RCYC 2015 is in the history book. Yes, it was almost two weeks ago; I’m still trying to catch up with myself! I only made it to six of the 15 shops, but enjoyed each of the ones I did visit.
I started the Crawl on Thursday with a trunk show at Wool ‘n’ Wares. The lovely ladies there wore their Rosaria Shawlettes (my design for last year’s MKAL) to welcome me. Sweet!
Cali came by to say hi in person, wearing her lovely modified 2015 RCYC MKAL shawl. We had bonded through Instagram (are you on IG? I’m pdxknitterati) because I had diagnosed her non-lacy YO’s over there. Solution? YO in the other direction around the needle. Voilà, lacy YO’s! (Sorry for the blurry pic; it’s the only one I have.)
Sunday dyed her hair to match her beautiful shawl. That’s impressive dedication!
This little guy was definitely a yarn crawler.
I bought this Malabrigo Rastita to replace the yarn in the soon to be frogged project (see previous post). The color is very similar.
My new Tilt Shift wrap made its unofficial debut. It’s very fun to wear. Here it is on Brigitte.
We’re planning a KAL for it when the pattern is published, hopefully by the end of the month. It’s being test knit now. We’ll have a kick off party at Wool ‘n’ Wares when the time comes. Thanks to Vickee and Karen for hosting my trunk show, and for hosting the upcoming KAL kick off! Stay tuned for details…
On Friday, I visited Pearl Fiber Arts with Mary, and picked up some goodies for KAL prizes. I especially love these shawl pins.
We stopped for a macaron break at Nuvrei. They were fabulous.
I visited Close Knit on the way home and bought some locally made stitch markers (magenta, again), mostly because I wanted Sally Palin’s beautiful Kumori Cowl shadow knitting pattern. I can’t knit all the patterns I buy/get; there aren’t enough knitting hours. But I love them as research on new techniques, or just because they’re pretty.
On Saturday, Cathy and I went to Knitting Bee, where I chatted with Melanie of Black Trillium Fibres and made arrangements to get some of her DK weight Sublime yarn in her Tyrian colorway.
Hmmm, I definitely have red/purple on my mind.
We also visited For Yarn Sake and met Kate and Rachel of Spincycle Yarns. They dye their fiber before spinning it/having it spun, and then ply it.
I brought some home with me. Guess what color!
On Sunday I finished up the crawl with a trunk show at Twisted. Terri came by with her finished Fern Shawlette from the XOXOKAL. Mine isn’t quite done, but we both modeled them.
Debbi Stone and I posed in our 2015 and 2014 RCYC MKAL shawls, her Washington Park and my Rosaria.
A little more Rosaria shawl action:
And I found the perfect person for my Webfoot Shawlette! She went home with both pattern and yarn (Hazel Knits Entice in Hoppy Blond).
It was a fun weekend; I wish I could have visited all the shops. Maybe next year. But I have plenty of yarn for now. I won the door prize basket at Pearl Fiber Arts!
This is a big basket of inspiration! I haven’t had time to really look at the contents; I was getting ready to head out of town. But I know I’ll be sharing some of this with my friends at our next knit night…
Did you participate in the yarn crawl? What’s your favorite thing that came home with you?
PDXKnitterati 
Fun pictures Michele!
Looks like a super fun yarn crawl! 🙂
I was THERE!!!! I saw you but I didn’t come up and get in your space. If I am still here at the end of the month, I will try to see you at the pattern roll-out you mentioned. This is an incredibly yarn rich community, full of talented people.
Always come get in my space! Hoping I get to see you before you go. New design is being test knit as we speak/write!
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This looks like so much fun!!
It was! Now I need to sort through all my yarn; I can’t think when there’s that much looking at me. Some artful rearranging is overdue!
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