The Story Behind all of the Fiber Pics!
I know I said I'd write about my stitch markers next and I will...I just don't want to wait much longer to post about this year's trip to Stitches West! Oh, how lucky I feel to live so close to this glorious yearly event! Ok, I only have a half an hour to wrap this up.
Like last year, my intentions were good:
1. don't spend to much on yarn that you have no room to store
2. only buy if it's in conjunction to learning something new
3. bring only cash
4. be home by 4 p.m.
HAHAHAHA... I broke all of my rules this year! When I arrived, I found the front of the hall a bit overwhelming. So I made my way to the very last row where I now know I can find Newton's Yarn Country booths.
How can I resist at $4 a skein??
Only 6 bucks a skein at Stitches! I drooled on it, so I HAD to buy it
;)
And another $4 per skein buy:
I also got a cardigan pattern from Yarndogs and another from White Lies Designs.
After that purchase and some searching around I went to my Teach LTK (Learn to Knit) Market Session. It was a great class and I got some really neat ideas for teaching LTK. After the class, I still felt the need to learn something more tangible...Spinning! Ah yes, a spindle and some luscious hand dyed roving should satisfy that craving!
From Judy's Novelty Wool
Judy was nice enough to show me how to use my student spindle I got there. It was hard to concentrate with others around and watching, but I'd love to take a class sometime soon!
So in the heat of the moment, I decided that I didn't need a new couch or my own steam carpet cleaner so badly...but I did need more roving to spin with and some sock yarn right then and there! I've never knit socks before, so this would fit into my "learning something new category". Mwahahaa.
Creatively Dyed... way too beautiful to pass up! My picture does not capture the way these colors seduced me into taking them home.
I didn't stop there. I had to have this bright green silk hanky:
At this point, I couldn't leave without stopping once more at Newton's. All of their cones were 60% off!!!!!
A couple more $4 couldn't hurt my bank account, right? These should make a really pretty scarf or two.
Aside from the bead booth that reeled me in, I think that was it. This is me smiling after a day of shopping and learning at Stitches West:
Now I'm going to go out to dinner and then make more beaded stitch markers to photograph on my sunny day off tomorrow :)
Like last year, my intentions were good:
1. don't spend to much on yarn that you have no room to store
2. only buy if it's in conjunction to learning something new
3. bring only cash
4. be home by 4 p.m.
HAHAHAHA... I broke all of my rules this year! When I arrived, I found the front of the hall a bit overwhelming. So I made my way to the very last row where I now know I can find Newton's Yarn Country booths.
How can I resist at $4 a skein??
Only 6 bucks a skein at Stitches! I drooled on it, so I HAD to buy it
;)
And another $4 per skein buy:
I also got a cardigan pattern from Yarndogs and another from White Lies Designs.
After that purchase and some searching around I went to my Teach LTK (Learn to Knit) Market Session. It was a great class and I got some really neat ideas for teaching LTK. After the class, I still felt the need to learn something more tangible...Spinning! Ah yes, a spindle and some luscious hand dyed roving should satisfy that craving!
From Judy's Novelty Wool
Judy was nice enough to show me how to use my student spindle I got there. It was hard to concentrate with others around and watching, but I'd love to take a class sometime soon!
So in the heat of the moment, I decided that I didn't need a new couch or my own steam carpet cleaner so badly...but I did need more roving to spin with and some sock yarn right then and there! I've never knit socks before, so this would fit into my "learning something new category". Mwahahaa.
Creatively Dyed... way too beautiful to pass up! My picture does not capture the way these colors seduced me into taking them home.
I didn't stop there. I had to have this bright green silk hanky:
At this point, I couldn't leave without stopping once more at Newton's. All of their cones were 60% off!!!!!
A couple more $4 couldn't hurt my bank account, right? These should make a really pretty scarf or two.
Aside from the bead booth that reeled me in, I think that was it. This is me smiling after a day of shopping and learning at Stitches West:
Now I'm going to go out to dinner and then make more beaded stitch markers to photograph on my sunny day off tomorrow :)