C should feel free to add anything to my recap of our fiber frenzy trip. I have decided to go through by day and make you all jealous of our "yarn field trip" as C's boy called it. Here goes ...
Day one: San Francisco Yarn Store Trip
I met up with C at her friend E's apt. I was pretty excited as I knew that C had some yarn for me. I wish I had taken pics of her suitcase filled with yarn, but I didn't. So you'll just have to do with the abbreviated version (I'm sure you're just crushed).
Here's a few of the things C gave me from her stash to do with what I please. Much of it will be made into blankets for shelters, etc. Others may be made into projects for friends, etc. This is just a sampling, and there are multiple balls/skeins of many of the yarns here:
Sweet.
Next up was my Christmas present? I'm not sure that I buy that this will be my Christmas present, because that's SO FAR AWAY, but we'll see:
It's a full bag of Cascade Lana d'Oro in Lichen which is now sold out from the WEBS yarn sale. Ain't it purty? It feels good too.
Next up, I got my half bag of xpress that C and I ordered from the WEBS sale:
Finally, the bag of Filatura adhoc Piu that C got at stitches. I should be getting in total 15 balls, but I got the first 10 ball installment. Here's what it looks like:
Piu is a bad name for anything, by the way.
Ok, sorry, that was a quick trip away from the SF yarn store adventure, but I wanted to show you what C brought me!
We visited ImagiKnits first. It's a nice store, and they are currently expanding. I believe that C bought something there, so hopefully she will post pics of that at some point. I bought nothing. Sad. But I fondled much yarn.
Our next store was Urban Knitting Studio. I was on the lookout for red yarn for my friend Sherie's poncho. I didn't find the perfect yarn (nothing was quite the right red), but I got a good idea for how to make my poncho there. C got two balls of an interesting multi-colored yarn that she later made a hat out of. I hope she posts some pics of that for you. Finally, in a great victory, C's friend E even bought two balls of yarn. You see, E is not a knitter. Yet. We're working on her.
Our last yarn store stop was Artfibers. The yarns were very interesting, but I'm rather poor (and was feeling poorer just looking at all of the lovely yarns all day), so I couldn't afford to buy anything. We all left empty-handed. I loved that they had samples and needles out so you could play with the yarns. Unfortunately, because I was a bit gunshy about the meters after already having gotten one parking ticket, we had to leave before we really got to play too long.
To continue our fiber frenzy, we went to Japantown to look for Japanese knitting books/magazines. I was the only one to make a purchase there, but we sure had a fun time looking! The book I got was actually mostly crochet, but it has great little projects in it. Lots of home decor, etc.
My favorite project is this tissue holder that they picture slung over the back of a car seat:
After all of that knitting-related shopping (and maybe some food eating and other essentials), I brought C back to my place to continue our adventures.
To be continued ...