While I was at Maryland Sheep & Wool, I saw many lovely yarns. This particular lace weight shouted “HEY THERE GOOD LOOKING!” (I like it when they flatter me.) I returned in kind and picked it up and brought it home. The oranges are so vibrant and I absolutely love it. Now to pick out a shawl pattern to do it justice.
Name: C*EYE*BER Fiber by Mama E
Brand: Hand Dye for Cloverhill Yarn Shop
Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Yardage: 1780 yards (1628 meters)
Unit weight: 231 grams (8.15 ounces)
Fibers: Wool
Machine wash?:I don’t know.
Notes: There wasn’t much in the way of labels on this yarn. It just says 100% wool and gives a guesstimate on yardage. I added the yarn to Ravelry and I hope that someone can update the brand so I can find out more information. 
Tags: Yarn
Our trip to Maryland was a blast. The Ravelry Helpers were so much fun! Suzanne was a fantastic host. It was so great to get to see everyone, and put faces to the screen names I have been chatting with for almost a year now. The boy had a good time as well. It was even fortuitous enough to wake up and hear the Ravelry Helpers talking aboot how wonderful he is. we were lucky to get his big head back in the car to get home. 
At the Raverly party Saturday night the boy won Shear Spirit. He was quite excited! I also spent a good chunk of time talking to Ron from Buffalo Gold. He and his wife are very nice and have a beautiful product. Someone at the party won 4 skeins! of buffalo gold which makes for a cool $400 grand prize. Some day, some day I will find some cash to buy a couple of skeins and make something pretty for myself or something soft for the the boy.
Sunday I started my shopping having been unimpressed by anything on Saturday. I think the real problem was that Saturday everything was way too crowded and busy for me to even see anything that I wanted. I bought some gorgeous orange lace weight from Clover Hill Yarn Shop specially dyed by Mama E. I also got 3 skeins of W4 Soft Touch W4 from Shelridge Farm. The boy lucked out too because we also found some yarn for his Berkshire Pullover - 6 skeins of Rowan Big Wool for $30 (it normally retails at $15/skein)! We still need to find one more skein in that colorway but really it shouldn’t be too hard to find.
Other excitement from Sunday included getting Shear Spirit signed by the photographer. We also spent an hour hanging out and chatting with Gord Lendrum of Lendrum Spinning Wheels. He is a very sweet and low key man. My friend Aimee’s wheel and broken on her way up to MD. She found out he was there and would fix her wheel so we brought it back on Sunday. He fixed it in under a minute and then sat around talking to us. He and the boy ended up getting into a discussion about CNC routers and PLCs (if that’s greek to you, don’t worry, you are not in the minority!) As we were walking away it was cute because the boy was still trying to come up with ideas to solve Gord’s issue.
There will be more pictures later, but I need to make some sort of light box because I haven’t found a good spot for taking photos in the new house. For now, enjoy the pictures from the festival.
The boy and I with the Raverly employees, Jess, Casey and MH!
Jess and Casey mingling, the boy mingling
Tags: Ravelry, Yarn
During our recent yarn shop excursions I bought some sock yarn for the boy since he was being so awesome. Isn’t it nice?
Name: Regia Jacquard Color 4-ply / 4-fädig
Brand: Schachenmayr nomotta
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply (14 wpi)
Yardage: 230 yards (210 meters)
Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces)
Gauge: 30.0 = 4 inches
Needle size: US 0 - 2½ or 2 - 3mm
Fibers: Wool, Nylon
Texture: Smooth, 4-ply
Machine wash?: yes
Tags: Yarn
With all due haste the boy and I trotted over to The Stitching Post again today so that I could snatch up good yarns before they were all gone. I got 5 skeins of Cascade Quattro which is more than enough for a couple of the sweaters I want to make from Fitted Knits. I also purchased 3 skeins of Cascade Sierra to make this yoga bag designed by my friend MaryHeather. As we were getting ready to leave I happened upon a basket full of Cascade Fixation. I fortuitously remembered that I needed some of this to make the mermaid strapless top from Sexy Little Knits. 40% off is really nice. Now I just have to see what all I can find yarn for at Maryland Sheep and Wool!
Tags: Yarn
I ordered another set of Denise Needles from The Stitching Post recently. They called me on Friday to say that my needles had arrived but alas they close at 6pm on Fridays so I wasn’t able to get there until today. When we pulled up to the shop today there was a giant sign outside that said Anniversary Sale! Intrigued I went in to pick up my needles and found out that: a. all their yarns were 40% off, fabrics were anywhere from 50-75% off and notions were 25% off. Huzzah!
I purchased pillow forms and fabric for some pillows to be made for the porch swing. I got 25% off on my needles and I bought 4 skeins of Cascade 220 Superwash at 40% off. They think the sale is running through May 12th so I will have to come back with my Ravelry queue to see what other yarns I need. I think I did pretty well! 
Tags: Yarn
