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can bask in the glory that is cheap rowan and Debbie Bliss yarns. Here is a
report of her loot so far, excerpted (with her permission) from an email she
sent me.
how I was going to the
Knitting
and Stitching Show in
London this
weekend
http://www.twistedthread.com/knittingandstitchingshow/alexandrapalace.asp
Anyway,
I went with my housemate Victoria, who was there for
the
Stitching part of it, and
it was awesome. It was ridiculously
huge,
with probably the same
number of knitting exhibitors as stitches
west,
and a ton of other
exhibitors from the "Fiber Arts" genre. Also
a
bunch of artsy exhibits
which i paid little attention too, what
with
all the
shopping...
Check out
the photo of my stash:
Cashmerino Superchunky for making
a
sweater. It was way
expensive, but cheaper than buying it in
the
states, and best of all, I
bought it from Ms. Debbie Bliss herself!
I
so wished I had a camera to
capture my dorky
excitement...
I also got
some kureyon for making a multi-dir. scarf and a matching
hat
I got 2 skeins of Rowan
kidsilk haze (super cheap �4) for making
a
floofly scarf, which i also
got the pattern for. I got 3 skeins
of
Collinette Chrysalis bulky
cotton(super super cheap �5 each), which
is
absolutely gorgeous..I'm
thinking matching
legwarmers/armwarmers...I
had
no idea how expensive collinette yarns usually are or I would
have
bought a whole bunch!
Every kind was �5-6 and then Gen told me
that
they're like $23 each!
damn...already can't wait until next
year
now...