These beautiful clouds above Baltimore set the mood for the heavenly yarns and designs at the Stitches East Market.
I stopped by several times to visit a shaded pink angora by Prism, color-way “Carnation.” Likewise, a gorgeous thick-and-thin rose and moss green yarn by Schaefer kept me coming back. In the end, I thought of my backlog of projects and didn’t buy either of them, but I still remember them fondly.
Word-of-mouth turned out to be the best kind of advertising for a couple of vendors, thanks to a lady in my Dotty Knits class. She had bought a skein of glow-in-the-dark yarn, something that I’ve wanted since the early 1990s! It’s not the softest yarn ever, being made of nylon, but it really does glow in the dark.
The same lady showed me some square knitting needles, which are meant to be easier on your hands. I bought the straight needles, a square crochet hook, and the square circulars for testing. Square circulars! That makes me chuckle every time I hear it.
The needles are round at the tip, like regular knitting needles. Where you hold on to the needle, they are square. Since they fit into the angles your fingers make when you hold on, it seems logical that they would be easier to hold. I’ll test them and let you know.
Finally, there was the pink knitting needle gauge that looks a little like an ammonite. Pink and fossil-like was a combination I couldn’t resist.
The people who took my Pleasing Pleats and Seveness Knitting classes knitted great samples. My favorite part of the Seveness class was seeing the beautiful color combinations people put together, which I would never think of.
Too bad my camera was in my hotel room the whole time. Aaarrgh!
(“Nightlights” glow-in-the-dark yarn sold by Woolstock Yarn Shop. Square knitting needles, crochet hook, and needle gauge sold by Yarn Bazaar. Needle photos styled by Ella with yellow flowers.)