Even after several drafts I still couldn't quite create a single homogenous post combining what I
bought and the K&S Show with what I did and saw there. So, two posts. I arrived at Ally Pally (very excited) at about 11.30ish on Friday morning and spent about a half-hour scoping out the lay of the land—important things such as the locations of Get Knitted and Loop and (less excitingly but no less vital) where the loos were. I then got the call to say that Katie and Lara (friends don't let friends loose on a yarn show on their own!) had arrived and we set about traversing the main hall in a very orderly search and rescue style grid pattern. Favourite stands included:
UK Alpaca where I spent about 5 minutes thrusting alpaca fibre at Katie and Lara and saying "Have you
felt this!" (Lara later succumbed to the fibre);
Laughing Hens, whose gorgeous Rooster (the yarn not the bird) covered sofa we collapsed onto at several points;
21st Century Yarns where I fingered the tiny silk skeins for embroidery and got dangerously enthused about the possibilities for miniture knitting and
Foreign Strand which had
Monkey Sticks and the gorgeous Namasté vintage knitting bag (as seen
here)
and buffalo yarn—a seriously tempting proposition until I noticed the £40 (per skein) price label. Plus it only comes in brown! It was a really lovely day out. I saw loads of beautiful and interesting things and tried spinning for the first time (more on this later). And now, some photos...
Lara and Katie on the Laughing Hens sofa
Lara and Katie meet Sarah Dallas
I did also have a shot without a random person in the foreground but Lara was looking rather serious in it.
Rooster yarn and cushions at Laughing Hens
I also wish I'd taken pictures of Lara and myself being taught to use a drop spindle and the fabulous knitted bunting at Laughing Hens and just more yarn generally. Still there's always next year!
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