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littlebitoffoolishness · 6 years

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Yesterday was our second annual Yarnapolooza. Connie and I took the day off of work for our birthdays. For Christmas this year, I adopted an Alpaca for Connie from Willowbrook Alpacas. So this year’s Yarnapolooza was named for Connie’s adopted alpaca, “The Marcus Adventures.” She even made t-shirts for us to wear, with Marcus pooping yarn!

We started off our day visiting Marcus at Willowbrook Alpacas. We were able to hang out with the alpacas and pet and feed them. They are all so cute and we didn’t get spit on! Bonus. We also got to visit with horses, a goat, and Magnus, the chocolate lab. Such wonderful hospitality! Now I want an alpaca. I wonder how my cats would react. lol

Hello Marcus!

Marcus

Connie and I show off our t-shirts

Feeding an alpaca

Marcus sniffs my hand

Marcus wants the food

Connie feeding an alpaca

Breakfast time

Max is a suri alpaca.

Look at those adorable faces

Bye Marcus!

This year we ended up going to three local yarn stores and Hobby Lobby. Kid Ewe Knot is my regular yarn shop and one of my favorites in the area. I just think the selection here is awesome and the owner is so nice. I found lots of pretty yarn to add to my stash here including a beautiful Mohair yarn. What’s funny is I bought this same yarn in a different color last year. At least my taste is consistent.

Next up was Hobby Lobby. I was able to but a really soft lining for the hat and cowl that I made. I found brown yarn that I was looking for to make a wig for Halloween. I also bought some scrubby yarn. I just think Hobby Lobby has the best yarn available outside of a yarn shop.

We drove out to Sewickley and stopped at Sewickley Yarns. I ended up buying some cute sock yarn and this gorgeous yarn from Manos del Uruguay. I’ve used their yarn before and just love it. Connie also commented that I always find the best yarn and she never sees it.

We ended the day at Dyed in the Wool. They has this amazing baby alpaca yarn that I was so tempted to buy, but I refrained myself. I did end up with this amazing angora yarn.

I have a yarn addiction, and this annual trip really feeds my addiction. Connie says I’m a yarn snob. I think I just love yarn. As the one woman said at Sewickley Yarns yesterday, “Why are all the yarns I like so expensive?” And I responded, “Because you have good taste.”

Next year Connie says we should go on the road for Yarnapolooza. Hmmm. Taking a trip to another city to yarn shop for our birthdays? That could be a lot of fun!

Hello from Kid Ewe Knot

Isn’t it beautiful? All that yarn!

Adding to my stash. ❤

Yarnapolooza II: The Marcus Adventures Yesterday was our second annual Yarnapolooza. Connie and I took the day off of work for our birthdays.

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littlebitoffoolishness · 6 years

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My friend Connie and I share the same birthday. So last year we decided to take the day off and go on a whirlwind tour of the Pittsburgh area yarn shops. We called it Yarnapolooza. I did a search of the area for yarn shops and came up with seven shops in and around the city to visit. So we took the day off of work and went on our yarn shop tour. This was the first time we visited most of these shops, so it was an exploration mission as well as a shopping extravaganza.

FYI. I would love to own a yarn shop. It’s like my dream job or at least a happy little fantasy in my head. So I love to visit yarn shops.

To start off this post is not a review of all these shops because they were all great in their own way. My dream shop would have a combination of all of them mashed together into one.

We started off at Kid Ewe Knot in Bridgeville, PA. It’s a cute shop with a really nice shop owner. We actually spent a good deal of time there and the selection of yarn was amazing. I ended up getting about five skeins of yarn there, including these, that I’ve used all up.

Our next stop was Tonidale Yarn in Oakdale, PA. This shop had tons of yarn. And when you thought you saw it all there’s another room in the back with more yarn! I ended up with this beautiful skein of of silk yarn. Still haven’t used it but I love it.

We also made a stop at Hobby Lobby because it was nearby. Connie had never been there before. Seriously? And I really like their yarn, so we had to stop and look.

Next up was a trip to Sewickley, PA to stop at Sewickley Yarns. I bought one of my favorite yarns here. I still haven’t used it, but it is beautiful! I hope to one day make a sweater from it. Hopefully. This Yarn.

Then we headed to the North Hills and Dyed in the Wool. This place was nice and cozy. And they had nice yarn. I ended up getting some roving there and this beautiful yarn.

We went all the way out to Yarns by Design in Oakmont, PA. This place was really nice and open. I liked the openness of the store. And the town is cute too. I loved this orangey yarn.

Finally we ended up at Knit, One in Squirrel Hill. We had been here before, but we needed to round out our trip. We have also been debating taking knitting lessons here, but almost a year later and we still haven’t signed up. Oh well.

We were also going to check out Knitsburgh in Aspinwall, PA. But we weren’t able to get there in time, so we missed out on that one. The back of my car at the end of the day was heaven. Yarn, glorious yarn! And here are some pics of the day’s splurge. Just so you know, I still have almost all of that yarn in my stash. I’ve been saving most of it for special projects I haven’t gotten to yet.

Yarnapolooza My friend Connie and I share the same birthday. So last year we decided to take the day off and go on a whirlwind tour of the Pittsburgh area yarn shops.

#shopping #yarn #Yarnapolooza

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