Well, more of a crawl, really. Yup, the Yarn Harvest has begun and we went out yesterday in the hopes of getting through 9 of the 16 stores on the list. We made a valiant effort, but only got to 7, so we’ll tackle the rest today. If you’re in the lower mainland and haven’t heard about the crawl, its not too late, and you can still get in on the fun! If you’ve never been on a crawl before, you should check in your community and see if there’s one planned. If not, you should consider just doing one yourself with a few friends. If you can arrange with a sizable group, I’m sure you can call the shops ahead of time and work out a deal for all participants.
Here’s a link to the Yarn Harvest website for full details on the crawl and the participating stores. There are 16 stores participating (1 store has 2 locations), and it spreads from Chiliwack to North Vancouver. We’ll be doing a segment on the crawl in our new show starting October 29th. If you haven’t seen the pilot yet, it here … IT TAKES BALLS TO KNIT – The Show.
Here’s a peek of some of the goodies I’ve picked up so far … This is some Vishnu, by Madeline Tosh that I picked up at Black Sheep Yarns! I’m going to have to go back and get some more…
I know I can get it anytime, but the Eco+ by Cascade Yarns is one of my favorites, and this shade matched my shirt almost exactly! Had to get it at Baaad Anna’s …
I saw this book, Working With Wool, at Wet Coast Wools and had to get it for an upcoming project …
Oh My gosh, my pocketbook can’t really handle it, but how can you say no to Madeline Tosh AND Koigu at Urban Yarns??!!
Even though there was a great selection of yarns at Wool Is Not Enough, I decided to try my hand at dyeing …
These are just a few of the things that I picked up on the crawl. The selection is incredible, and unfortunately I didn’t garb a picture from Gina Browns Yarn, but believe me when I tell you that they have more yarn than I’ve seen in one spot, ever!
Okay, I’m off for the second day of crawling – although I’ll have to run to get to all of the remaining stores!
Hugzzz 😎
