Yarn Dreams

I can’t believe a week has gone my since Mom and I were at Stitches Midwest. I am once again so far behind in things I want to write about.
I took Friday off work and stayed in a hotel in Schaumburg (about 45 min from home) for two nights. Friday night was [...]

I forgot to mention this on my to do list: dye sock yarn.
I need yellow sock yarn for a knit along I am participating in starting September 1st, but I didn’t have any in my sock yarn stash or the desire to spend money on new yarn. (Isn’t that strange? But I have [...]

I was originally planning a post showing off the goodies I bought on a yarn shopping trip with my Mom, but then some other things happened.
So I decided to write about how the universe is against me, how 2009 is not my year, and how I really just need a break already.
But then I came [...]

I wanted to show you the yarn I bought at the Midwest Fiber Fair a few weeks ago. I didn’t have much money to spend, but did get two gorgeous skeins of yarn.

This skein is from Plain and Fancy Sheep and Wool Co. from Henderson, TX. They don’t seem to have a website, [...]

My sock yarn from Little Knits arrived last Friday. That definitely made me smile! It is all I can do to keep myself from going back and ordering more.

Little Knits has Opal sock yarn for 50-68% off. They still have a wide selection of colors left, including solids and 6-ply.
I bought two balls of the 6ply solids (mocha and chocolate) and two of the 4ply solids (cream and light blue). Because sometimes you don’t want your socks to scream [...]

It’s one of my least favorite things to do in life, but even so I am very very excited – we are moving!
We’ve lived in this shoe box of an apartment for two years now, a year longer than we originally planned. The new place is at least twice the size and has great perks [...]

I started a lace project last night which with a small amount of luck and some serious knitting will be my Mom’s mother’s day gift. I decided to use size 3US needles, but my beloved Knit Picks interchangeable set only goes down to size four. I tried an Inox circular and [...]