I went on the 2007 Tigard Knitting Guild's 2007 Yarn Lover's Shop Hop at the end of April - Here's the loot that we received - a fabulous bag from Lantern Moon (valued at $45!)
plus giveaways and samples of knit wash, notions, and yarn - What fun!
It was interesting being more of a participant than a planner this year...and nice to be on the receiving end of all of the treats.
As an added bonus, this year's shop hop committee let me play MC on the bus - making announcements, and announcing raffle prizes as we drove from knit shop to knit shop..Needless to say, I had a blast! and there were enough raffle prizes for each registrant!
Here's the beaded scarf kit from Interlacements (in reds and burgundy)that was in my bag too -(valued at $32). The trip was more than well worth the $35.00 (as TKG Member) I paid to go.
We visited 6 shops - All About Yarn, Knitting Bee, Knit Purl, Dublin Bay Knitting, Lint and Molehill Farm. All gave us 20% off our purchases, except Knit Purl which gave 15%. A Very Generous discount - and unheard of in this town (with more than 20 shops in the area). We're very lucky knitters (and shoppers).
At Lint, I was in for a special surprise. Trish Andersen who has her own yarn line was there and offering a special deal on her yarn. She lives out Scappoose way - produces her own yarn from beginning to end - raising her own animals, shearing, processing and spinning the yarn, and then, hand dyeing it. She had a special raffle in the shop. I won this skein of her beautiful handspun yarn because my birthday April 6th is closest to Melissa's the owner of Lint. Though It was tempted by the silk-wool skeins, I chose this skein of superwash wool (about 200 yards) because the colorways purple-pink are mine.
