The Stitches West haul.

Finally, here's the roundup, roughly in order of acquisition:
Mission Falls Simple pattern book

and SWTC Karaoke soy wool (nine skeins! half-price!) from Full Thread Ahead. I think this is going to be a cardigan of some kind. And I must stop buying greige yarn now.

I felt like I was really going overboard at the Hemp for Knitting booth, but spent all of $22, on three patterns

and one swatching ball of Hempwol.

I should have bought more.  They had a sample in the booth of a very pretty cardigan in the Hempwol, so it's on my wish list.

At the Yarn Barn of Kansas booth I bought a set of 5-inch size 7 dpns, for knitting the thumb of my Maine Morning Mitts on the train home. Of course I didn't get that far, but they did come in handy while I was finishing them.

And I bought a silly gadget that I've always been curious about. (Just $4! No shipping! I'd be stupid not to!)

(I just learned that this is called a teleidoscope.) You can get them from KnitPicks, among other places.

I was fine while browsing through the Habu booth, and Webs, and that alpaca superstore behind the Webs booth, but as it grew late and I got a bit tired, my resistance wore thin, and I found myself at the Brooks Farm booth.

I have to say this was quite tangly while I wound it, but it sure feels nice to handle. It will be interesting to knit up.

Comments

[Kirsten]

Yay for hemp! It's the strongest fiber on earth, you know. And I love those purple yarns you got. So what silly gadget did you buy? Green, long and skinny? Hmmmm. Is this a riddle?