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So, rather than being strictly “good” today, we went out and spent some money. True, it was only a wee little bit of money, and we did kind of earn it … by selling all of those books. And it was on sale. What, you ask? Well:
- Katia – 7 balls (4 “Granada” & 3 “Sevilla”), 140 yards each, 64% Nylon, 36% Polyester
- Reynolds “Mandalay” – 4 skeins, 98 yards each, 100% silk
- Punto Su Punto “Filati” – 2 balls, 137 yards each, 100% vi bamboo
- Louisa Harding “Sari Ribbon” – 2 skeins, 66 yards each, 90% nylon, 10% metallic
- 2 bags of buttons – one wooden, one stone
That’s what. All for $50 USD … and I think .80 cents, but they didn’t have change, and wouldn’t take my $1 bill to make up for the difference. So, for Fifty Bucks, we ended up with 15 balls / skeins of yarn plus two bags of buttons. Not bad at all!
I’m only sad that I didn’t actually get to run into Jackie, who was the one who told me of the Muench / Knitterly sale going on in Petaluma (Sonoma County, California).
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Oh – and all of these were taken with my @#*~! little web-cam embedded in the case of the laptop. Because my other camera is at the factory. Being serviced. Or something.
And, Cheryl, do you notice what’s on the white-board behind me? That’d be a drawn-out “how-to” on Kitchener Stitch, because after you blogged about it, I had to figure it out. So that I wouldn’t keep doing it all wrong, and wondering why the world was so confused about it.
Dude. That was hardly “badness.” Recall the $350 rebate from PG&E for the stupid ducts? We were OWED that yarn. By, erm, the, ah… Universe. Yes. That’s right. The Universe.
ALL: Please note: the office is not as completely messy as it appears.
YOU bought two skeins of the mandalay silk in the cafe au lait color! i had the rest of them in my hand for the longest time but ended up not getting them because there wasn’t enough yardage! good buying on your part, though. isn’t the louisa harding ribbon yarn to die for. the drop stitch scarf i am making out of it is really lovely. had we run into each other i could have shown you! next time! before you go to wool country. glad the sale worked out for you. take care.
Oh, Jackie. I’m so sorry – we’d only been able to find a few, but we decided that they’d make a nice scarf, at least, so we picked them up. They were terribly disorganized, because there were countless people pawing through the yarn, and they’d been at it for about three hours by the time we got there.
What pattern are you using for your drop-stitch scarf? I’m wondering, ’cause I really want to show off the ribbon, and need to find something to do so. It’s too great of a yarn to just knot up, you know?
Yarn does pack easier than books!
Oh don’t think it’s bad! You can get one of those vacuum sealers and squish that wool down much flatter than all those books! Easier packing I say 🙂