Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A Very Plucky Day

Love at first sight. Some say it happens, others disagree.  When it comes to yarn, I'm afraid it happens a little too often.

This past Saturday, Jill (Knitterella) and I made the trek to the other side of the state for a Plucky Open House.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with Plucky Yarns, you must be educated!  Here's a crash course:

The open house was hosted in Liesl's (aka browncurls on Ravelry) gorgeous home in Grand Rapids and Sarah (the face behind Plucky Yarns, thepluckyknitter on Ravelry) brought a beautiful variety of yarn.

 Sarah's long time friend, Nicole came along as well.  She's not on Ravelry yet- hopefully soon (after all, she did have the cutest stitch markers I have ever seen!)?

Besides all the plucky yarn, Liesl gave us a tour of her amazing stash.


(as you can see, yarn wasn't the only thing gawked over in Liesl's closet!)

These were also spotted in Liesl's room:

They were very well-loved (holes in the bottoms and all!)



Jill walked away with some great finds (and since she does Plucky's design work, she had credits to spend- jealous!)...

And knitting ensued

All in all, a wonderful day- I hope it happens again soon!


And tomorrow... a peak at what I stepped away with and how it's knitting up (I'm not purposefully keeping it from you, but the gloomy weather is not allowing an impressive yarn stash picture).

9 comments:

  1. My goodness I am so jealous! I've been meaning to buy your slipper pattern for a while and knit it up but I need to finish what I am working on at the moment. Wish I had been able to come to that amazing get together. When I saw all of that yarn I almost started drooling. Who am I kidding I did start drooling.

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  2. I especially love the chandelier draped with lace--lovely! And a good idea...I have one at home too.

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  3. You would have had to physically drag me out of there...and check my bra for yarn on the way out. :)

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  4. Wow that yarn is beautiful! What a fun day!

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  5. My eyes nearly popped out of my head at sight of that table full of extraordinary color! And that STASH! HOLY COW!

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  6. Why don't they have these nice yarns and yarn days in South Africa???

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  7. Great photos!! That was such a fun day!

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  8. Wow, I love the pop of yellow amongst all the beautiful purples, blues and greens.

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