Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Kitchener - the finale!

Okay, just a few more things I bought, and a confession. I had said before I went that I was going to stick to sweater quantities. No single balls, nothing without a plan. Yeah, well so far, you can see how well that worked out - I'm nothing if not weak!
I did get some more bamboo stretch sock yarn - I adore the pair I've already made in this yarn, so I knew I was heading to Dye Version to get some more. Two skeins, one in Nightingale (the dark blue), and one in Galapagos (the grey/lime combo).

Love them both, and may just be keeping these for myself!
I did actually get one sweater's worth of yarn - pure silk, in three gorgeous colours - to make an as-yet-to-be-determined striped cardigan. Probably contiguous sleeves (maybe raglan), probably v-necked, (but maybe scoopier), probably top buttoned, (but maybe fully buttoned). I'll figure out the details when I get to it...

And of course - alpaca roving. Not for spinning (still not interested in spinning), but for thrummed mittens.
I was showing this stuff to some of our newer Guild members, and then showed them a thrummed mitten, and said I would do a workshop one month on how to do it. Yup, you guessed it - three of them then bought a bag of roving, to make some mittens!

There were a couple of other purchases - they weren't around when I was taking pictures, so I'll have to dig them out to show you - some perfect beads in variegated navy tones for my Tanis laceweight sweater, and a cute little sheepy bag that is the perfect size for my wallet and a small project for use at these shows, so I don't have to lug my purse around!

All in all, a terrific day - not a huge quantity of stuff, but definitely quality, and everything is exactly what I wanted. Can't wait for next year - bigger and better as they move from Bingemans to the Aud in Kitchener - see you there!


5 comments:

deirdre said...

Oh, Sandra, you're not weak... you're open to possibilities...

I didn't get there this year, but if it's really going to be bigger and better next year I'll have to figure something out -

Saren Johnson said...

Love the nightingale.

Needles said...

What is a plan for if not to break? Nice haul.

Knit and Purl Mama said...

Oh wow, there was more!? Great stuff!

TracyKM said...

THey're moving from Bingeman's?! I thought I might be able to convince the family to go (haven't been since 2008 since we moved in 2009) by telling them they could go play for the day. Was hoping to do that this year but the weather was pretty crappy. Oh well, maybe I'll still be able to go somehow...