t's Spring Break week here in the US! For us, that means that the kids get a week off school, some of us take a vacation to somewhere warm, and some of us just hang out with kids at home, relaxing and watching movies or going on small day trips. SSTC is not closed - still selling and shipping yarn but also celebrating with you! This is the first time in a couple years that many of us would feel comfortable going out and doing things in crowds for Spring Break, and I'm going to take full advantage of my time with my two boys this break to make all sorts of sunny memories.
Each day, Monday through Friday this week, we are taking a virtual day trip to the locale of one of our dyers. We get to learn a bit about each place and you get a chance to win a skein. Want to play? Yay!
Today we are traveling to sunny Florida in the city of Winter Park, home to Emma's Yarn! Emma and Aspen are sisters who grew up in their mom's yarn store, developing a love for the industry and a dedication to the craft. They create some of the most delightful skeins with the most fun names and you can have a chance to win one by telling me in the comments which color you like the best. Just tell me before noon EST this Sunday.
With names like Tropic Like It's Hot (above) and Yarn Husband (below), it's easy to connect with these glorious skeins. They make me laugh, that's for sure.
If you've been to Orlando or Disney World, you've been close to Winter Park. For those of us who live in Indiana, Florida is a typical Spring Break trip for us. We all just drive south 11-17 hours (depending on exactly where you're going), unless you are fortunate enough to fly, which typically we are not. We are more of a driving family, especially now that the kids are old enough to enjoy their screens. What the heck did we do in the car when we are road tripping as kids?! Our kids have no idea how lucky they are, right? Anyway....
I was able to visit Winter Park last year and boy, do they support their hometown girls there! There was so much yarn from Emma's that I couldn't resist getting even more into my stash!
While I was in the area with the kids, we also went to Legoland and it was so super fun. I highly recommend a trip to Winter Park!
Check back tomorrow for day two of our Spring Break Contest Week!
Although I’m not usually a fan of yellow or orange, “It’s Sherberthday” is so pretty that it’s my favorite today.
Thank you!!!
Posted by: Diane | March 28, 2022 at 09:01 AM
Love Mexican Wedding Dress. It just reminds me of Easter and all the Spring colors.
Posted by: Sandy Rice | March 28, 2022 at 09:05 AM
Ice Ice Baby calls to me. I love turquoise as a summertime knit.
Posted by: Jackielemon | March 28, 2022 at 09:13 AM
My choice was going to be Calypso, but then I saw Stiletto! They are all beautiful, but right now, Stiletto is my favorite.
Posted by: Shamilya | March 28, 2022 at 09:29 AM
Fame and Fortune, Floor is Lava, and Remote are my favorites, at least for today. Have fun on spring break!
Posted by: Diane | March 28, 2022 at 09:38 AM
Any of the greens.
Posted by: Kathy | March 28, 2022 at 09:40 AM
Nailed It!
Posted by: Jan F | March 28, 2022 at 09:56 AM
I love the Bohemian Market color.
Posted by: Joann | March 28, 2022 at 09:58 AM
"Wish you were beer" seems like it would be perfect for socks for the men in my life!
Posted by: mellenknits | March 28, 2022 at 10:06 AM
My favorite is Everglades. Husband a close second. All gorgeous!
Posted by: Lois | March 28, 2022 at 10:10 AM
Mexican wedding dress is a dream!!
Posted by: Sarah | March 28, 2022 at 10:23 AM
Calypso for me
Posted by: Annette | March 28, 2022 at 10:23 AM
Mexican wedding dress is a dream!
Posted by: Sarah | March 28, 2022 at 10:23 AM
Fame and Fortune keeps calling my name, so pretty!
Posted by: Carolyn | March 28, 2022 at 10:42 AM
I'm loving Floridian Zest ...
Posted by: Debi Lyles | March 28, 2022 at 10:44 AM
It's Sherberthday is such a beautiful spring/summer color!
Posted by: Mary | March 28, 2022 at 10:45 AM
I love EY Sock hammered. I also used to love going to Winter Haven when they had Cypress Gardens. My folks wintered in the area and we would go when I visited.
