Spring Break Contest, Day 3

It'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. FYI, SSYC isn’t closed this week- we are just adding this fun element of contests too. 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 the home of Dream in Color Yarn in Tucson, Arizona.

I've been west a couple times to California, but I've never been to an arid landscape like Arizona. I hear it's just wonderful, and Veronica and Nancy at Dream in Color are my kind of ladies. Until the pandemic, I would see them every year at yarny events and conventions, and they seem like gals I could really sit down and enjoy a knit and nosh with. Want to enter to win a skein of their glorious yarn? Go here to check out which you like the best, then tell me in the comments which is your fave before noon EST this Sunday.

So, of course I asked Veronica to share some Tucson gems with me. Veronica has this to say about her town:

        Tucson is one of only 36 UNESCO cities of gastronomy in the world, but for me it's all about the noodles, LOL.

1. Comfort noodles - Vero Amore. Close to my house and killer red sangria and perfectly fine Italian food (I go there for the sangria!)
2. Fancy noodles - Locale. Fresh homemade authentic Italian. Super yummy! Their cocktails are amazing!
3. Asian Noodles - Noodleholics. It's a terrible name, but the food!!! Handmade wheat noodles served in Chinese Guilin style. Top choice when I just can't be bothered to cook. Unfortunately, no alcohol. Oh well. We can't all be perfect.

    As far as museums go, I highly recommend the Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art. They have rotating exhibits but never fail to be amazing. But honestly if I was just in town for the weekend I'd probably do a mural tour. It gets you out driving around, seeing the whole city and we have AMAZING mural artists.

    If you want to sit and knit, wow, we have so many amazing cafes. Most restaurants in Tucson have great outdoor seating. The sofa area at Postinos Wine Bar/Tapas is just perfect. And I love their food. Their wine list is curated and amazing. Probably the only non local restaurant that I frequent.

OK. Now I totally want to go to Tucson. Like now. Maybe we need a knitting retreat in Tucson?? 

Dream in Color, Jilly Singles in The Edge

Don't forget to stop by and enter the contests tomorrow and Friday too!

Comments

[Tim]

I really like Cloud to Ground -- also, a great color name. I love this yarn. I have a skein of All American Hen in my stash right now.

[Bonney]

Peacock Shadow is lovely and I love the name

[Shamilya]

I was thinking I would pick something bright and happy like Hear It Hawaii or Hot Pants (which look like they would go well together), then I saw Brass and Steam. I've surprised myself a little but out of all of the beautiful colorways I choose Brass and Steam as the one I like the best☺.

[Gail]

I had a really hard time choosing one. I think if I have to choose one it would be Tidal.

[Jan F]

Jilly Billowy - clouds floating by…

[Nancy Mortell]

I’m really drawn to Blues Highway…gorgeous.

[Diane]

I’ve been to a Tucson quire a few times and didn’t know that is was home to DIC. I loved the Everlasting base which is no longer available. I’m drawn to dark colors yet want to knit with a light color. I’ll, with much difficulty, choose Prince William.

[Carolyn]

Love The Edge and Iceland! It's been all blues for me lately!

[Natalie]

Jilly Brass and Steam... I love Dream in Color yarn... always such beautiful yarn..

[Diane]

This is areally hard one but I'm going with Burr.

[Nicole S]

Blue Sage (on Smooshy).

[Judy]

I like SC Billowy.

[Deb Knight]

Totally Smooshy for me and the blues.

[Gaylyn B]

I really love knitting with DIC yarns, any of them. I have many colorways that appeal but today it's Flower Drum Song!

[Kristi]

I can't decide between SC Angelica and SC Blossom. sooooo beautiful!

[Dana Snyder]

Mermaid shoes in Smooshy with cashmere!!

[Lois]

Smooshy with. Cashmere in Blurry Eyed is my fav but Tex Mex in Jilly is also tugging at my heart. Project ideas swirling in my head.

[Autumn]

Aqua Jet!

[Joyce]

Ohhhhhhhhhh, this took me FOREVER to decide. But Melon Bomb and Merry Voice (I couldn't get down to one), but I think they look great together.

[Sue]

I have to go with Brass and Steam. I just love those colors together

[Kate]

Mermaid shoes! Love the color AND the name!

[Jeannette]

I must be needing flowers, because I love Hear It Hawaii

[Jennifer]

I really like Pinky

[Cathy]

Galaxy is my choice.

[Deborah Kellar]

I could narrow it down to 2…..Leather Wave or Brass and Stream.

[mellenknits]

I'm a long-time fan of DIC, especially their semi-solids. I love how Chocolate Night is a nice solid brown, but without being boring!

