A trip to the wool shop!

There is a fabulous yarn shop not too far from where I live but, oddly enough, I haven't ever been there. This was remedied last Friday when my colleague Happy Knitter and myself paid a visit to Black Sheep Wools Craft Barn in Culcheth, just north of Warrington. Not only do they cater for the requirements of knitters and crocheters, but there are also supplies for anyone interested in papercrafts, patchwork, sewing, cross stitch, tapestry and embroidery. A lot of their stock is at sale price all year round but they do have a special annual 'clearout sale' which is why we went this week!

Having made the decision beforehand to keep my 'sale' spending to a max of £20, it quickly became apparent that this was going to be far more difficult than I'd initially thought - I was like a child in a sweetshop!!!! Happy Knitter wasn't much better, as the following picture shows! (Apologies for quality of phone pics).

Evidence of Happy Knitter's excitement....this is her son!

There was much 'ooing' and 'aaahing' as we put various yarns in our baskets, only to then take them out and replace them with something else.

Below is the first item (well, two) that went in my basket but unfortunately it ended up back on the shelf (although I am now thinking that it may have to be an online purchase!!!) - Noro Kochoran (wool/angora/silk mix) in Blue/Yellow/Pink (originally £14.99 a skein, reduced to £7.98). I absolutely loved this but as I went around the shop it was evident that there was so much more to see.

I put several other items back including Noro Silk Garden chunky, some beautiful self-striping sock yarn in chocolate, grey and blue, and, the lovely soft Sirdar Bohemia because I eventually found lots of wonderfully soft and drastically reduced Araucania Nature Cotton, all at £1.99 a skein! 

I did need to have a good look through (and some folk had certainly already done this!) but found some excellent 'earthy' colours. This is what stayed in the basket and actually made it home!

I also couldn't resist the colours of this Rico Creative Micro in Yellow/lime/purple/brown (£3.99). It wasn't in the sale but it came home too! I am fascinated to see how the striping will work out.

So, all in all a successful afternoon at Black Sheep Wools for Dinkyflowerpots and Happy Knitter.  We are already planning another trip and I managed to stay within my £20 too!