Wednesday I headed back to Seattle by bus. Upon arrival Chris from Pursuite of Fiber was already waiting for me at the bus stop. She was so nice to drive me around to two yarn stores and have some cupcakes with me. The first was the Fiber Gallery where, blinded by all that gorgeous yarn I usually only see online, I forgot to take a single picture. What I did not forget was to buy some:

It’s all Madelinetosh yarns, the orange and yellow ones are sock weight which I would like to use for a crochet design and… well socks for the yellow. And the sort of teal color is lace weight.

I don’t actually remember the name of the second store. And I only have a super blurry picture of Chris with the cupcakes. So, well, the Madelinetosh pics must be enough.

On Tuesday I hopped on the train to Vancouver (lovely train ride by the way, it goes all along the coast, way nicer than the bus I took on the way back). I wasn’t off the train for 30 minutes, when I found myself in Sweet Georgia Yarn’s dye studio. I had never seen a dye studio before, so that was kind of cool.
I got a skein of her Merino Silk Lace in raspberry.

The next stop was Urban Yarns where I did not leave empty handed either.

Indigo Moon 100% merino wool (superwash) hand-dyed, in Majestic Purple.

The best husband ever made me a swift today, using this tutorial. I’ve ordered a ball winder and will report back when I’ve tried them together.

Mmmm, yummy Malabrigo Sock Yarn… one of them will have the privilege of becoming Damson.