The Yarn Haul
If I told you that I didn't buy any yarn, would you believe me?
I didn't think so.
What if I said I was reserved and conservative in my yarn purchases?
Okay, I didn't think I had much chance of success there, either.
So how much am I going to 'fess up to?
Starting with the top center, you can see two skeins of Harmony from Brooks Farm. Both the red and purple skein are 500 yards of subtle beauty in the shape of a 55% mohair, 22.5% wool, 22.5% silk blend. Really delicious stuff. Only one is for me, or should I say, is a going to become a gift for someone special. The other skein will be taking a trip, but it's destiny will be in the hands of another.
Moving clockwise, the first thing you come from is a wildly colored sock yarn from Tess' Designer Yarn. I decided to stay away from the brightly colored variagated yarns for big garments, but I decided that for socks it's okay to go a little wild.
Continuing clockwise, is a little batch of yarn from the Morehouse Merino people. After a very positive experience with their laceweight last year, I knew I needed to add a little more to my collection. The deep berry colored skein is a worsted-weight destined to be a headband for my dear sweet husband. The three lace weight skeins are for a couple of scarfy projects. The skein with the orange and green isn't quite as vivid as it appears, but it's still pretty out there and happy. It had to come home with me.
Moving right along is my purchase from the Cormo Association booth. Never heard of Cormo sheep? This fiber is definitely worth feeling up if you get a chance. The lace-weight white skein is Running Wild Yarn's "Corpacamere" -- a blend of Cormo wool, Alpaca and Cashmere that you just have to feel to believe. 900 yards of incredible softness is what that skein amounts to. I think a pretty shawl may be in order.
More yarn from Tess' Designer Yarns as we round the corner. Three skeins of the microfiber ribbon yarn to make a ribbed tank top (notice that I avoided those rainbow colors in favor of something that could comfortably go to work) and two skein of the Cultivated Silk and Wool blend. The black is just sublty variagated and is destined to be a Christmas gift for my sister-in-law. The other is just me indulging both my love of blue and of silk wool blends.
And last, but not least, in the top left corner, a little hank of laceweight cashmere for a small neck scarf from Hunt Valley Cashmere (she doesn't have a website, unfortunately, but she does have lovely cashmere yarn in a variety of natural and dyed colors).
Some of the colors didn't come out very well in the pictures, so I thought I'd try see if I could get a little more fidelity in a couple of closeups.
See, I wasn't too bad.
Okay, okay. I was a little bad. But I don't think I've added more than a year's worth of knitting to my stash...
Of course... that's not quite all I got.
I really wish I could reach through my screen and touch those yummy bundles of fiber! I wouldn't consider them stash-enhancing - but rather UBBFAs - "unresistably beautiful beginning of fiber artwork" ;)Good luck!
All very beautiful stuff!
Can't wait to see the microribbon become a kicky tank. I was *this* close to getting a shell's worth, but then backed down in favor of some slightly less practical (but o so delicious) cascade silk.
No indeed. That's not quite all.
;-)
gee - I seem to recall a photo of you with a pile-o-roving on someone elses blog yesterday.....
I don't know how you say corpacamere, but all I can think is "at the corpa, corpacamere...her name was lola, she was a cormo..."
oy, it's too early :)
If it's the quality, not the quantity that matters, then all that's important is that you did great. That yarn all looks beautiful!
Keeping secrets? Everything looks so good. Everyone with their Brooks Farm yarn is making me nuts.
Gorgeous,beautiful yarn.Of course it all needed to come home with you. ;-]
There's more ? Fab !
Theresa, I met you in the Bosworth booth. Did you get a spindle?
Beautiful stash! Is there more that you're not fessing up to yet? The pink Harmony looks like the pink Harmony that I bought at Stitches West in February. Gorgeous!
Was gonna say...I hear there's a spindle somewheres in that there haul...
Photo, please. :-)
You got yourself some gorgeous stash, though. And some really nice photos of it. Enough to make me recant my intention to Not. Be. Jealous.
;-)
That's some mighty fine lookin' yarn ya got there!
coming out of lurkerdom, living vicariously with all these yummy yarns...
I was going to guess a spinning wheel, since she WAS very up close and personal with that pile o' roving..
:)
Coming out of lurkdom too, to congratulate you with your lovely haul. Glad to see so much laceweight there; I went a little crazy on the laceweight recently at Handpaintedyarn.com, and I'm slowly realizing how much knitting even a 100 gram skein will take..... It's nice to know there will be more people knitting lace stuff!
Oh la laaaaaa! I'm literally drooling over your stash acquisitions. I knew I could count on you to show us the goods! Clearly, T knows how to SHOP.
It's scary. I was at the show too. Out of your pictured puchases, I also bought microfiber ribbonyarn at Tess' Yarns to make a tank (the mitered one) and Morehouse Merino laceweight yarn and roving at the Cormo Association booth....Did you happen to buy a drop spindle too? This was my first year and it was unbelievable. There was no way to see everything in one day. Next year I may have to stay overnight...
I say if it all fits on one chair, you were 100% reasonable in your purchases!
I *love* that sock yarn. Yum.
What wonderful yarn! I can't wait to see what it turns into. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the take, too.
I kept meaning to find you again after seeing you in line, and it never happened.... Looks like you made a good killing, though! Excellent. :)
Hmm, where is the spindle? Not that claudia said anything. If there is a spindle, there is some form of fleece....
Hey--you travelled a long way there so you had to make your trip worthwhile. I can't wait to see what else!
So what if you got lots of stuff! It's lovely stuff! There's more as well? Show us!
What are you going to do with the cultivated silk and wool? I bought some of that but haven't decided on how to use it yet. It is so lovely!