This past Saturday was local yarn store day. I met up with a friend and we did a miniature yarn crawl to two local shops. We stopped first at Warm ‘n Fuzzy where I got some cotton yarn. I’m planning to knit the Streamline Tank by Alexandra Tavel with it. I probably didn’t need three skeins but it was on sale and I’d rather have leftovers than be scrambling through yarn chicken.

I originally passed on the fancy DellaQ train case but ended up going home and buying it online for pick-up so I’ll be stopping by Warm ‘n Fuzzy again at lunch today. It’s nice to truly have a local yarn store where they know you. They recognize me and know me well enough that I don’t have to give my name at checkout – they know my name to get my account pulled up.

We also stopped by Great Yarns. They’d made a post on Instagram with some beautiful stitch markers that I had to have. I will admit I had some sticker shock but bought them anyway because there was so many people in the tiny shop and I was flustered and rushed. It’s not their fault but I was still a little surprised that 5 stitch markers cost $20. I know they’re semi-precious stones and come from Spain but still.

I didn’t buy any yarn but my friend did. They had a Sewrella trunk show and the dyer was there to represent her work. She was nice and the yarn was fantastic. I haven’t knit with any Sewrella but I know she’s getting a good reception online. It’s awesome to have a local yarn dyer getting such recognition. Overall, a good shopping day.

The wispy shawl is ending. Thank goodness because it was starting to take ages to get through each row. I timed a single knit row and it took me more then 13 minutes to go all the way through it. That’s a knit row too, I’m much slower at purling. I started casting off last night but I ended up having to stop because it was getting late and I had an evening routine to follow. I’ll finish tonight and look at casting on the streamline tank. I’m looking forward to summer knitting.