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SSK 2025 Haul

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Cautious wool fumes ahead….

I am home and unpacked all my treasures from SSK. I was more restrained this year than last year. I had specific things in mind for my purchases. For bags, I grabbed two Fat Squirrel bags as her updates are NUTS. Then for yarn, I grabbed one skein of purple Another Crafty girl worsted for a hat for Jellybean. Then four skeins of DK from Apothefaery Fibers for a Rock It Tee. I unexpectedly found some hand dyed fat quarters for my mom for Christmas. Then I grabbed some yarn ear rings and some stich markers to replace those lost to the couch. Next up was some Miss Babs DK in a neutral grey and the SSK show color. I refilled my Tuft Woolens by some perfume, balm and two new chapsticks. AND the best one ever, a myster bag of yarn in DK weight for my Christmas stocking 🙂

After all those yarn fumes, I stepped outside and found a wee sheep in the wild. Attendees left these all over the campus and it was so cute to find them!

Happy Knitting!!

Looped, DC

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I took a quick Uber this morning in between conference sessions as I found a lovely (and open) yarn shop in Dupont Circle. Welcome to Looped Yarns in DC!

The shop was adorable and the two staff were so kind and helpful. I didn’t have long to shop and I wanted some easy to use yarns for the trip. My haul is as follows:

I tried to chose yarns I haven’t seen before. At the top is Knitting for Olive in Heavy Merino in Pearl Grey and Pink Daisies. They are 50 gram skeins so I am thinking striped hat. I couldn’t resist a Malabrigo Rios skein in teal/turquoise for PB. And in the middle is some Big Little Yarn Co Trusty Sock in the Yosuzume color. And lastly some Isager Yarn Aran Tweed in Black tweed.

I had the shop wind the Rios and the Tweed so I could choose for my next hat. I would totally recommend this shop to anyone passing through DC! Happy Knitting!!

Mothers Day Haul

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I’m a little late but I finally cleaned my WFH desk and uncovered my Mother Day treats.

The fam got me two skeins of Homestead Tweed in a worsted weight for hat/cowl/who knows. They also got me a notebook that has project planning pages ala Ravelry. I am not normally a paper planner for knitting person but I may give fit a whirl for the 2025 Pigskin Party KAL.

More skeins to add to the stash! Happy Knitting!!

A Treasure Goddess Bouquet

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My Treasure Goddess yarn package showed up and I made a little “present” for myself.

I have been doing some wishful knitting for a Royals themed beanie. And I got some colors from this dyer to work that pattern. Its her organic DK base in a gold and a royal blue. I also got another Chiefs themed worsted kit to make another colorwork hat from this project/pattern.

I also paired a nice protein water. Gotta stay hydrated and keep up with those health goals while knitting!! Happy Crafting!!

Little Wolf Knits Haul

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Back in November I won a prize from the 2024 Pigskin Party KAL and that was a gift card from thelittlewolfknits online yarn store.

I ordered this in early December and it arrived just in time for year end hat knitting. I grabbed a Pigskin Party KAL special color way in worsted (orange), some nuetral mohair silk to hold in my hats and then another (teal) worsted skein for PB inspired hat.

This is a new to me dyer and she was delightful during the order process. I am excited to see how her yarn feels. I need to get this orange one started soon as it will earn me bonus points in the KAL!

Happy Knitting!!

Habit Bundling

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I completed my annual mammogram and check with my physician. Not my favorite thing to do but very important. So I decided to bundle a necessary thing with a fun thing….habit bundling!

I stopped at the The Studio yarn store in KC after my scan and I treated myself to some yarn. I grabbed a gold skein of Malabrigo Rios, two skeins of Potion Yarns cashmere DK and two skeins of Nordic Yarn eco cashmere for more hats. It was a wonderful wind down for that day. I also picked up a felt glasses cash to keep my sunglasses safe in my car and purse.

And the bonus? I mentioned to the yarn shop ladies why I was shopping and I had done my mammogram and they included some shop swag to celebrate! I received a pen, phone stand, tape measure and cup.

Do you habit bundle?

Can’t Quit Chiefs Hats

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I just can’t quit with the Chiefs hats…..so I bought more themed yarn.

It has been quite hard to find appropriate colors in yarn shops. Understanding that stores can’t stock every color or large footprint yarns. But I think I managed! Above is some Malabrigo Worsted, a singles yarn, in Sauterne and Sealed Wax. I was able to find the “traditional” colors in the yarn base.

My options were more limited in the Rios base. I ended up with a variegated black called Pearl Ten and then a traditional red called Freza. This will be more of an abstract hat but I think it will still work! And I’m super excited to show you all some updates I made to some of my finished hats tomorrow!

Happy Knitting!!

Leading Men Fiber Arts Birthday Party

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Back in September Leading Men Fiber Arts held their annual birthday day sale with a decent discount code. I have been all about hats in 2024 so I added their Box Office worsted base to my collection.

Their site is easy to use and they offer winding service! So from left to right I picked up Chocolate Mousse, Sweet Corn, Poison Apple, Oh Christmas Tree, and Orange You Jealous.

I think the red and yellow will be a Chiefs themed hat or two for Jellybean and maybe my dad? The orange could be a nice cap for my hunting inclined friends or my runner friend who needs to be visible. And I just like the chocolate and green so they came along for the single skein ride.

Happy Stashing!!

SSK Door Prize

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One really cool feature of SSK is the simply astronomical number of door prizes that the KnitGirllls are able to source. I’m talking like close to 50 or 60. You win tickets, earn tickets and get some tickets for just attending. And then you can put those into drawing for prizes and I won one!

This was one of the bigger grand prizes. It is a foldie travel bag with two yarn baby skeins of CeCe’s Wool. That is a new to me yarn brand and boy howdie is that a lot of sock yarn! The color is “Over The Raindow” and it’s 2,240 yards of fingering weight sock yarn. It’s also 100% merino. Enough that I can knit a full Rachelle sized sweater!

I am super grateful for winning a prize and I really want to find a sweater to knit but less enthused about a sweater on US 2s or 3s, lol.

What should I knit?

Caution: Wool Fumes Ahead

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Okay, even for me…..this was unprecedented. I fell victim to the wool fumes and blew past my budget. I am aware this is a privilege and I am incredibly grateful. I just was surrounded by so many great SSK vendors that I had to support them all. Now I have a lot of crafting to do to spend this down….

I focused on adding to my spinning fiber inventory and one sweater’s quantity. After I achieved those items I added to my single skein stash for worsted and DK. I don’t believe I had yarn from any of these dyers except for maybe Miss Babs?

  • Oink Pigments
  • Old Rusted Chair
  • Geektastic fibers
  • Miss Babs
  • Urban Girl Yarns
  • Republica Unicornia
  • Sweet Tea Yarns
  • Another Crafty Girl
  • HipStrings

It is my intention to talk more about these skeins as I use them. I also grabbed some Tuft Woolens restock of hand lotion and wool soap. I had just run out earlier this year so it was nice timing.

Happy Yarn Fumes!!