Road Trip and Knitting

Hubby and I took a road trip earlier this month. He had a meeting in Charlotte NC. I decided to tag along and we made a stop to see my parents. If you know me then you know that when I travel my knitting is something that I ALWAYS pack and never leave behind. You also know that I have the motto "one can never carry too much yarn!" So after I loaded up the car, with an entire large Vera Bradley tote full of yarn and supplies, we were off!

En route to my parents we pass by Paducah, Ky home to Hancock Fabrics of Paducah. Great store with tons of fabrics, I could spend hours in there. However on this trip it was closing in 15 minutes. So all I got was a walk through... bummer.

It was a short visit at my parents but a good time was had by all!

Hubby and I take turns driving after every 2 hours... most of the time that is fine. However I got the Atlanta shift. Lots of rain, lots of lanes and lots of trucks. Not sure who was more nervous.. me or hubby!

On the way to Charlotte we were going right by Mary Jo's Cloth Store in Gastonia, NC.

It was just as over whelming as Hancock Fabrics in Paducah! It did have some fashion fabric but nothing seemed to jump at me. I did walk away with more dog fabric. :)

Charlotte was wonderful and hubby was speaking at a meeting in this great resort. There was a pool but even better were 2 endless pools! It was so nice to get back in the water and do some deep water jogging!! I also got lots of knitting done!

I just love these little baby hat and bootie sets!

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