Yarn Overload

So, my post this week is a little late. Last weekend was the Rose City Yarn Crawl. 19 local yarn shops in 4 days...

My adventure started Thursday afternoon. I was downtown, and able to visit Angelika's Yarn shop for the first time. From there I took the streetcar down to Dublin Bay Knitting Company. They had yummy homemade cookies, and a trunk show by Sweet Georgia (and one skein of sock yarn wanted to come home with me ;) From there I walked down to Urban Fiber Arts. This time I was tempted by a skein of Alexandra's Crafts sock yarn. Also found out I had filled up my Supportland punch card, so I scored a $25 gift card for next time (apparently I shop there more than I thought ;) Then I got back on the streetcar for a quick stop at Knit Purl and then caught the MAX to For Yarn's Sake. They had a trunk show with Abstract Fibers, and I picked up a skein in the special Hopworks colorway (are you noticing a pattern here?)

Friday I was at work until 5, and the train was running late so I didn't make it to any shops. But made up for it Saturday! My other half was kind enough to do the driving, and we started at Kathy's Knit Corner. Fun to see the trunk show by 3 Fates, but I managed to resist buying anything (I had gotten several skeins of her yarn at Crafty Wonderland, and haven't used them all yet). Then a stop at Knitting Bee to admire the Scrumptious Luxury Yarns, another stop at All About Yarn, then Northwest Wools and Wool N Wares. Next was Wynona Studios where I picked up a skein of their hand-dyed yarn. Next were stops at Make One and Yarn Garden. Then on to Happy Knits where I picked up a couple of mini skeins to use for their Bertie Lou blue bird pattern. We ended with stops at Twisted, Gossamer and Close Knit. Tried to stop at the Naked Sheep, but couldn't quite make it before closing. Definitely a marathon day and yarn overload!

Sunday morning we made a stop at the Naked Sheep, where I tried out the Bar-Maids scrub and lotion (and picked up a mini lotion bar in Little Pumpkin). Then ended the crawl at Yarnia, where I bought a pre-made cone that made me think of Easter. Also found out I earned a Supportland reward for $10 off my next purchase there (apparently I buy too much yarn).

After successfully making it to all 19 shops, I headed to work for a half-day (have to pay for all those purchases somehow!)

I didn't win any of the fabulous shop baskets, but did get a message that I won the Bar-Maids drawing at Naked Sheep for a free class! Looking forward to checking out their spring class schedule and learning some new skills. And looking forward to knitting with my new yarn, and the patterns I collected at the shops.

Have you participated in a yarn crawl? What was your experience?