Who needs a photo album to remember a vacation or travel visit, when you could have a basket full of spinning souvenirs instead?

I keep all of my spinning fiber in a large wicker laundry basket.  Sorting through it is like turning the pages of a travel scrapbook.  There’s my most recent purchase of merino/bamboo roving, with the delightful colourway name of  ‘velvet underground’,  from Sweet Georgia Yarns in Vancouver.  This studio shop is a fiber artist’s dream-come-true, with floor to ceiling windows overlooking False Creek.  Definitely worth a visit if you’re in Vancouver, Canada, or visit the website for Internet ordering.

I purchased the 2 bags of raspberry coloured, merino/silk roving in Prince Edward Island last summer, at Belfast Mini Mills. From the Pacific Ocean in Vancouver to the Atlantic in PEI, clear across this vast country.

The precious twist of quiviut/ alpaca/ merino blend came from Celeigh Wool, near Millet, Alberta, during one of my countryside knitting shop jaunts.

As I sit at my wheel and spin these fibers into yarn, my mind wanders, daydreaming of these trips. What we saw, who we visited…

I may never get around to organizing my pictures in a photo album but I have all the memories I need right here in my spinning basket.

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