Posted by: Beth | March 28, 2022 at 10:47 AM
Mexican wedding dress. Love the name.
Posted by: Jan | March 28, 2022 at 10:47 AM
Oh I live for a classic Jackie O, but that Aloha shawl kit sure gives off all the vibes of an awesome spring break!
Posted by: Tracy | March 28, 2022 at 10:48 AM
Fame & Fortune. Thank you! Love their yarn
Posted by: Cathy | March 28, 2022 at 10:48 AM
Tropics Like it’s Hot is my pick but both are gorgeous!
Posted by: Lisa Nycz | March 28, 2022 at 10:49 AM
I'm really drawn to red right now, so Floor is Lava or Stiletto are really speaking to me.
Posted by: Joyce | March 28, 2022 at 10:50 AM
I love Bohemian Market, but after that it's gotta be Mexican Wedding Dress or It's Sherberthday!
Posted by: Cheryl | March 28, 2022 at 10:52 AM
I love Mexican Wedding Dress, it’s so fun!
Posted by: Sandra | March 28, 2022 at 10:53 AM
I love Ice Ice Baby and Iguana! I think that they would go great together!
Posted by: Dana Snyder | March 28, 2022 at 10:55 AM
Mermaid Tavern caught my eye. Thanks for the giveaway!
Posted by: Lauren | March 28, 2022 at 10:57 AM
Today my favorite color is Stolen Dances. But my favorite name is Fun Guy!
Posted by: Teri P | March 28, 2022 at 10:58 AM
I love EY SOCK IT'S SHERBERTHDAY. So many possibilities.
Posted by: Beverly Stegmann | March 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM
Everglades is singing to me today :)
Posted by: Kate | March 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM
Oooo, I cannot decide between Farmer's Market and Hammered! Hubs and I lived in Dade City FL for 10 years and had our first 3 boys down there. This yarn store is going on my list to visit next time we drive down there!
Posted by: Kathy in Kansas | March 28, 2022 at 11:00 AM
Everglades really speaks to me!
We are going to have to give Winter Park a visit. We have done the Orlando stuff enough that I am ready for a change of pace when we get there, I am glad you shared those pics! Enticing, for sure.
Posted by: Christie Bowie | March 28, 2022 at 11:01 AM
Fame and Fortune calls my name
Posted by: Jeannette | March 28, 2022 at 11:01 AM
It’s Sherberthday is my favorite color!
Posted by: Kim Hollenstine | March 28, 2022 at 11:01 AM
I like Glamping!
Posted by: Jo | March 28, 2022 at 11:03 AM
Hammered is a favorite color but Wish You Were Beer is a favorite name. ❤
Posted by: MarthaO | March 28, 2022 at 11:08 AM
I love them all but Himalayan Salt is one of my very favorites!
Posted by: Sara | March 28, 2022 at 11:09 AM
The reds and purples are so vibrant
Posted by: Rose Birchall | March 28, 2022 at 11:12 AM
Today Floor is Lava is speaking to me.. love the color.. would be so fun to knit with..
Posted by: Natalie | March 28, 2022 at 11:13 AM
Something about Everglades just speaks to me. And so Florida!!
Posted by: Trudy | March 28, 2022 at 11:15 AM
One favorite is Cash Hammered. Very difficult to choose one.
Posted by: Becky | March 28, 2022 at 11:16 AM
Both are beautiful; but I'm partial to blues so yarn Husband.
Posted by: Rose Hoornbeek | March 28, 2022 at 11:18 AM
Fame and Fortune is gorgeous! Have a wonderful Spring Break!
Posted by: Bonnie | March 28, 2022 at 11:18 AM
I love Mermaid Tavern! What a great name
Posted by: Kate | March 28, 2022 at 11:21 AM
Fame and Fortune is stunning!!
Posted by: Bonney | March 28, 2022 at 11:22 AM
Floridian zest! It is perfect.
Posted by: Mary | March 28, 2022 at 11:23 AM
Everglades has captured my attention. Blues and greens what a great combination.
