So, I also went to Stitches East yesterday with Ash. We both brought along our boyfriends (hers was unexpectedly in town, mine was just curious.) I think they did well:
Note the hands full of bags, the phones browsing reddit, and the "I don't even know how to contribute to this conversation if I wanted to" faces.
I had a really good time! We saw a lot of yarn that I really, really, really wanted to knit with (but didn't buy because you have to draw a line somewhere and if I bought all the yarn I wanted, I would be bankrupt.)
Some stuff that was tempting but I have to share is this:
It's yarn that glows in the dark! It's hard to tell because the convention center was really well-lit... but it's still cool!
I also saw this shawl: It's a pattern called "Starry Night" on Ravelry.
This sock yarn: UGGHHHHHH... want so bad.
Anyway, I had a good time and was glad to find stuff to add to my wish list! I also found lots of not-wool stuff to get my friend Alysia for Christmas... :)
THose are two fine men~!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the shawl and there is never enough sock yarn
I really thought I'd misread the label on the shawl, but no, it really is a $20 pattern. Huh. You don't see that every day. I am a sucker for sock yarn. It is the reason I am poor--you know how it is, you decide to treat yourself to something nice because you haven't been buying tons of yarn, then you get a new job and buy a hank to celebrate (still waiting for that to arrive, of course), then your favorite dyer has a trunk show and it's on the way to where you were already headed....I think I need a twelve-step program, although I did at least get some worsted weight at the trunk show as well lol as if that excuses my recent yarn binging.
ReplyDeletePut all your change all year in a jar --- viola! Yarn money!
ReplyDeleteThat's my goal for 2014 ---- no yarn purchased unless it comes out of my change savings.
Of course, we all know how well I am with resolutions. LOL
haha, that's a pretty good depiction of how most boyfriends/fiances/husbands look at such festivals!
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