On Friday, I went to that warehouse that I accidentally discovered while searching for dry ice. Here is the majority of the load.
My friend Gayle bought 24 skeins of assorted colors, and I bought eleven of this
It is a gorgeous taupy/brown color that I have recently fallen in love with. It is the exact same color as the shirt I was wearing when we went there. I bought all they had in that dye lot. They have much more of it in an icelandic unspun wool that I’m going to go back and get for my sister-in-law’s poncho. I wanted to make a blanket out of it, but I can’t afford it all right now.
There is a fabulous red I want, and a pale heathery pink, and, and, and….. Lots of good stuff. It isn’t as amazing a deal as I originally thought though, as it is $3.50 a skein and I saw some comparable yarn at Acorn Street Shop on Saturday for $5.95. Still, it’s cheap. They’ve had it for years, in a box, in their warehouse.
Speaking of Acorn, wow! It was my first time there. It is the best yarn store I’ve ever been to. It’s the only Seattle store I’ve been to, and it kicks all the eastside stores’ butts. The store in Bellevue has a large selection, but they don’t have enough of ANYTHING to make a large project with. They have a few skeins of this, and a few skeins of that. Any yarn I’ve been interested in, I’d have to prepay and special order, then wait for it to come in. What fun is that? Acorn had tons of EVERYTHING. I was in awe. I looked for something to make Abby’s Harry Potter sweater with, and I found some Jo Sharp that was cool, but their blue wasn’t tweedy enough. They had a great maroon, and an excellent color for the letter, but Abby likes Harry, so I’ll keep looking. Acorn is also the first store I’ve been to that has Debbie Bliss’s Alpaca Silk book and yarn. I’ve been wanting to see that in person for a long time. What beautiful stuff! There are only two colors I’d buy for myself, which is good to know. I like the yellow, and the plum. And probably that wine red, which they didn’t have….. I’m rambling.
Ok, so I’ve finished the front to mom’s sweater.
It is definitely a small, cropped little sweater, and it looks really nice. She will probably have to wear a black camisole under it, because the part where the cable meets the bordering purls is kind of loose. It looks fine, but it is a bit see through. Darnit. I’ve begun the first sleeve. There is an insane part of me that wants to finish it before her birthday, which is Thursday, but considering how long the rest of it has taken, it’s not too likely.
I’m thinking I’ll knit a bunch today. I’m feeling mellow, it’s cold and gray outside, and a lazy knitting day sounds most appealing.
October 11th, 2004 at 4:16 am
Um, can I come with you? Seriously, that yellow and blue is really pretty. I’m all about a bargain.
Clara and I almost made it to last Thursday’s event. Maybe this week. By the time I put her to bed last Thursday I was on my last nerve, so it was just as well we didn’t go.
October 11th, 2004 at 4:46 am
Oh honey. You’ve only been to Acorn Street. No, no, no. We must remedy this. We need to get you to Weaving Works, Hill Top and, of course, the Fiber Gallery.
Have you been to Churchmouse?
October 11th, 2004 at 6:04 am
I’m going to wrap a ton of comments into just this one as I’ve been out of it and not able to for awhile…
But first, I just want to say THANK YOU for fixing that problem I was having on Jennifer’s sweater so I can hopefully finish it soon!!!
Next, AWSOME JOB AND CONGRATS on the major busting of the 20 mark!!!! That is so cool!!!!
I LOVE Acorn Street, and would love to go back; not to mention seeing the ones Jessica mentioned above and I’d like to go to Full Circle again, too. We should do that. Maybe Julie could go with us?
I’d also like to go back to the Ice-Ami warehouse, are you going again soon? That plum yarn is calling to me…
If you want to spin, I can check with Kirk and see if he is ready to sell his spinning wheel. He said they only used it about 4 times on their farm in Maine when they had sheep of their own. You’d probably save some $$$. AND if you really want soft, beautiful furry fiber to spin, I know of a great source!!! (Now is when I wish my scanner was working! ) We’ve been reorganizing some storagie items and repacking them and I came across a particular book, in it was a fabulous picture, that I wish I could show you, of a lady wearing a beautiful full length fur coat made of spun Samoyed fur. Amber would gladly donate her shed hairs to you. Also, at Forsgren Park, I met a man with two Eskimos who said his wife knit a sweater from THEIR fur. See, you don’t need a silly wabbit! *
I am looking forward to the knitting group at Cher’s. That will be fun!
Ok, I think I am all caught up, except to tease you about a typo on October 5th, but if I do that, you might go in here and really mess up all of mine and that would be bad.
*Wabbit intentionally spelled the Elmer Fudd way, by the way!
October 11th, 2004 at 11:03 am
I just love that sweater for your mom. I have been hunting like crazy for that pattern. I have a few friends over in England, so maybe I will get lucky. YOurs looks great. Don’t worry too much about the looseness next to cable. This may even disappear when you wash/block.
October 11th, 2004 at 11:54 pm
Thursday is my birthday too! Wish your mom happy birthday!
What a find with that brown wool. It is very pretty. And your mom’s sweater is pretty too. I like the delicate cables.
Happy knitting!
October 12th, 2004 at 1:41 am
wow! just wow! that. is a lot of yarn.
and i love the brown you chose. would you recommend the store? because i might just have to take a field trip and have a look see.
and harry is the best, my little sister abby has GREAT taste.
your mom’s sweater looks great!