I’ve bought a couple of knitting related things lately that I thought I would share with you. They are all things that I think are cool, so I think you should know about them.
Fringe Association has a sale on their knitmoji enamel pins. I fell hard for the sheep with heart eyes and the crying frog. I added them to my small pin collection on my knitting bag. I never wear my pins, butI do look at them a lot and think about how much I like them.
After learning how to bead I had a new appreciation for Hannah at the Corner of Craft. I stalked in January progress keeper club sign ups and was able to get a spot. It was a ball of yarn, and I love it.
I’ve finally fallen for big faux fur pom poms. I blame this fully on Grocery Girls Knit. I went to Etsy to find a pom for the Winter Walk hat, then things got out of hand. I found Naptime Knitter Designs, which has free shipping when you spend $35. Of course I wanted free shipping. The shop owner included a thank you note and a free pom pom with my order. I’m a sucker for a thank you note. I love these poms. The quality appears to be the same as the ones in my LYS. They have yarn to tie them inside of the hat, so I can remove them to wash the hat and I don’t have to sew a snap on. I will be buying from her again. I will also be knitting a lot of hats before I need to buy more from her. If you like poms you should check her out, these are affordable and nice. I spent less than $40 and got all of these.
In sad news, I just found out that the Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival is no more. I loved that festival.
Have a great Sunday, Blogville.
mildlygranola 
That’s so funny, I went looking for a UK faux fur Pompom maker not long ago, as the Grocery Girls had be envying theirs. I finally found one Etsy but she doesn’t have the colour I’m after yet, so I’ll wait and see. That is a very cute stitch-marker, so clever the 2 tones make it look like a proper wound ball of wall. A cute set of pins too, my favourite is the sheep with heart eyes.
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The Grocery Girls are very convincing when it comes to telling me what is hip with knitting. I want to make a lot of what they make.
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I’m so sad about your sheep & wool festival. I hate to hear about these type of things ending (much like a closing LYS). I hope you can find another event to attend:)
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I’m going to WI Sheep and Wool Festival this fall, hopefully that makes up for it.
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You have some great finds! The pins are all nifty – so many people are making them now in so many nifty design 🙂 Are you thinking about putting them on a bag? The progress marker is very cute! So sorry to hear your sheep & wool festival is discontinued! Are there others near you that you can get to?
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The pins are on a bag now, but I feel like they could be damaging the structural integrity of the bag (it is a jute woven bag). I’m going on a girls trip to the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival this year, so that is helping the sting of the closing of my festival.
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That sounds like a fun trip! I look forward to hearing your opinion on it! DH and I are thinking about moving to Wisconsin at some point in the future. And I won’t lie – the fact there’s a sheep and wool show, and also the Madison WI knitter’s guild is supposed to be pretty amazing are big factors for me 🙂
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WI is a great state. I think you should move there, and not just because you would be within driving distance of knitting weekends.
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There is another good incentive! That would be awesome 🙂
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My goodness, that seems quite sudden….boo hiss about the Festival not happening. 😦
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It is very sad. Does SD have a sheep and wool festival?
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The sheep growers have their convention but I’ve never heard of a fiber type event.
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First up: beautiful photos. Beautiful knitting my friend. I don’t wear pins much but the crying frog is amazing. So sorry the festival is closing. I sure hope ours does not . The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool fest is very fun. I guess we’ll have to meet at Rhinebeck someday
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I’m actually going to be at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival this year. Will you be there? I would love to meet you.
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I laughed when you said you fell hard for the pom poms! I was lamenting the lack of a good vice in my life. Maybe pom poms could fill the bill. 😀
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They are cheaper and better for you than drugs, I will give them that.
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Woah you got a much better price on your Pom poms than I do- I have to spend $11.50 each:(
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I was expecting to spend that or more, but I really lucked out.
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That’s great you got a good deal as they can absolutely make a toque
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I might have to try those poms! They look great.
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You can’t beat the price.
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When you first posted about the rainbow yarn sheep, I went over to the website and helped myself to lots of enamel pins, including the same one! Most of them were gifted though. I’m still skeptical about fur pompoms.
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Being skeptical is probably a good choice. I’m basically taking advice from other knitters. It’s a podcast watcher problem.
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