my measurements because there's no telling until I cast off. I keep drawing a metaphor between all these things in my life and this scarf. Is this long distance relationship going to work? Will I be able to find a creative job in this down trodden economy? And everyone keeps asking me as I'm knitting, how is this going to come out? Will it be okay? Baby, don't stop believing.

lets paint some shoes.

lets party.

Not complaining

When your punching beautiful leather while looking at the mountains

And listening to the opera.

New scarf

I started knitting another scarf with sock yarn in the feather and fan pattern. But because I love the repeat so much, I made it way too wide! I kinda like it, but I'm still undecided. Should I start over?

Again, cell phone picture.