And I thought I bruised my credit card before…

Check out the Summer Stash Swap (but hurry – you have to leave a sign-up comment by June 30!) – besides the swap and the blog, there will be prizes.

Julie’s having a blogiversary contest – leave her a comment with a name suggestion for her new bag pattern before midnight 6/30 and you could win some sock-related goodies!

Deb has some bonus pictures of Chaos and May!

Ok, due to overwhelming pressure (*cough*Marina*cough*), I shall not continue with my tale of reaching Estes (stay tuned for that next week). Instead, I present… the purchases.

From Estes, clockwise from May’s nose, a big ol’ hank of Interlacements rayon-linen in some very unChrislike colors (should be enough for a tank top – they print you a customized pattern right in the booth), a skein of variegated wool from Plain & Fancy Wool, a ball of amazingly soft black 5% cashmere/95% merino laceweight, two skeins of cormo/alpaca that I’m going to dye sometime when I am feeling very brave, two skeins of Brooks Farm Four Play (50% silk/50% wool) (they may become a contest prize someday!), two skeins of the Brooks Farm Acero sock yarn, and a pair of cute sheep socks. Whew!

“Is it safe?! That hank of yarn is bigger than me!” -Mayhem

Chaos was quite taken with the cormo/alpaca.

“Mmmm… smells sheepy and alpaca-y!” -Chaos

Some yarns from my yarn crawling with Kristi (who has great pictures of some of our adventures) – black Berroco Suede (half off!), Panda cotton, and Panda wool. (The Panda yarns make really yummy socks – stretchy, but nowhere near as thick as Fixation.)

“Hmm, where to start, where to start…” -Mayhem

A bit more yarn – top row (Opal) from My Sister Knits in Ft. Collins (Opal without a label is half off) and the bottom two skeins are Jojoland Melody Superwash from Colorful Yarns in Centennial.

“I think the pink suits me best, don’t you? Plus it looks especially tasty.” -Mayhem

I also stopped at the Brown Sheep outlet near Scottsbluff, Nebraska, during my travels. I bought a few pounds of Cotton Fleece and Serendipity Tweed, a few skeins of Wildfoote, and a bit of Lamb’s Pride.

“Yowza! The other stuff must’ve been the appetizers – this sure looks like a main course.” -Mayhem

I also have a small weakness for bags and picked up a few of those along the way… Hmm, just realized that the laptop sleeve I purchased at the Sierra Trading Post outlet in Wyoming isn’t in that picture – well, it’s brown with black trim and light purple corduroy lining. (Edit: The bag on the far left is a Kavu Reversible Bag in black/lilac, now on clearance!)

No cats were interested in the bags.

You might have noticed that I’m a bit of a reader – here are the books that I purchased over vacation at various locations, including the Boulder Bookstore, High Crimes Mystery Bookshop, and Anthology Book Company.

“Good grief! Aren’t there already enough books stacked up around this place?!” -Chaos

“No kidding, big kitty. Pretty soon, between the books and the yarn, there won’t be room for us.” -Mayhem

“Hmph.” -Chaos and Mayhem

48 thoughts on “And I thought I bruised my credit card before…”

  1. You like to READ? And you have a bag weakness?!

    Chris, dude, it’s like I don’t know you.

    LOL.

    I love that flower-print bag. It’s very cute.

  2. Oh my that is a whole stash right there! And the books are as tall as Chaos! Looks like you had a great time and are stocked up for a good long while 😉

  3. Yowza is right May! *sniff* my hero…

    You did really good!!! Where to start – it all looks yummy.

    Love your bags too, love the black number on the left. Where did you pick that one up?

  4. You know dear… every time you post you give me more and more reasons to come and loot your house while you’re at work. But that cool bag on the far left.. that may have been the deciding factor.

  5. Great purchases all around! I wish I trusted my car because I’d love to get some serendipity tweed! We got to see if before it was released back in March, but there was none for purchase in the shop yet.

  6. You’re my hero! I’ve never seen anyone buy quite so much on vacation 😉 That would make up for everyone who is on a yarn diet!

  7. What an awesome shopping spree! You say that Opal didn’t have ball bands, but I think May ate them when you weren’t looking…she’s sizing up that stack of paperbacks now. 🙂

  8. Don’t worry Mayhem, I’m sure there will always be room for you.

    Holy Crap woman; that’s quite the haul you’ve got there!

  9. Whoa, and you had room in your car for all of that? LOL! I would say something about the books but we have books stacked all over the house too. 🙂 Great haul! I’m off to buy the Kavu bag.