Posted by: Maureen | March 28, 2022 at 11:25 AM
Love,love Tropic Like Its Hot!
Posted by: E Kroll | March 28, 2022 at 11:26 AM
It’s a toss up between “Fame and Fortune” and “Just Add Salt”
Posted by: Sabrina | March 28, 2022 at 11:29 AM
I’d be happy with any one of the colors, to tell the truth. But I’ll say Fame and Fortune.
Posted by: ElizabethD | March 28, 2022 at 11:29 AM
Mint To Be is for me.
Posted by: Diana Byrum | March 28, 2022 at 11:30 AM
A tablet full of movies is a God-send! I don't know how my mom dealt with me and my brother in a small car on road trips.
i LOVE the Remote yarn. It's beautiful!
Posted by: Megan | March 28, 2022 at 11:34 AM
Florida Zest. Although I almost picked Wish You Were Beer, just because of the name.
Posted by: Sara | March 28, 2022 at 11:41 AM
Tropics Like It's Hot is Awesome!!!!
🌴🏝🌴🏝🌴🏝🌴🏝🌴🏝
What a fun week ahead!!
Thanks for letting us share in your Spring Break Vacation!!🌞
Karla
Posted by: Karla | March 28, 2022 at 11:47 AM
Mermaid Tavern looks amazing
Posted by: Dana | March 28, 2022 at 11:49 AM
Its Sherbirthday, or Mexican Wedding Dress, or really... all the colors!
Posted by: Sue Boisvert | March 28, 2022 at 11:50 AM
I love the Tropic like it's hot. Reminds me of summer
Posted by: Carmie Anderson | March 28, 2022 at 11:50 AM
Ice Ice Baby and Iguana!!!! 😍
Posted by: Cathy | March 28, 2022 at 11:50 AM
Loving the color and the NAME of Yarn Husband!!
Posted by: Jennifer | March 28, 2022 at 11:52 AM
I love the Tropics Like It's Hot.
Thanks
Posted by: Susan | March 28, 2022 at 11:59 AM
Favorite color is Freshly Cut— what a perfect vivid grass-green!
Posted by: Megan | March 28, 2022 at 12:02 PM
Yarn Husband for me...it would go with so many skeins i already have! 🥰
Posted by: Beth Fulton | March 28, 2022 at 12:04 PM
Farmer’s Market. Gorgeous
Posted by: Susan Tischendorf | March 28, 2022 at 12:05 PM
My favorite is Bohemian Market!
Posted by: Kim Holbrook | March 28, 2022 at 12:06 PM
I have purchased several skeins of Emma's yarn, but would love Mexican Wedding Dress!
Posted by: Laurie | March 28, 2022 at 12:06 PM
Love the grey scale, my favorite color. Everglades reminds me of the trip there a few years ago. Farmer's Market is lovely. Have a friend selling some of my knitted wash cloths to go with her goat milk soaps next week. I hope they sell well for her.
Posted by: Kay O'Callaghan | March 28, 2022 at 12:07 PM
Wish you were beer
Posted by: Christine Newman Aumiller | March 28, 2022 at 12:08 PM
Wish You We’re Beer !!! Love it!
Posted by: Sue | March 28, 2022 at 12:08 PM
My absolute favorite Emma’s Yarn colors are Mexican Wedding Dress and Legal Tender— impossible to pick just one. This is one of my favorite dyers.
Posted by: Susan Ipavec | March 28, 2022 at 12:08 PM
Love the pictures. We aren’t a vacation family. I did spring break twice in Michigan for senior year in high school and freshman year in college. Maybe that’s why I love bright color. Bring the joy home in fiber ways.
80s rewind is a favorite of mine. I think they have a Barbie color I have admired too.
Posted by: Nancy | March 28, 2022 at 12:13 PM
Love them all! But especially Farmer’s market!
Posted by: Sue | March 28, 2022 at 12:13 PM
Loving the Everglades color way!
Posted by: Nicole Doyal | March 28, 2022 at 12:13 PM
Love them all! Farmer’s Market really catches my eye.
