Busy Saturday

Yesterday I left the house a little before 9 am. I went around the corner and paid my water bill, stopped at the Lovelaceville PO and put three bill payments in the mail, then headed to the Fort Massac visitor center in Metropolis IL for the Southern Illinois Spinners and Weavers guild meeting. 

Sue was giving a lesson on knitting sweaters from the top down. I've knit many raglan-style top-down sweaters, but never one like she was teaching. In this style, the sleeves look like set-in ones. I like that look. We had to do some measuring of our bodies and knit swatches using different size needles to decide which one gave us the 'drape' we wanted. We worked on our sweaters, and talked, and had our pot-luck lunch until about 3:30. 

After that, I came back across the river to Kentucky, but only as far as Paducah. I went to Kroger for a couple of things, then to Bluegrass Downs race track to hear the Massac County High School jazz band play from 4:30 to 5:30. I always enjoy listening to them. There are 3 or 4 of the kids who graduated this year, so yesterday was the last time to hear them. I noticed two new kids, as well - rising sophomores who have been in the regular band this year and were selected for the jazz band for next year.

I had planned to stay at the track and watch a couple of races (harness), but decided I was tired and just wanted to come home. By the time I got here, it was 7 pm.