I know all you guys really want to hear about with regard to Stitches is what I bought. That’s the easy part. If you refer to that haul shot, this is clockwise from top right:

• 4 fat quarters of African cloth. This was my favorite booth on the floor — a striking departure from everything around it. Two women selling mud cloth and beautiful straw bags all made by women in a village in Africa. Unfortunately, I’ve lost track of the slip of paper with the specifics, but I love to support co-ops like this one. And look at those prints! Don’t know what I’m doing with them yet.
• 1 skein Malabrigo Worsted in Natural.
• 1 skein Sincere Sheep Resolute in Aegean — hand-dyed in Napa.
• 1 skein Malabrigo Arroyo in Prussian Blue.
• 1 skein Shibui Merino Alpaca in Abyss.
• 1 skein Shibui Merino Alpaca in Ivory.
• A pink Knitter’s Pride Tunisian crochet hook, size J with 35-inch cable. Needed it for my class and pink is what was on offer! I admit I kind of like it. (The plain bamboo one I had ordered online showed up yesterday.)
• 1 skein Malabrigo Arroyo in Aguas.
• 4 skeins Malabrigo Rios in Aguas (the fourth being mailed from the store). I can’t get enough of that mottled, murky, blue-green. Literally. If you know anyone who has another one (or two) please let me know — I intend to make a sweater of it.
• And last but far from least, a 22-inch, double-ended Tunisian crochet hook, size O, handmade by some fella in Ohio.