Pictures from our Yarn Crawl

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Today – five of us from our local knitting group went to Sacramento for a Yarn Crawl.  We hit three shops and had lunch.  Here are the pictures from our day! 🙂

Our first stop was Fig Tree Alley on J Street in Midtown Sacramento.

Cindy (with her back to me), Ruth, Margaret & Lori

The Shop

And my purchases! 😉

Our second stop was Babetta’s Yarns

My purchases 😉

Enjoying the cool breeze after our shopping!

Then we had a very nice lunch at Mimi’s Cafe – Yum!

Afterward we hit my favorite store – Shelby’s Yarns – unfortunately, I was a bit tired and forgot to take pictures! :(  BUT I was still able to make some purchases! 😉

I see some Christmas knitting in my future!

Birthday yarn is here!!!

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Thanks Dad, Connie, Mom, Russ & Nancy for my birthday yarn!! I’m so excited about it!!!

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In the back is Jaggerspun Zephyr lace weight yarn in Mushroom and Plum.

In the front is Kauni fingering weight yarn in their rainbow pattern.

Can you see the rainbow?

Can you see the rainbow?

What about this shot?

What about this shot?

Thrifty Thursday finds

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Today my mom and I (and J3) hit some thrift stores and here are my finds:

  • Purple measuring cups and spoons (new but cheap)
  • Salad spinner (new but cheap)
  • Pyrex casserole dish with lid
  • Frying pan with VERY deep sides – almost remind me of a wok
  • butter dish
  • citrus juicer (for my boy who is always sucking on a lemon or orange or whatever we have – this will be a better option)
  • Ice cream scoop

and most exciting…at the shop that was 50% off everything today…

Bernat - 100% cotton

Bernat - 100% cotton

12 skeins for…..do you want to guess?  Well forget it…it was $2.50 for all of it!!  That is $.21/skein!!  And I love using cotton yarns!

But that wasn’t all!

Tahki Donegal Tweed - Homespun

Tahki Donegal Tweed - Homespun

4 skeins! For $1.15!!  That is $.29/skein!

So I didn’t find everything I wanted, but I am excited about what I did find!!

New Yarn….New Projects….

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With the closing of our local yarn store, there are some great deals to be had. The day we heard about the store closing – I unexpectedly found myself there and pick up some Tofutsies:

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And then Ruth went there on a day I could not go – and she found Cotton Fleece in “Wisteria”

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and Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock yarn in “Argyle” and “Mixed Berries”

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and then I cast on this pinwheel blanket – Lord willing I’ll be able to wrap up “Princess” in it before Christmas!

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Yummy Yarn

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Via Skype, and eventually Ravelry, I’ve gotten to know a local knitter who sells the yummiest yarn! Jocelyn’s etsy shop is at http://cavyshops.etsy.com Currently I’m fondling – er, knitting some Superwash Merino Fingering Sock Yarn in the Night Lights Colorway

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and some Merino and Silk Fingering Sock Yarn in the Wine & Chocolate Colorway!

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This one is going to be super yummy socks for my sister. In fact, I’m going to use Jocelyn’s sock pattern “Zig Zag” too!

Check her shop out – she’s having a sale right now!! 😀