Yarn must have.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 9:42AM Must have: The Yarn Spot colorway.
Kettle dyed and hand painted to resemble a pansy.
A pansy flower for you boys reading this.
You hire one boy and all of a sudden all of his friends are reading your blog, sheesh.
Boys, just to be clear: you're welcome to stay here, but there will be no posts about the following topics:
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Hockey
- Curling
- Rock climbing
- Sports of any kind
- Beer
Back to today's real topic of Yarn Must Haves.
Victoria at The Yarn Spot yarn shop gave me this lovely ceramic pansy (flower) button and asked me to create a special Yarn Spot colorway using it as inspiration. I'm in love with this colorway, which is why I'm calling it this week's Yarn Must Have.
Their shipment arrived yesterday. If you want to get on this Must Have, I would suggest calling or stopping by as soon possible. (They also have some other awesome things in the shipment -cough-GeorgiaPeach-cough-.)
The Yarn Spot is a friendly shop, I guarantee they will not hang up on you if you call. Unless you insult me, in which case they are bound by their blood oath to avenge my foes.
See how I worked in some male-oriented content into this post about pansy yarn?
I'm pretty proud of myself.
I made this colorway on several different yarn bases, including Glenhaven Cashmerino, McClellan, Adorn, and Kells.
See the difference in color between the top skein and the bottom two pictures? That's what a little bamboo does for you.
The Yarn Spot colorway is only available at The Yarn Spot! Imagine that!
To contact The Yarn Spot, in case you want to get in on this Yarn Must Have:
victoria@theyarnspot.com
www.theyarnspot.com
301-933-9550
P.S. I mentioned the phrase The Yarn Spot nine times in one post. The Yarn Spot. Ten times. The Yarn Spot. Eleven.
Reader Comments (22)
OMG!!! My jaw literally dropped. It is absolutely a must have!
Dear HRH FTY,
You are a-freaking-mazing!!! I had promised myself that I would limit my future yarn purchases to semi-solids.....but you make it impossible.....totally and completely impossible.
Purple and BEAUTIFUL!
Oh..i'm in love..Sharon you are amazing..Does the yarnspot take paypal?? This is a must have..Oh look at me..I'm drooling!!!
*gasp* Pansies are my favorite flower in the world!! I NEEEEED this yarn....
Gorgeous!
Gosh, I love that so many other people love it! I think I need to re-order already.
Just ordered a skein of cashmerino fingering and one of adorn. Love it. Can't wait to receive it!
wow! i love pansies (flowers). and for the boys, i've been playing Dungeons & Dragons since 1978, i brew beer, i like rock climbing, but not other sports.
now i have to see if there's any of that yarn left...
Sharon, you totally outdid yourself with this one. I have a skein sitting on my desk right now, and I can hardly stop gazing at it long enough to type this comment. Love, love, love.
one word...Beautiful!
I'm smitten. This is so pretty. The Yarn Spot. Twelve :P
ooooooooooh. sorry, have to go clean the drool out of my keyboard before I can type anymore :)
I have. Be jealous. It is even more gorgeous in person.
Oh wow. I. Must. Have. This.
That is all.
I'm swooning. I'm so excited to have tomorrow night free from parenting so I can go the Yarn Spot and swoon in person!
oh Yarnista how do you do it? so many lovelies in so short a time!
The pictures are lovely but I have to say that I cast on The Yarn Spot in Adorn for a sock yesterday and the yarn is even more gorgeous:
1. in person
2. all wound up in a ball
3. knitted up!
Sharon, I don't know how you do it, but it is true!!!
I am so happy to live around the corner from The Yarn Spot and happier that I happened to stop by on Tuesday afternoon... when there was still yarn! Thanks Victoria and Sharon.... beautiful!
It is beautiful. Very vivid. I would like this. in all the different bases. I could make my whole wardrobe out of this yarn. That's only a wee exaggeration.
Gorgeous yarn! I must have read your blog JUST before you posted this yesterday --- didn't check it again till evening, too late to call The Yarn Spot. Called this morning----pansy yarn long gone. Oh, well, I'm on the list for the next batch. Really looking forward to getting it!!! Love pansies, love purple, love yellow.......must wait patiently..... :)