Back to the Scene of the Crime

As you may have read, our SnB group went on a yarn crawl this past weekend. I was only able to join them for one store, A Mano Yarn Center, the one in which I was most interested, and according to the other crawlers, it turned out to be the best of the lot. Read about it at casas de Annette, Jillian, Teresa and Kate. I made the right decision because they had a terrific selection and an even better 40% off sale on select items, among those select items being Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Yarn. I walked out with one hank of it and a hank of lightweight Socks That Rock. They're the only LYS that I've seen carry STR, so it was a nice bonus, especially with our yarn crawl discount pre-arranged by the lovely Annette. A friend who knits with you is a friend, but a friend who gets you discounts on your yarn is a lifelong friend indeed. (Sorry for bastardizing that saying.)

I quickly forgot about the Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Yarn until I learned the other day who my Secret Pal 9 is. She's a sock knitter with a fairly small stash of sock yarn. I have made it my solemn duty to enhance said stash with excellent yarn and yarn stuffs, so I had to head back out to A Mano. I'm really good at justifying yarn purchasing. 'Nuff said. Roll call: (You know how I like to add those macro pics to encourage drooling.)

Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Yarn in colorways (clockwise from left) Spanish Moss, Dusk, Peacock, Life's a Beach.

Just more pictures of CTHS.

Socks That Rock Lightweight in Hard Rock. It's actually a dark grey with bright and light pink. Unfortunately, the grey looks brown in the picture.

A Mano had a stunning half-wall of Malabrigo. I kid you not. It's beautiful. See?

I received one skein of Malabrigo in Tortuga from Rachele, my truly excellent One Skein Secret Pal, and have been itching for another skein to make it a really long scarf. So much for that one skein idea.

I spied the Tortuga colorway hiding in the corner. Snatching it up quickly, I danced with glee. Although the dye lots are different, they look like turtle cousins. I think I can alternate rows with the two skeins and still get something wonderful. I also got some special stuff for my Secret Pal 9, but won't show it because I don't want to possibly jinx anything or give my identity away.

Socks That Rock Mediumweight in Sherbet. I got this one when the wonderfully-talented Madge recently organized a group STR order for our SnB.

Hill Country Yarns Instant Gratification Sock Yarn in Monster Mash colorway. More enabling by Madge. Or was it the other way around? That's for me to know and you to find out! These will be for my second pair of socks for October. Gotta keep up with Socktoberfest and my Sockamonth kal. I think that's enough yarn porn for now.

After visiting A Mano, we had lunch at Hurry Curry, the Indian restaurant across the street from A Mano. Lots of delicious food, cheap prices, and an A rating by the Health Department. I didn't think it could get better, but a beautiful shrine adorned the dining room.

What are you waiting for? The God(s) have given you a sign. Purchase yarn. Right. Now.

P.S. Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes for Sweetie Hubby. He had a nice birthday, and I think he may have liked his blog posting.