Italy, Germany and Living Vicariously

My husband has an amazing job. He gets to travel all over the world and see amazing places. He also works very, very hard and I do not envy the amount of work that he has to perform. BUTTTTTT I am envious of all the amazing places he gets to go and all the things he gets to see and do. He is now up to 47 countries that he has visited. I haven't even been to 47 STATES. Bummer. 

However, the hubs is very understanding of my envy and goes above and beyond to include me as much as possible in his travels. He really is a keeper. 

This trip in particular was very exciting to me. He went to Italy! Along with 7 other countries. But ITALY! I would love to visit there! As an artist, the culture, history, art, and architecture make me swoon. I am fairly certain that I may never want to leave if I ever manage to get there! 

The above photo is in Venice. While there, hubs dragged all of his traveling companions many blocks out of the way to visit a lovely yarn shop. I told you, he's a keeper!

My husband was so impressed with Lellabella. The owner was a lovely lady that helped him find some great yarn for me. Housed in a gorgeous, quaint building (well I guess that's a 'normal' building for Venice) Lellabella is a small little shop. But don't let that fool you! She has just ONE skein of each color on display. SO what looks like a packed shop is REALLY REALLY packed!  

And finally (drumroll please), here is the yarn that he picked out for me:

Look at those colors! I'm so excited to work this up and see how it stitches! This yarn is ULTRA soft and squishy, plus has an amazing stretch to it. But it's all 100% Superwash Merino. I only have 3 balls (approx 400 yds total) so I have to very carefully decide what to make with this one! ;)

So next time you are in Venice (you lucky dog!) you MUST stop in at Lellabella. I'm sure that it will be a memorable yarn experience for you! 

PS... hubs also stopped through Germany and visited some of our best friends.... grrrrr.... so jealous! But she sent him back with some goodies for me so I guess that makes it better. German chocolates - my fav! I'll be snacking on these while looking over my designs for inspiration for my Italian yarn. I feel so worldly - and I never left my house! :)