Yarn Hop 2012

Again this year I participated in the Central Kansas Yarn Hop.  It is always fun to see the different shops and the new yarns but this year was more fun as two retired friends were able to go along too plus Laura was here so she went as our official photographer.  :)   Many shops were quite impressed when we explained she didn't have a passport to be stamped because she was our photographer.   It was quite the running joke throughout the day.  

The day started by picking up Sandy Leithoff and heading to Melissa King's house.  Melissa lives north of town and had invited us for breakfast - and what a feast that was.  Melissa is a great cook and got many of us at work involved in the freezer cooking method which we all loved.  She also cans and makes jellies and always explains that "it is so easy".  Ha!    The breakfast was just amazing! 

Our first stop was in  El Dorado.  This was my third visit to the ElDorado shop and the third building it has been in.  This shop is in an old house and we missed it the first time we went by.  

Next was Newton - which is in a huge building that also houses four other types of businesses.   She has a marvelous selection of crochet thread - every color they offer.  This was the best smelling shop too as other other shops in the building had candles and food items for sale.  We purchased some peppernuts and a dry corn soup mix that I now wish I had bought the larger size - it is fabulous.

Then we went to McPherson, Salina and Abilene.  After dropping off Melissa, Sandy and I stopped at Twist on our way home.  The Salina shop is the largest of all the shops and the gals there are super nice and friendly.  The Abilene shop is the smallest but had good sale items and has the best name "The Shivering Sheep"

 
Since Dennis and I had a trip planned for Texas the next day, these were the only shops I got to visit during the hop.  Next year we are planning a longer day by starting early in the morning at Wamego and then "Hopping" along the way back.  It was great fun - I don't think there was a moment of silence the whole day and an awful lot of laughter.