The Knitting & Stitching Show was truly amazing. I was overwhelmed by it all. D and I got there at doors open (10am) and walked out of there, well rolled out of there carrying way way too much yarn at about 5pm. Who knew you could spend so much time looking, touching, talking about, dreaming about and purchasing yarn. Actually, I kind of did think the whole day would pass quickly.
I got some amazing yarns (spent far too much money) and meet loads of great people.
Maggi Knits was excellent, such lovely ladies. I purchases this amazing alpaca in orange and some Tweed Fleck Chunky in Denim Blue
The lady from Purl (a new British alpaca wool producer) was great, I got some lovely chocolate brown DK. They had great designs there as well, I wish I had the budget to get more.
From Uppingham Yarns I got these lovely ecological Aran weight yarn. They are so soft and lovely, I might need to get more so i can make a cardi or something.
And from Socktopus I got some lovely hand painted fingering yarn from Hazel Knits and Koigu. I also made a new Ravelry friend, Erqsome which is great!
This lovely handspun and kettle dyed wool from Uruguay in greys, blacks and whites (I think it will make a great beanie), and also this chunky handspun Merino wool from Argentina.
The thing that pushed me over the edge was this amazing Chunky Baby Alpaca from bluefaced, which is so soft and amazing I just to have it - and loads of it. I think I'll need more but I'm going to try for a blanket with this stuff. It's just so lovely.
D and I had loads of fun, stopped for a bit of packed lunch, did a few workshops (which weren't great, just OK) and generally were amazed by everything we saw.
We did buy a lot!!
I can't wait for next year!!
