Hello, Lover

Today, my mother-in-law and I finally took a trip which we've talked about for the past two years.  I drove us 45 minutes north of where we live to a wonderful antique furniture/yarn store in a small town.  It was 100 percent worth the time it took to get there and back!  The store is Grace Hardware and Knutty Knitters in Yazoo City (They don't have a website, or I'd link to it, but Janie at Southern Lagniappe did a fantastic post about a trip she took there, with pictures.), and when we entered, though there were wonderful antique pieces of furniture everywhere, neither of us noticed them; we immediately looked to our left and were thrilled to see yarn floor to ceiling, just as promised.  It was a fiber enthusiast's dream!  I only allowed myself to take 60 dollars in cash because I knew that I would spend whatever I took, and I didn't need to spend more than that.  It was overwhelming, and I saw yarns I'd never even heard of.  After touching them, I wanted to take them all home.  I even held a gorgeous skein which cost 105 dollars... I put that back very quickly.

However, I did bring home something which I'm pretty well thrilled about...

I picked up 3 skeins of the vibrant Noro Kureyon.  I've no clue what I'm going to do with this yarn yet, but I've longed for quite some time to get my hands on it.  Had I unlimited funds, a few skeins of all the Noro yarns would have come home with me; the silk especially called, "Buy me!"  Alas, I had to tell it, "Another time, lover."

I also was drawn to a precious yarn called Candy.  It's mostly cotton, which is so easy to work with, but it has some elastic in it too, so it has a little stretch.  It told me that it wanted to be turned into a lovely pair of socks someday, possibly for the 'tween daughter.  How could I resist?

 

Of course, I could not.