Stitches West

I spent today at Stitches West. I started out by taking a Market Session on picking up stitches. I'm glad I went as I was definitely using some of the no-no's of picking up stitches. I think my picked up stitches will look much more refined from now on.

After that it was time for wandering the market. I'm glad I had certain products in mind for purchase, otherwise I would have been completely overwhelmed. I found Berocco Bonsai at Webs. That will be for the tank sweater I saw in this month's Interweave Knits. I bought enough that I got a discount. I bought a couple of more skeins of Full Thread Ahead's Jewels DK, which I had purchased previously at Full Thread Ahead when the Yarn Harlot was there for her book signing. I also came away with two skeins of hemp yarn and a pattern for a lace scarf. What was a big surprise is that Purlescence Yarns had Claudia's Handpainted in a Sharks colorway! As in San Jose Sharks. Good thing they thought to put a Sharks jersey wearing bear next to it or I would not have seen it. It was expensive so I only bought one skein, which I wound with my two favorite purchases: a Mama Bear swift and a ball winder! LOVE THEM!

Tomorrow I take a spinning class at Stitches. I'll probably want to buy a spinning wheel after and will have to restrain myself.

Here is picture of my loot:
Swift, ball winder, the red is the Jewels DK, the green is the hemp, brown is Berocco Bonsai, pink and blue were from the picking up stitches class and sitting on top is the Sharks yarn.