Michigan Yarn P*rn

For those that don't know, I'm in Michigan for the month.  Don't be jealous, it's a working-vacation so it's not completely free time.  But ya know I have to make time to hit the yarn shops....life just wouldn't be right without it.

I went to a little shop called Beyond The Rainforest in Flint and it is charming and actually has a better selection of yarns than some shops twice it's size.  They're having a Socktoberfest on the 20th that I may attend but we'll see. Here's my small score from her store.

The Panda Wool is a little splitty but it feels so yummy I WILL find something I can make with it!  And the Lambs Pride is actually superwash though it looks like felting wool.  This may become a hat I think.

Now, yesterday I had a wild hair and drove an hour to Lansing to (tah dah) ThreadBear Fiberarts! Oh man!!  I probably only saw a third of the store.  Lots of lovely yarns that I haven't seen anywhere else and of course some of the usual suspects.  But man, kits galore!!!!  500 yd  skeins of  worsted wool yarn, can we say Felting Heaven?  I can't even explain how over the moon this place is.  Only downside?  Not real "winding" friendly even though they weren't busy.  And folks on Ravelry made me sound silly cuz I was going to bring my winder.  Like a dummy I left it in GA.  Never again.  Ok, nuff kvetching....on with the yarn parade!

Found Koigu P704 to go with what I already have (they're getting 100 more skeins of Koigu today!):

Some lovely sock yarn from Interlacements called Tiny Toes:

Some GORGEOUS Jitterbug....the pic doesn't really do it justice:

Some lovely soft cotton/nylon blend that was 50% off (and knits beautifully!):

And how do you like the color of this CTH?  Ain't it beautimous???

I'm usually not bowled over by samples in shops but there was a GORGEOUS shawl that was so impressive I HAD to have the pattern:

The picture doesn't quite do justice, believe me, it is stunning!

Ok, off to work and stuff.  I hope to make it to City Knits in the next few days.  Can we say Stash Enhancement?  I knew you could! :-)