Posted by: Cindy | March 28, 2022 at 12:16 PM
EY HH CASH FRESHLY CUT
Posted by: Deb Adams | March 28, 2022 at 12:18 PM
It’s Sherberthday is calling my name.
Posted by: Virginia Harnischfeger | March 28, 2022 at 12:19 PM
It's Casual
Posted by: Sarah | March 28, 2022 at 12:24 PM
It’s up between the Navy, Fame & fortune, and it’s sherberthday! (Slight bias towards Its Sherbirthday because today is my birthday!)
Posted by: Megan Bessey | March 28, 2022 at 12:28 PM
Love the greens and blues…as well as the others lol who am I kidding they’re all great colors
Posted by: Alice Glassen | March 28, 2022 at 12:30 PM
Yarn Husband is perfect medium neutral. A lightweight sweater would be perfect in this.
Posted by: Diana Kelly | March 28, 2022 at 12:46 PM
Loving Calypso! The colors remind me of the water.
Posted by: Amber Chenoweth | March 28, 2022 at 12:47 PM
Mermaid Tavern is really fun.
Posted by: Marilyn | March 28, 2022 at 12:53 PM
THe COOL ocean colors of Remote are for me
Posted by: Diane | March 28, 2022 at 12:57 PM
Tropic like it’s Hot is my favorite colorway!
Posted by: Kristen | March 28, 2022 at 01:02 PM
You had me at Tropic Like It’s Hot!
Posted by: Jody Laake | March 28, 2022 at 01:13 PM
Today the skeins with aqua are making me dream. Mexican Wedding Dress, Mint to Be, and Happily Ever After. All that summery, lighthearted aqua!
Posted by: Gaylyn B | March 28, 2022 at 01:17 PM
Yarn husband is just the color I need to go with a Find My feed sweater. Even though this is a spring break contest I’m still knitting sweaters. It’s chilly here today.
Posted by: Sue Jehl | March 28, 2022 at 01:19 PM
Mermaid Tavern
Posted by: Alice | March 28, 2022 at 01:22 PM
Farmers Market! So hard to choose!
Posted by: Geri Heagy | March 28, 2022 at 01:32 PM
So many beautiful colors! Everglades really caught my eye! Enjoy spring break!
Posted by: Jennifer McCarthy | March 28, 2022 at 01:36 PM
Have to go with 80s Rewind. Such fun colors!
Posted by: Barb Gibbs | March 28, 2022 at 01:37 PM
Hammered!
It’s lovely, and the name also evokes spring breaks of old….
Posted by: Nancy | March 28, 2022 at 01:41 PM
Yarn Husband both for the color and the name!
Posted by: Alene | March 28, 2022 at 01:42 PM
I like Happily Ever After
Posted by: Pat Phythian | March 28, 2022 at 01:47 PM
Hammered is just beautiful!!
Posted by: Colleen D'Allura | March 28, 2022 at 01:56 PM
80s Rewind!!! I love the speckles of color.
Posted by: Brooke | March 28, 2022 at 02:01 PM
I love the Yarn Husband! It reminds me of being able to knit all winter long and gifting to the men in my life with pride and lots of love! 💙
Posted by: Cyndi Jimenez | March 28, 2022 at 02:17 PM
Love to knit with Emma Yarns! For a favorite I’d pick Tropic Like It’s Hot!
Posted by: Sally | March 28, 2022 at 02:21 PM
Floor is Lava! My sisters and I used to play that all the time.:)
Posted by: Linda L. in WI | March 28, 2022 at 02:23 PM
Freshly Cut is really speaking to me today. enjoy your vacation!
Posted by: Kristi | March 28, 2022 at 02:24 PM
How fun to learn about various indie dyers with these virtual visits! Emma’s Yarn looks so beautiful, Yarn Husband color way is my fave. Love the family photos around Winter Park FL.
Posted by: Melissa Friedrich | March 28, 2022 at 02:27 PM
I love the Iguana color way with Yarn Husband a very close second.
Posted by: Donna | March 28, 2022 at 02:33 PM