{"id":450,"date":"2006-04-27T23:58:50","date_gmt":"2006-04-28T03:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=450"},"modified":"2006-04-27T23:58:50","modified_gmt":"2006-04-28T03:58:50","slug":"baby-free-cone-and-great-yarn-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"baby, free cone, and great yarn store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from the last week:<\/p>\n<p>1. Today as Rudi and I were walking along the C&#038;O Canal at lunchtime, we paused to watch some fish from the shade afforded by a pedestrian bridge. Then what should paddle into view under us but a tiny, little turtle! Make a circle with your index finger and your thumb. That was how big the turtle was. Isn&#8217;t that so cool?<\/p>\n<p>2. Tuesday was free cone day at Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s. I joined the line at Dupont after work and had to wait about 15 minutes or so. The afternoon was nice, giving me the chance to listen to some podcasts while I waited. When I got to the front of the line, I opted for The Last Straw, which was a mild strawberry ice cream with chocolate truffle swirls and huge chocolate chips. It was delicious and I felt like my donation went to a worthy charity.<\/p>\n<p>3. Saturday we went to <a href=\"http:\/\/woolwinders.com\">Woolwinders<\/a> in Rockville, which was having a sale. I&#8217;d never been there before, but I&#8217;d been getting their emails for a while and it looked like they might have some yarn I was looking for. They did not have what I went for, but I did not leave empty-handed. I came home with some silk-cotton tweed to make a tank top with, sock yarn for Rudi and for me, and a circular needle in size 17 so I can start work on the shawl that requires casting on 140 stitches. The owners were friendly and the staff tremendously helpful &#8212; preventing me from buying 100% cotton to make Rudi socks because they&#8217;d just end up sagging. And to top it all off, yesterday they emailed me coupons to use every month between May and August. They are a bit too far away to become my day-to-day local yarn shop, but I&#8217;ll definitely be taking the Red Line to the Shady Grove stop to visit them again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from the last week: 1. Today as Rudi and I were walking along the C&#038;O Canal at lunchtime, we paused to watch some fish from the shade afforded by a pedestrian bridge. Then what should paddle into view under us but a tiny, little turtle! 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