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November 29, 2004

Is everyone stuffed?

I am! I don't think I even want to look at pie, turkey or stuffing again until..... Christmas!
I hope everyone had a great holiday! I certainly did my capitalistic best to spend spend spend! On yarn of course! I did get a little tiny tiny bit of christmas shopping done. Where to start? I may have to do this in 2 parts! I went to my favorite yarn store in Skaneateles (pronounced Skinny Atlas) New York on Tuesday. This is the yarn store with the 3 dollar sale bin. Wanna see?

stash 1

Here is a close up of the tweedy yarn

close up

I am thinking mittens with this.

I also bought this (not in the sale bin)

stash 2

Love the new Lopi colors!

Now I really went there to buy this book

rowan book

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!! I already made the hat from it. I didn't use "Cork" yarn, I used some left over from my poncho. I don't really know what it is but it worked! Here see for yourself

finished hat

I bought a couple of other books last week too

new books

Really, I am a dork, I have way too much on my hands! SIGH......... the week was just not long enough. Please stay tuned tomorrow for part II "The Trip to the Alpaca farm"

Posted by beth at November 29, 2004 12:11 PM

Comments

I've been wondering about the "25 Bags to Knit" book - looking forward to hearing what you think of it!

Posted by: Madalyn at November 29, 2004 03:11 AM

Skaneateles! I know Skaneateles and how it's pronounced too! I haven't been there in about a million years, but I have a lot of family from that general area. I've heard good things about the LYS there, hope to check it out one day!

Posted by: kate at November 29, 2004 05:11 AM

love ALL your buys! and great hat.

Posted by: froggy at November 30, 2004 05:11 AM

oooooh, love the Folk Shawls book! Can't wait to hear about the Alpaca Farm trip.

Posted by: Rachel at November 30, 2004 10:11 AM

hey, that rowan book looks awfully familiar.... :) Glad to hear your vacation was so nice and fiber-filled!

Posted by: Erin at November 30, 2004 12:11 PM

Curious to know how the 25 Bags to Knit book is too. Amazon is always recommending it to me...

Posted by: Stacey at December 2, 2004 04:12 AM

Hi Beth~your hat is pretty! I really like the yarn you got too. Very nice selection--and a $3 bin? WOW

I want 25 Bags to Knit... can you give a review?

Take care! :)

Posted by: Lauren at December 7, 2004 12:12 PM