Stitches West 2009

So the boyfriend and I went to Stitches West in Santa Clara yesterday. It's a pretty big knitting expo with tons of booths with tons of yarn, patterns, looms, needles, and other knitting related items.

It was neat to see and feel all the different types of yarn and all the different colors. This was my first fiber convention so I wasn' quite sure what to expect. There was 100% and combinations of: mohair, alpaca, merino, pure silk.

It wasn't so neat to see the price tags though. On a lot of stuff I was afraid to ask the prices of, "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it." That was the case through out the expo floor. I saw bundles of fiber from $40 - $150.

A bit disappointed with the prices but it was interesting to see everything. I came home with a neat drop spindle though, it's made from a CD, dowel, and screw in hook; advertisements/business cards; and a desire to raise my own goats, sheep, and alpacas.