Yarn Crawl Haul

Yarn Crawl Haul

Saturday was the PDX-SEA yarn crawl. Ladies from a Seattle knitting group took the train down to Portland and went to three local yarn stores.

Photo by Sara

I met up with some ladies from my knitting group at the MAX station near my house and we went down to the Train station downtown. Angela, Bobbie, Tami, Karen, Noriko, Sara (with her baby Conner in his adorable Gnomey hat) and I met up with more more ladies at the station and we all waited for the Seattle group. I was probably the most popular person for about 5 minutes because I was handing out Abstract Fiber spinning samples and book marks as they came into the station. Then everyone split into their own groups.

My group went to Dublin Bay first. They were so nice to have some tastey goodies and apple cider refreshments for us!! I found some wonderful Casbah sock yarn and Sea Wool that came with a pattern for a baby hat, leggings and booties, and a sheep pin. I also got a free sample of SOAK :)

The next stop was Knit Knot studio. I thought it was a cute little store. They had one interesting yarn that had a little bit of everything in it (alpaca, camel, yak, wool, and soy. I restrained myself and didn't make a purchase there.

Our little group headed to Cupcake Jones and I got a mini chocolate cupcake and a large PB&J to-go. We also went to Cacao to have "hot chocolate" It was more like a dark chocolate bar melted with a little bit of milk to make it drinkable. I think the next time I go there I will only get the "shot" size, or split the larger size with someone, it was definitely too rich for me and I was glad to have water to drink with it!

Photo by Sara

We all walked over to Knit Purl. I found two skeins of Manos del Uruguay for my 4 Seasons blanket. Now I have enough yarn to finish it! Yay!

Angela, Sara, Noriko and I went over to the Button Emporium, but we were denied because the shop is moving around the corner. Honestly, we were paying customers that just wanted a few buttons!! I guess I will have to go after the next Spinnerati meeting since the store is just around the corner from the library.

After meeting up again at the Starbucks, Susan, Angela, Kathy and I decided to go back to Dublin Bay - mistake for me, because I ended up getting some Hand Maiden Angel Hair yarn - it is like Kid-Silk Haze, but you get twice as much yarn for the same price. I want to make the sea-foam scarf that was on display in the store and also found in spin-off magazine.

Kathy was generous and drove Angela and me home! I was glad not to have to ride MAX for an hour after all that walking!!