  10. wow what lovely vacation prizes! i love books too and always come back with boosk…(and yarn of course)

    i saw the “other” post with the “children” …i am soooo JEALOUS…others got to meet them and post about them…sigh!lol

    anyway after Mayhem goes to the U.K. and Chaos goes to Australia can they come visit me? out here in the wild wild west of Nevada??? 🙂 (well you are invited too OF COURSE for yarny and knitty fun!)

  11. Ah…I don’t remember seeing those bags the other night. We’re you afraid I’d steal one of all of them. Just sayin…..

  12. You weren’t kidding when you said pounds of Cotton Fleece! I’ll have to keep that in mind next time I’m in Nebraska.

    And I love the black laceweight- I’ve got the same stuff in red, and it really is unbelievably soft. I’ll bet the black would make a gorgeous stole!

  13. Wow! What a huge stash enhancement 🙂 It all looks great and I’m looking forward to seeing your tank top!

    I love those sheep socks.

  14. That is some serious stash enhancement going on there.

    Don’t worry kitties, if she got rid of you no one would read her blog anymore because secretly we only read to see cute pictures of you…OH…erm, Hi Chris, we were just discussing how great your blog is and how we love all the great knitting on it. Keep up the good work.

  15. OMG.THAT is SERIOUS Stash Enhancement!
    Cute bags…
    (I’ll say it, ’cause I don’t make all those styles!)
    😉
    Books yarn bags cats…no wonder we get along!
    (The Meezer says your guys can come live with us if the space issue becomes a huge problem…)
    (((hugs)))

  16. Your vacation is looking more adn more like a knitter’s VISA commercial–totally PRICELESS. Can’t wait to read the book reviews. Typically any black yarn in intended to be knit for yourself..what’s up with the black laceweight? A PS to Chaos and May-if you didn’t EAT the yarn, we’re SURE that your Mom would stop buying it. Yarn and book a totally better than 3 boys under 5–we promise. Millie and Bailey

  17. Ooooooooooooo-ooooooo-weeeeee! That’s the motherlode, sista! Did you need to get another suitcase to haul it all home (especially the books!)? Some great yarns there–I have some Panda in my stash, so good to know that it makes nice socks.

    And isn’t it good to know that all objects entering the building are thoroughly inspected for safety as they come in? 😉

  18. Great shopping, lady! (And you had the gall to be mildly appalled at my meager purchase of (::cough::many ::cough::) balls of Sugar ‘n’ Cream!)

    You must have very good eyes to attempt black laceweight. The pinkish yarn will make a lovely tank. I covet the little Laurel Burch bag. The kitties are up to their usual form. Excellent.

  19. Wow! That’s a lot of yarn (like I should talk). I keep wondering when I (or you or any of us) will have enough time to knit up all the yarn! Funny that the cats didn’t think much of the bags. In our paper today was a piece about how cats chose to live with us way back when, because of the readily available food (esp. rodents).

  20. What is Serendipity Tweed? Not familiar with that one. Quite the haul of yarn, books and bags. I have some of the Brooks Farm Acero and it is very nice, although I didn’t use it for socks, used for a Clapotis. Some of the Opal you purchased with labels off is from the Rainforest Collection, Flamingo and Doktorfish (forget what the english translation is), but I made socks out of the purple/yellow ones and love them.
    The Boulder High Crimes Mystery Book store is very nice. I’m sure you found lots of mysteries there and the Boulder Book store is great too. Oh too bad I was going out of town, there was a mystery book store in Denver too. Oh well, I’m sure you felt like you purchased enough.

  21. Oooh, you scored a couple of Margaret Maron books! Niiiiice yarn haul you got there. But what else can you do? You have to buy vacation yarn.

    I love that pic of their two tails walking off.

  22. What I want to know is, did the weight of all those goodies seriously affect your gas mileage?? hee hee But really, nice haul!!

  23. My you have been busy! By the way if you want to come out with us on Thursday before Josh and I leave town forever, drop me a line. We’re meeting up with some of those knitters that meet very near your place.

  24. Now that sounds like you had a great time! You have the same 3 weaknesses I do, though I don’t ever recall bringing back a new bag in my luggage. Defintely books and yarn but no bags.

    You have to knit you “un-Chris” tank first and let us all see it. Smooches to Chaos and May.

  25. your new goodies look divine.
    My two kitties go nutzoid over alpaca – I have to hide it in baggies the moment it is in the house, or I find it shredded.
    btw – love the earlier photos of Chaos snoozing.

  26. I inspected the larger version of the book picture Margaret Maron’s Sigrid Harald series is one of my all-time favourite mystery series. I’ll have to investigate the “Kitty” books in that photo.

  27. A couple of pounds, Chris? Brown Sheep has an outlet!? Gosh, I wonder who I know that lives near there…

    Boy––yarn, books and bags; that’s the life. But how did that chenille cat go over with the kids? Did they hiss at it?

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