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Yarn details

This is what you've all been waiting for! The yarn details!

Socks that Rock...yes, indeed they do! We were within the first 10 people in the Fold booth on Saturday morning so I managed to get by greedy little hands on 4 skeins for myself, 1 skein for my mom, and 2 skeins for a friend that so kindly gave me money to shop for her. (it really is great fun to spend someone else's money!)

Details: From left to right, the colors are: 2 skeins of Rhodonite, Harlotty, and Lucy. Yes, I meant to buy two skeins of the same color...these are destined to be either knee-highs or a lacy shawl of some sort. I'm always happy to hear suggestions, so suggest away!
Website: Blue Moon Fiber Arts

Spirit Trail Fiberworks: This colorway spoke my name and it just had to come home with me. I wish that you could feel this yarn...it is so soft!
Details: 100% Superwash Merino, 200 yds, 21-26 sts/4" on a US 3-6
Website: Spirit Trail Fiberworks

Pucker Brush Farm: This was a total impulse buy and I have to say it is one of my favorite purchases. I bought this when I was trailing behind Cynthia and Jeni, taking my sweet time. This happened a lot over the course of the day, and then they would call my cell phone and ask where I was...and we'd find each other! This system seemed to work for us.
Details: I don't have many details on the yarn except that it's Merino and Mohair and approximately 230 yards. I bought both of the skeins that they had. I'm thinking that I may make mittens or Pop-up Paws out of this yarn.
Website: Pucker Brush Farm

Shelridge Farms: Another one of my favorite yarn vendors. They had so many samples to look at and touch and feel...even try on! I bought 2 hat patterns, the Carousel Cap and Riblets and 7 skeins of the Soft Touch Ultra. Why are there only 5 skeins in the picture? Because my mom snagged the 2 skeins of pink!

Details: Shelridge Soft Touch Ultra, 100% wool fingering weight yarn. The skeins are approx. 190 yards (I'm guessing a little on this!)From left to right the colors are: Green Apple, Lemon Lime, Pumpkin, Apricot, and Coral. The three orangey skeins are going to be made into a 3 color ribbed hat, going from dark at the brim to light at the top. The green skeins are destined for the Carousel Cap which has a pattern that swirls around your head and has beads at the brim. I still need to find the perfect beads to go with this one.
Website: Shelridge Farms

Skaska Designs: I came all the way to New York to buy yarn from Colorado! I think that this is rather funny...but I just had to have some and I really don't remember seeing this yarn at Estes last summer.

Details: 100% Fine Wool, 1200 yards (wow!), for $15.00 (double wow!) Colors FO3602 and FO3601
Website: Skaska Designs Limited

Here's the yarn that I picked up on the way to Rhinebeck at Webs:

2 bags of Elsebeth Lavold Silky Tweed in Color 06 to make a garment of some kind. I'm thinking sweater, I'm thinking cables, and I'm thinking that I love this yarn! If you want to see a close up of the colr and all the little pink flecks then by all means, click for a close up!

After seeing and trying on a store sample of the Falling Leaves shawl I decided that this was a great "souvenir" project. We all know what those are, right? It's Fall, there are lots of leaves in Massachuests, this was yarn that is exclusive to Webs...these are the things that go through my head when I'm trying to justify a purchase. So, I picked out some yarn for one of my very own. You can't beat the price, it's 3.99/skein...and for the large version you only need 7 skeins...so that's a shawl/wrap for only $28.00! I like that kind of deal.

Details: Bought from Webs, Valley Yarns Stockbridge, 50% Alpaca/50% Merino, 7 skeins in the color Kiwi

Posting all these details has worn me out! I'll have to talk about the Boston portion of the trip later...and I have some pictures of the project that I've been knitting on exclusively for the last week. It's almost done!

Posted by Stacey at October 26, 2006 06:36 PM