I thought I would share my recent stash enhancement at Vogue Knitting LA and the CogKnitive Fiber Retreat in a separate post instead of on the podcast. Then you can see the yarn! Anyway these purchases are the most I have made in a while.
At Vogue Knitting Los Angeles, I was fairly restrained and only got 4 beautiful skeins.
- I couldn't resist this gorgeous silver lace weight yarn from Twist, Yarns of Intrigue from Manhattan Beach, CA. It's called Silk Whisper (30% Silk / 70% Superwash Merino) and has 1000 yds! I envision an elegant stole.
- I seemed to be drawn to the greys this outing. I picked up this skein of Sock-aholic Solid (75% Superwash Wool / 25% Nylon, 480 yds) in the colorway Tip Jar from Knitters Brewing Co from San Diego area.
- Sincere Sheep has some lovely yarns and after mulling over the many choices I purchased a skein of Agleam (50% Superwash Merino / 50% Tencel, 412 yds) in the colorway Deepest Desire, a gorgeous purple with a grey undertone, and a skein of Equity Sport (100% Ramboillet Wool from Kid Ranch Buffalo, WY - 200 yds) in a Natural Grey.
Then the next weekend it was off to the CogKnitive Fiber Retreat. It had awesome door prizes and yummy goodies. It started with lots of discount cards and fiber samples from lots of amazing indie artists. Also in the goody bags - 1 skein of Valley Yarns Cold Spring (39% Wool / 25&% Baby Alpaca / 36% Acrylic) in Mountain Peak from Webs. Feels very cushy and soft. One of my door prizes was a spindle from DragonCraft and some fiber. I don't really have a desire to learn spindling but now I have one if I need it. Or I might pass it on to someone who would enjoy it. My second door prize was a $25 gift certificate for Skein Yarns. This is an Etsy dyer out of Australia and her yarns look amazing. Haven't decided what I want yet. I also got a gorgeous skein of Zen Garden Sturdy Sock (75% Superwash Merino / 25% Nylon, 420 yds)in Cherry Bloom from someone who no longer wanted it in their stash.
Below is a picture of all the super-squishy yarns purchased in the market from the awesome CogKnitive vendors!
- Alpenglow Yarns was there and Carrie's stuff is gorgeous! I love that its all natural dyes and her support of small farms in the US. I picked up three skeins from her - Small Farm Yarn, Sporty Corrie (100% Corriedale Wool, 190 yds) in the color Ephemar & Small Farm Yarn, Springy Corrie Sport (100% Corriedale Wool, 190 yds) in the color Rust & American Yarn, Sylvan Sock (70% Fine Wool / 30% Tencel, 400 yds) in the color Tomato Bisque.
- Ranch of the Oaks had some wonderful Alpaca from the animals on their farm. They also have their own mill! I loved how they knew which animal every skein came from. The brown skein is 200 yds of 80% Alpaca "Misha" / 20% Merino, the grey is 200 yds of 80% Alpaca / 20% Bamboo and the marled is a 100 yds of Zoo Blend (lots of animals!).
- I picked up sock weight skein (80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon, 433 yds) in Grape from Bee Mice Elf but she had amazing fiber too.
- Freckle Faced Fibers had some irresistible sock yarns. I got a skein of Kimono Sock Yarn (60% Superwash Merino / 30% Bamboo / 10% Nylon, 430 yds) and a skein of sport weight Alpaca/Merino/Silk in the colorway Schehrazade.
And finally bags!! Slipped Stitch Studios had the most awesome project bags. I picked up a sock yarn bag in a great gothic fabric and a medium bag with witches and such. So me!
All in all a very good haul. Now I need to knit more and fast!
