Sock Yarn Crawl

Look at all that I found on my sock yarn crawl!!! This was so much fun...we (DH, DS, DD, Dog and me) started out Friday morning and here is where we went in Illinois:

Bloomington

Village Stitches

Berroco Comfort Sock

Yarn Garden

Mountain Colors - Sun River

Normal
Ewe Knit

Sockotta and Wildfoote - Columbine

Sandwich
Ewe and Me

Pagewood Farm Hand Dyed Sock Yarn - Rainbow

DeKalb
The Yarn Exchange
This place had tons of yarn and lots of cool sock yarn...I just didn't find any that I just loved.

Marenego
The Fold

Socks that Rock - Fairgrounds

Rockford

Unique Yarns

Ally picked this out and she is going to make knee socks
Jitterbug - Fruit Coulis
Noro Kureyon for a hat.

Loves Park
The Yarn Sellar
This was also a very nice store but I didn't look around much and they had yarns that I have already.

Gelena
Fiber Wild

Fiber Trends Sock Bockers - M

Each of these shops had its own unique quality. The Fold (our 6th stop) was my favorite...this shop closes at 5 pm. I called them at 4:30 for directions and then we hit the snow. We arrived at 4:55 to a drive with about a foot of snow. My husband and I walked in and the owner was so nice. This shop had every type of spinning wheel and roving (now keep in mind that I don't spin) and I was impressed. DH asked her a hundred questions about her shop...this was the only one he went in...and she was so friendly to him. I quickly walked around the shop, touching everything and the best part was that she had Blue Moon Socks that Rock. I could have spent the whole day there looking around and spending tons of money but I bought one skein of Fairgrounds Socks that Rock and she gave me The Fold tote. My husband was really impressed with this shop and thinks I should try to find a used wheel for my "Craft Room".

I tried to limit myself to one skein of sock yarn at each place...I didn't buy at every place not because I didn't want to but because DH didn't think I needed to.

The last shop we went to was really adorable. It was located in the touristy old downtown part of Gelena. There I found my Fiber Trends Sock Blockers...this was the only place that had any. I looked at every shop for hand-made stitch markers and only one place had any but nothing that I cared for. We ended the yarn crawl Saturday afternoon and headed back home.

Thanks to my husband for putting this together and all the driving and to my kids and dog who put up with all the sitting in the car and for listening to me rant after each shop. This was a wonderful two days of family time. Oh, we did take the kids to the Mall in Rockford to shop.