20% off? eek.

Editor's note:  This post is longggggg and has a lot o pictures...get some snacks, make yourself comfy...here we go!

I went to get my hair done in the U-district...thought if I had time, I'd zip over to Weaving Works since they were having their 20% off sale...it started on Thursday and I debated whether to go on opening day, but it all sounded so stressful and I have quite a stash already and there wasn't anything that I really needed...right?  Right.

So this AM, when I woke up (wow was it nice to sleep in until 9:30 instead of waking up at 5:10AM!) I logged in and took a look at patterns to see if there was anything that I couldn't live without.  I found one...an obscure little scarf and yarn I had never heard of.

I walked in and was immediately surprised at the lack of crowds...wow, what a relief that was!  (AND I got a parking spot in the lot!)  No maneuvering for space in front of yarn, no reaching wildly to make sure you got all of the skeins needed...none of it!  I perused the Noro lackidaisically...the Kureyon was pretty picked over.  I was okay with that.  On a shelf there were two lone skeins of this pretty Silk Garden Lite in pinks and greys!  Ooooh I grabbed both.  As I rounded the corner to see what else was there, I noticed...the Noro, it had a greenish blue in the middle and some red of the skeins.  Um.  No.  I didn't want those colors with pink!  So I looked on the shelf that I now stood in front of and saw this:

Rowan Tapestry

This, I thought was incredibly pretty and would make a nice scarf...I put the Noro back.

Next stop was the cotton section...I had NO idea they carried Brown Sheep fleece cotton!  I had just downloaded a cutie pattern that calls for this, but I didn't know the yardage.  I also saw that there were only 2 skeins of the Pinkaboo and I honestly wondered whether Z had picked the other two up.  Then my phone rang and it was Z!  I had to ask and sure enough, it was her that took the other two skeins...!  hahahahhaa.

Honestly, I'd never really looked at all of the yarns at WW...I had the handful that I typically looked at and bought...so today, I thought I'd really take a look.  WOW.  They have SO many different kinds of yarns that I couldn't believe it!  They even had Elsebeth Lavold.  What?  Yeah, I had never heard of it before either, but since I'm kind of on a scarf kick after that Razor, if WW had it, I would pick up the 2 skeins that it called for.  That couldn't hurt...right?

Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy

So then I look down and ooo DB Cathay...but the cupboards were pretty picked over...it IS Saturday afterall, the 3rd day of the sale.  I grabbed the two that were on the shelf and got on my phone.  Thank goodness for smartphones.  I quick brought up the Magknits page for the one and only Picovoli.  It said I would need 6 skeins.  I'd ask one of the sales ladies whether they had 4 more...it was a long shot, and hey if they didn't have it, I wouldn't be heartbroken, b/c remember, I only went for the scarf yarn above.

Yikes, they had the 4 skeins in the back.  It was like it was meant to be...

it's picovoli time!

Well, then something went awry.  I'm not sure what happened.  I blame it on low blood sugar.  Okay, I can't really, so I blame it on thirst!  But, I ended up getting the Calmer that I was dying to get the last time I was at Hilltop for a hoodie...I wanted to make the sleeves another color and figured I would get that with the 20% off at Hilltop and the rebate that I have there...wonder if they'll still have the yarn tomorrow?  We shall see.

now, do I get the burgundy or the sea green?

Um...and well, I haven't posted about it yet, but I'm working on a lacey scarf...I tried a couple of years ago and for some reason, I just couldn't do it...it's weird, but something just clicked and it is coming together after the razor...so I couldn't leave this behind either...

cracksilk haze...oooo

I was looking at the books and whatnot...and found this book was nicely put together and had some nice, basic patterns that I could springboard off from into other patterns...

patterns & supplies

Lest I forget...my STR yarn came...!!!  Hooray!  But, when I opened the package...it smelled a little odd.

lucy, nodding violet, LB foofoo

The smell...I wondered if perhaps the USPS person had stopped off at McDonalds and put their happy meal in the back with the packages b/c it smelled like um, french fries.  Isn't that WEIRD???  The yarn IS pretty though...see the one on the right?  It's a little shinier than the other two...I thought I'd try the FooFoo in Seduction...god, it's beautiful...it will be interesting to knit it up.  It's airing out right now...

So you know what this means, right??  Sockapalooza4 can officially begin here...I will wind the hank into a cake this evening!  mmmm cake.

Comments

[Sparkles]

Fabu haul!!! I'm impressed!

I went to the sale on Friday with a friend of mine. I actually made it out for just $21. Got two skeins of Wick and two skeins of Trendsetter Yarns Tonalita (thinking of using the yarn for an Entrelac throw)

If it wasn't for bills right now I would have gone crazy in there though... :D

[Z]

hahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahahahahaha!

[Z]

I got out of there with four balls of yarn, the two pink Brown Sheep and two balls of Noro Kureyon. Whew!

I can't believe I walked out of there without any cracksilk. What is WRONG with me?

I have noticed a vinegar smell with STR, but not oily fries, yuck! I am sending mine back, don't like the color, I just need to decide whether to exchange or get a refund...

[Carrie]

Wowee!! Can't wait to see what that Tapestry looks like knitted up. And I looove Elsebeth Lavold. I've gotten mine at Let It Rain but I haven't actually used anything but the Cable Cotton yet.

I didn't know Weaving Works was even having a sale. Am I living under a rock? Better for the pocket book, but still. Such a beautiful haul!

[Z]

What weight of STR did you get?