Flash Your Stash: Stash Enhancements

There is a Joann's Fabric store that I pass everyday when I leave work and I swear the store screams at me when I go by! When I have a moment of weakness (I have them pretty often, especially with junk food) I will pull my car into the parking lot and venture inside. I love Joann's Fabrics. It is always nice and clean inside and it's filled with crafting supplies that you won't find in your run of the mill Micheal's Craft store. I enjoy looking at the fabrics, seeing all the fancy patterns and their yarn selection isn't half bad. Most of it is Lion's brand and Red Heart type yarns (nothing against them, but that is what most stores have), but they also carry inexpensive sock yarn. I like the Patons Kroy, it what I am knitting my co-workers socks with. I love the sock yarn they carry because I don't have to spend $20 hard earned dollars to get a decent looking pair of socks.

So I went there today after work just to look around with no intention of actually buying anything, until I hit the section with the socks yarn. I am weak I tell you.

 I even went outside this time to take these pictures and they are still too dark....that light box needs to be made and fast. Anyways, moving on. This yarn is destined to be a pair of socks for my boy. It is called Sensations Sole & More in color # 1138. If you can't tell from the picture the colors are sage green, brown, blue and cream. Very boyish colors and since my boy is a man's man, they will be for him. This yarn was a whopping $1.97 a skein....I couldn't resist.

 Next we have the Deborah Norville collection Serenity sock weight yarn in the colorway Picasso Marble. I really like this yarn because the colors are not what I typically knit with. It is hard to see in the picture but the colors are copper, moss green and dark blue. They remind me of autumn so this will be for some fall socks =) and it only cost $3.50 a skein =P

And last but not least, I got 6 skeins of Knit Picks Shine Sport in colorway Iris in the mail. This is meant to become the Aran Necklace Camisole. My knitting guru Christina and I are starting a knit-a-long tomorrow night! The last one we had didn't turn out so well since I couldn't under stand the lace increases on a sweater we decided on (damn lace increases) so I ended up giving up on the project. This time will be different! I will stick with it and it will be beautiful!! Haha I will take some pics for Thursday =)

Well off to see the boy and go to the gym in the morning ( 6am workout kick my ass). Hopefully I will have some progress to report tomorrow!