Well this has been an eventful week to say the least! On Wednesday I went to the Taunton Stitch n Bitch, and it was so much fun! I definitely like knitting with other people instead of all by myself all the time. I now know for future that I should pick a less complicated pattern for socializing, I spent most of the time just listening and trying not to make too many mistakes on my lace centerpiece I'm making for mother's day. I even got a ball of sock yarn! I'll have to post a picture of that next time since the ball of yarn and my camera aren't currently conveniently located near me.
Speaking of the lace centerpiece, it is more than halfway done and then I can make the coasters. The pattern is knitting up nicely with the yarn I chose, it just takes a lot of concentration on my part not to mess it up... No pictures of that yet since I want to wait until mother's day to post pictures so my mom can know what's coming when she visits.
Apartment Hunt:
Yesterday I spent the day looking at apartments in CT and NY near IBM in Fishkill. I saw about 10 buildings and boy am I excited, this will definitely be an upgrade for me as far as apartment living is concerned. Check out this kitchen!
This quality of kitchen was pretty standard for all of the units, they just differed in color of cabinets and such. I also took pictures of the rooms and closets, but pictures of empty rooms really aren't that representative so you'll just have to guess how nice the rest of the apartments are based on the kitchen. I'm hoping we can pick a good balance between price and distance to work. But have no fear! There will be pictures posted once Meghan and I choose a place to live.
Winery Tour:
Today the excitement continued with a winery tour of the Nashoba Valley Winery in Bolton, MA.
Here's me and Lane sitting excitedly on the bus on the way there:
And also Dan, Silvia, and Alex sitting across from us:
The winery was so pretty! I wish we had more time to walk around the grounds and enjoy the nice weather.
Once inside we got to check out the gift shop before we went on the tour. Once on the tour we sampled 4 different wines which I think were all delicious and we got to learn about the wine making process. It was really interesting since Nashoba valley specializes in fruit wines, but have recently also started making classic grape wines. Luckily today they were fermenting 1,000 gallons of Riesling, my favorite wine.Naturally I got a picture of me taken with the fermenting tank:
After learning about fermenting we got to learn about wine aging. White wines and fruit wines generally age in stainless steel tanks while reds and chardonnays get cask aged. We even got to check out the oak cask room:
It was so cool! A winery tour is definitely something I'm willing to go on again. After we checked out the oak barrels we learned that the old used up barrels get used to make whiskey, which I think explains why whiskey is so nasty, but hey some people like it. Then right at the end of the tour we got to check out the giant still they have to make spirits:
Anyway that was pretty much it. And we got to taste some delicious wine, which they conveniently gave us before ushering us into the gift shop. Luckily I'm so broke they couldn't get too much money out of me. But really, look at these grounds:
This is definitely worth a visit. Even if you don't like wine, it's lots of fun and you can always just walk around and check everything out. They also have a nice restaurant here that I'm hoping to check out in the future.
Anyway I think that's enough from me for now, but hopefully I'll have more knitting/ crocheting updates by the end of the week since I should have plenty of time for crafting!
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