April Projects

I have to brag on the group of women I spend several weeknights crafting along side. For April we have a little motivational event going on. We each picked a color from a list of 9 or 10 and have to create an item. (Some of the picking was a little suspect : ) But it was a great turn out for participation. 16 ladies are creating items. And there are already 3 completed. Take a look at the first creation.

This is one of the coolest cable hats I have seen. Made from some "really fabulous yarn" it reminds me of the designer hats that all of the Rock Star Skater Boyz are wearing. (Way to go Renee) This one definitely had to go on the blog. If you can't tell in the picture, I took this laying on a stack of yarn. Guess where we were? That's right, "The Woolie Ewe". Poor Renee had one of her dearest friends lugging around her yarn basket. The looked happy, so that is all that counts.

Congrats to Renee and Sophia for being the 1st ones to complete the April contest.

Seattle YAS (So Much Yarn)

Morning All,

I am now in Seattle traveling for "the man" and I discovered this fact. Seattle has the most "awesome" yarn shops in I have ever seen. I have been a lot of places, Rochester, NYC, Baltimore, Philly, and by far Seattle is the coolest.

The place I went yesterday is called "So Much Yarn". Need I say more with a name like that? Probably not, but I will any way. As I walked in I realized, (I am about to pass out from climbing the 2 hills and walking up 3 flights of stairs), but it was worth it.

It is located close to Pike's market. If you are going. Don't make the same mistake I did. Stay on the low road. If you go up the hill the 1st street you just have to come back down. And let me tell you. The hills are nothing to laugh about. There was a guy sitting in the most comfortable chair in the store and I was thinking I could take him because I could just pass out on top of him. At least I would then have a place to sit down and breath.

But alas, I did not. I persevered and kept shopping.

I was greeted by the sales person who happened to be very knowledgeable. And more importantly he was actually knitting. It is so intriguing for me to watch men knit and really enjoy it. As I walked in he explained the structure of the store, very organized, and how I could find whatever I was looking for.

There was an intermediate knitting class taking place as I walked through and they were working on some beautiful items, sweaters, shawls, socks and baby items.

I also saw the most beautiful Crochet afghan on the chair in the front of the store I had ever laid eyes on. It was a combination of different types of yarn. I am certain I could do something of that magnitude if I tried.

After looking through the yarn which is organized by weight. (A huge plus). I decided to complete my green April Project for Chains and purls. I bought some Berocco Comfort DK. The yarn was reasonably priced as well.

Definitely on my list of places to stop on in Seattle.

Happy Hooking.

Shaunda