Thelma and Louise Hit LYS!

Checking my email first thing Saturday morning I found a message from Cathy written the day before. It said that she wanted to hit the yarns stores and have lunch before 1:00 on Saturday. Being game I called her right away. She picked me up in her new T-bird just before 10:00 and we took a ride around our valley to three of the LYS's. First off we headed to Unraveled Sheep. Char has only been open since October 2003 and she has wonderful yarns like Rowan and Shetland and tons of other goodies that keep us coming back. Sadly we didn’t buy while there (but the week before I bought Summer Tweed, remember?)

We then headed to the other end of the valley in the Black Bomb, hair flying, sunglasses on….looking very cool. One guy yelled at us “That’s too much car for you!” We just laughed and said “Eat your heart out!” He was obviously envious (in his way old Subaru). The day couldn’t have been more beautiful. We had clear skies, cool temperatures and the wind in our hair....ahhhh. Thelma and Louise came to mind and we did our best not to go off the deep end.

Next on the agenda was Black Sheep. This is our ‘main’ store. We *heart* this wonderful shop with it’s very cool ladies who attend to our every need, the very informative classes they offer and yarns, oh YARNS galore. The very best news is that in anticipation of the move to a new, bigger (by 50%) and better location they will be having a sale next weekend! They will then close on the 7th of September and reopen the following Saturday in the new spot. A sale of new fall yarns will start that day and go on into the next week. You can bet where I’ll be on September 11th at 10:00 in the morning. After the move I’ll show you before (old shop) and after (new shop) pictures of this great place. Here is Vonnie, the owner, helping Cathy with a purchase.

We then headed over to Soul Spun the newest shop in town. I have only been there once before but Susan told me they had Blue Sky Alpaca yarns and discount coupons for the upcoming BOW. Shannon, from our Stitch 'n Bitch group was there (on the right) and we enjoyed chatting with the owner, Somer. This shop is mostly novelty yarns so, if you are into scarves and ponchos this is the place for you. Somer is a crocheter and will try to join us at SNB soon. Maybe we’ll get her into knitting, too.
I did buy a few things but I’ll keep you waiting until tomorrow for full disclosure. The darling husband and I also went to another concert at the Red Butte Gardens Sunday night. It was quiet an ordeal so, more about that later, too. It takes time to do this blogging thing and I must have a way to entice you back as well. Stay tuned…

P.S. The pictures all pop-up so you can see them better. Typepad has become much faster in the last few weeks and there is great improvement in the time it takes to load these pop-ups. Please let me know if you like or don't like this format. Would you rather see large pictures with text around them or just get a peak and click the pictures you want to see more? Your wishes are my command.

Comments

[Lynette]

That's my dream car! I love it. Sounds like you had a most excellent fun time. Can't wait to see your stash enhancements.

LOL :)

[Annie]

How lucky you are to have so many yarn stores nearby. Can't wait to see what you got!

I like the small picture format. I see more and more bloggers are going to that style. I'm sure it is much better for people on dial-up, too. But, whatever you choose you know I'll be back!

[Eilene]

Wow! Now that sounds like a fun day!! In my opinion I like the larger picture which opens up even larger. It's the older eyes, you know? ;-)

[Susan]

Oh dear, Char doesn't look happy in that photo. Vonnie, of course, looks as perfect as ever. What's she putting on sale next weekend??(!)

[Susan]

I am so jealous of all the yarn shops you have near you! I know there's always mail order and the internet, but it must be so nice to go see the yarns in person and be able to have real time conversations about knitting with the shop staff.

I love the new faster loading typepad photos. I don't mind hitting the popup to get a larger photo. Plus, you can always use larger photos in the text of the blog to designate something really, really special. As long as there's a reasonable level of detail (especially for WIP's), either format works for me.

[greta]

It is so much fun to have a virtual tour of Other Blogger's Yarn Stores...wooohoo! I still dream about renting an RV and touring the country, stopping to visit all of my favorite bloggers and their LYS....sigh.

[Mary Beth]

I feel the wind in my hair! I SO want to pull a Thelma and Louise but there is no Louise and I drive a Volvo wagon. Oh well. Glad you had a great time.

[Teresa C]

"Eat your heart out?!" I think "Bite Me!" would have been a more appropriate response.

I tend to like a mix of large and pop up photos. FOs should be the eye catcher that keeps you reading, but details and other things could be pop ups. I, of course, am always clickin' for details!