What a good idea! :) I'd never been there before, and they were having a BIG sale. 50% off all yarn in the store, 75% off books, and old magazines for $2. I spent an hour and a half there, trying to figure out what I should get! It was a total kid-in-a-candy-store experience. So much gorgeous yarn that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford, and books that I could actually get for prices comparable to the ones on Amazon!
My haul:
*1 skein Colinette Chrysalis (so yummy! I think I'll make a hat out of it)
*1 skein Colinette Giotto (needs to be made into a scarf)
*6 skeins Wool in the Woods 100% rayon DK yarn (will probably become a sweater)
*Tahki Stacy Charles Crochet booklet with adorable Doris Chan bolero on the cover, and many other patterns for things I like (here's a pic of the cover--thanks, Doris, for letting me steal your Flickr photo!):
*Easy Beaded Crochet by Carol Meldrum*Cool Crochet by Melissa Leapman
*Crochet Today! magazine, a back-issue from this year (May/June?)
I spent about as much money as I wanted to, but I am so tempted to go back. When the heck else will I ever be able to afford handpainted Colinette yarn and other such goodies? (I mean, there's always ebay, but then I can't really see the gorgeousness of the yarn and I definitely can't touch it! And I'd have to pay shipping. Boo.) Sales like that don't come along too often. Then again, I don't want to get myself into toooo much financial trouble. Dilemmas, dilemmas!
There's also this gorgeous pima cotton yarn that I fell somewhat in love with--so tempting. *sigh*
I am still working away on my Cupcake. It's hard for me to get myself to do much at a time, though--it is such a boring pattern!! I'm sure it will come out looking cute as hell, but so many rows of plain ol' hdc. Yawwwn.
I think I will start on my Giotto scarf later. :)
4 comments:
Great finds and at great prices too! I'm so jealous. 50% off every yarn is a steal. I would say, you have to go back and buy some more! However, I'm a bad influence so don't listen to me!
Gahhh, you are a bad influence!! ;D I totally want to go back. I've got to figure out if my bank account can handle it, though. NOT pulling out the credit cards for this one...
Glad you got out and shopped! Sorry I couldn't make it! Will be heading home from the CGOA conference Sunday a.m. after breakfast!
Oooh you hit the jackpot! Go back, go back! I'd definitely go back. But then I'm the chick that just spent way too much on yarn on ebay and now have to figure out how I'm going to pay my phone bill. *eek* Yeah, don't listen to me.
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