Yarn Shopping

Is there anything more glorious than walking down the aisles of the local store, ogling admiring the variety of colors, textures, and thickness? Well,  wandering those same aisles on someone else's dime, perhaps.

Visited one of the local craft stores today. There are two within 30 minutes of this town, both an A.C. Moore and a Michael's. A friend of mine pointed this out and asked if there really was a place for a LYS here with them so near. I think there is.

I don't plan to carry the super saver type yarn. Not the stuff you can buy at any store anywhere, where the big chains can afford a better wholesale deal and lower prices to be made up in quantity. Not that there's anything wrong with those yarns; I use them plenty. I just want to offer the stuff you won't find everywhere else.

I'm talking locally spun alpaca. I'm thinking sock yarns in more than Patons and Bernat, and occasionally even in SOLID COLORS (can you tell I have patterns I want to use that would be swallowed up by multi-tone colorways?). I'm imagining linen, cotton, bamboo, corn, and soy mixed in with the standard wool and the softest, easiest to use baby acrylics. I'm even hoping, perhaps around October (to give plenty time for holiday gifts), to have a small stash of quiviut. And don't forget the corner full of novelty yarns; everyone has that friend/niece/child who wants a quirky scarf, don't they?

Ok, so I'm using this partly as an excuse to fondle pet admire the textures of many, many yarns. Can you blame me?

I'm a terrible procrastinator, by the by. Once I get in gear I will work until the problem is gone or the goal is met; getting into gear has always been my problem. Just ask my dad: I stall out about one time in three, and jackrabbit at least half the other times.

Today's question: do you prefer solid color, heathered, or wildly variegated sock yarn?