8.13.2007

first off, i spent a lot of time at stitches yesterday and it was fabulous. not as much novelty yarn as in the previous two years. the main thing i walked away wanting was the book, victorian lace today by jane sowerby. there was a 45-minute fashion show emceed by ms. sowerby and i was in love with pretty much every design. i'll definitely be picking up the book.

the one booth that i really wanted to spend some time at was habu textiles. their booth was by far the most interesting as far as their display goes. tons of little baskets and bins with tiny skeins of yarn. i picked up three colors of Cotton Gima A-174 1/8.5...

which i'll probably use to small face cloths. i also picked up some laceweight bamboo...

to make nadine a small shawl for xmas.

at jimmy beans wool, i picked up enough yarn for two pairs of socks. first was two skeins of maizy, which i hasn't heard of before, in a dusty pink color.

after that, i fell in love with the first skein of jitterbug i'd ever seen in my life.

unfortunately, i've since fallen out of love with it. what can i say? i'm fickle. it will be on my destash page shortly.

of course, i also had to hit up the webs booth. i ended up getting a bunch of their valley yarn brand northampton. first up, is merlot...

for forecast. i also picked up some fawn...

to make the nantucket jacket.

all in all, a pretty reasonable haul. i was more focused than the previous two years, which was definitely good. plus, i finally got yarn for two projects (nantucket and forecast) that i've been meaning to make for forever. i didn't go crazy with the sock yarn and didn't spend an unreasonable amount at habu.

as for next year, it's been moved to a different venue and weekend in august, so i'm hoping to save up and actually take some classes instead of just going to the market.