I look forward to October each year! Yes, for Fall, but also for YARN HOP!! Three fellow Fiber Floozies and myself set out on a two-day adventure hopping across the state, visiting 11 yarn shops, and 3 or 4 quilt shops and then some!
Many of the Kansas yarn shops organize this hop over four days, with a passport to stamp, prizes, freebies, and discounts! This is my third yarn hop and usually we venture south, but this year we headed north Friday morning, starting our hop in Wamego at The Wicked Stitch. From there, we hopped to Wildflower in Manhattan, The Shivering Sheep in Abilene, (stopping for lunch at Mr K's Farmhouse, yummy), Yarns Sold and Told in Salina, Oh, Yarn It! in McPherson, and yarn. in Hutchinson. Of course, we had to eat dinner at Carriage Crossing in Yoder before spending the night in Newton.
Saturday morning we were up early waiting for the first shop to open. We visited two yarn and two quilt shops in Newton, The Creation Station and Odd Balls, before hopping down the rode to Wichita shops, Twist and Heritage Hut. We stopped for a quick lunch at Playa Azul in Old Town. By Saturday afternoon, we were happy to have a short trip home, stopping at Sugar Bunny Blvd in El Dorado at the last shop. We left her our completed passports for the drawing. Hopefully, an Emporia hopper will win a prize this year!
We all found great bargains and filled the car with a lot of yarn, fabric and treasures. Each shop gives away a small 30 yard ball of yarn to use in the freebie pattern given with the passport. This year it is an Infinity Stash Scarf and I can't wait to start my scarf! Here are just a few pictures from the weekend!
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| Window display at The Wicked Stitch in Wamego. |
The Infinity Stash Scarf sample made up by The Wicked Stitch. You can see the crochet and knit version both.
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| Me in The Shivering Sheep in Abilene. She has a bargain basement and I came away with a huge bag full! |
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| One of my favorite shops, Yarns Sold and Told in Salina. |
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| Window display at yarn. in Hutchinson. Notice the sign...We Don't Make Mistakes, We Do Variations. |
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| My fellow Floozies at yarn. in Hutchinson. |
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| My stash after the first day! Of course, I added to it Saturday! |
1 comment:
Ooh, look at all that yarn! Looks like you had a lot of fun. It certainly sounds like a lot of drive time - did you play I Spy and other car games??
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