look familiar?
And even better than doing the tourist thing (cable cars! Haight/Ashbury! Pier 39! Chowder in a sourdough bread bowl! Lombard Street!), was visiting my favorite yarn store, Artfibers. I also made a brief trip across the Bay Bridge to check out a new store, Article Pract. And I couldn't help picking up a few things (vacation yarn doesn't count against the Knit From Your Stash, right? Right?)...
Just a few things. With the SF skyline
From Article Pract, I picked up that huge hank of green laceweight for a super-secret project (mom, this could mean you!), and the latest issues of Knitscene (love the shawl-collared sweater, and the Kenobi Jacket is pretty cool, too) and Rebecca (more on that in a moment).
From Artfibers, there's some tussah silk roving to spin (Artfibers is branching into spinning fibers! Could it get any better???), a skein of Valparaiso - 50% alpaca 50% merino (bought for something for Dan - I was thinking fingerless gloves, but he's thinking a hat). I picked up my sweater's worth of yarn out of Hana, a 100% silk fingering weight yarn that is super soft. I pondered the color options for quite some time and finally went for the raspberry. Then I looked through my new Rebecca mag, and found this:
Isn't it pretty?
I'm going to make myself finish the first piece of Arwen before casting on, but after that all bets are off!
More on my travels (although no more yarn) next time.
Posted by Sarah at April 5, 2007 08:41 PM | in: general | PermalinkThat Rebecca sweater is great and I love the color of that yarn! Fun stuff!
Posted by: sarah b. on April 5, 2007 08:55 PMooh, so pretty! I'm envious of your adventures -- yarny and otherwise. :)
Posted by: ann on April 6, 2007 08:15 AMMe, don't look, me?????? Pretty pretty pretty. And isn't travel too much. Virginia one day and Indiana the next. And now that I think about it, I like your trip better!!
Love you
Mom
Loving that purple shiny yarn... going to be gorgeous.
Posted by: frecklegirl jess on April 7, 2007 05:42 PMTravel is so fun! Hope yours isn't too serious and you can keep having some fun whether it's yarn related or not. You have some great finds, too (it totally doesn't count)!!
Posted by: molly! on April 8, 2007 09:27 PMI am jealous of your travels, girl. SF and Seattle? Color me green.
I missed ArtFibers when I was in SF last fall. Must go on the next trip. I still think about that yarn you were working with at MDSW... the colors and texture are burned in my memory!
Looks like loads of fun. and that Rebecca pattern is adorable!
Posted by: Lolly on April 9, 2007 08:41 AM