[Betsy Bradley]

Riot Girls!

[Susan Mercy]

I would pick either Hello Dolly (the first show I played in) or Strings & Keys (which is the name of the music series that my mother and I played together for years).

[Tracey fucci]

My most favorite: https://www.simplysockyarn.com/dic-sc-belle-epoque/
Love the color saturation

[Geraldine Scott]

Let's try Uptown Electric...totally out of my normal palette, but always catches my eye!

[Laira]

Galaxy is just too beautiful!

[Colleen D'Allura]

Love Mermaid shoes. It would make beautiful socks!!

[Karla]

Love Love Love ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
DIC SC All American Hen 🐔🐥🐔🐥🐔
💗💗Who doesn't love some Smooshy Cashmere??💗💗💗

[Jo]

Galaxy!

[Lori]

Lime on ice!

[Katherine S]

I love Mermaid Shoes!

[Cheri Littrell]

I have to say I love Leather Wave!

[Carol Paul]

Sooo... Dream in Color Smooshy comes in a cashmere blend? Have I been living under a rock? This is a Dream in Color come true! I need this in Bermuda Teal for gloves and a cowl. STAT!

[Laurie]

Milky Sprite is my favorite color from DIC. I have it in both Smooshy and Smooshy with cashmere, as well as I got a hat kit a while back with that color...love it! Would love to have another ball of it in DK to make a pair of mittens to match my hat and socks!

[Pat Wright]

Smoosh in Peacock Shadow. The blue tones soothe my soul, and as an ICU nurse over the past years, I found the “Fire Scorched” title especially appropriate.

[Kate]

I've been wanting to try Kiss Me Kate for a while now - I love it!

[Jody Laake]

It’s a toss up for me today between Smooshy Dune and Smooshy Loose Gems. I’ve been eyeing Loose Gems off and on for a while now so I’m going to go with it! Although when you get right down to it, you can’t go wrong with anything from Dream in Color! That is just an awesome company and I’m happy you carry such a nice selection!

[Kelly Selzle]

Love love love DIC Jilly Sonoran Magic!! Touches my heart and soul. I would so love to make a project with that yarn.

[Astrid]

Love Belle Epoque!

[Susan]

Smoosh awesome wow. Although everything is sompretty

[Lindsey]

Peacock Shadow!! But really there was too many colors to pick just one

[Susan]

As usual I love all the blues, but the one that really stuck out for me today is the Smooshy “Burr”.

[Lisa]

I'm on a pink kick right now, I think. Smooshy Shy or More than Blush. Both so pretty!!

[Julie]

This one is hard for me because I have used DIC for so many projects over the years. Always a favorite! It's almost like choosing my favorite child...but today I'd pick "True to Life" Smooshy. Guess that's the 'child' on my good side...for now....

[Sandra Sprouse]

I really love The Edge color that you posted. I’m off to the website now!

[Lauralea Bodle]

Kyoto Sunset!

[Beverly Stegmann]

DIC JILLY OUT BEYOND So many projects possible
Thank you for the opportunity.

[Vicki]

Tucson is so pretty!

[Erica Meske]

Jilly Federal Bank 💚

[Annette]

I'm drawn to String and Key in Smooshy with Cashmere. It would make a lovely scarf!

[Rose Birchall]

Riot Girls

[Donna T]

It’s hard to pick out just one color way of DIC but Smooshy with Cashmere in Angelica really calls my name! I remember Veronica & Nancy from Fringe, their yarn shop before DIC. In fact, I still have one of the very first skeins of DIC yarn in a navy. They were amazing LYS owners. Fringe was a lovely shop with light just pouring in through the plate glass window in the front & a seating area with toys just inside the front window. They also allowed littles to look at & touch yarn to decide which they’d like for their sweaters. They were my daughter’s LYS & one time we got so carried away looking at yarn that we stayed about 1/2 hour past closing time. When we realized it we apologized profusely but they said it wasn’t a problem because they were dyeing yarn in the basement. The knitting world’s gain of DIC is the loss of knitters in the Naperville - Aurora area.

[Lynn B]

Hard to decide! I choose Jilly Kyoto Sunset. Lynn

[Jessie M]

Surf is such an amazing blue!

[Beth A.]

Smooshy Pinkie! I love it!
Never been to Tucson but they make it very tempting!

[Debra Cohen]

So many great colors!! I love scarves made with Smooshy w/ cashmere. Right now my favorite color is Hello Dolly, but every color is delicious!
The best time to visit Tucson is off season… the weather is still beautiful and we stayed in a 5 star resort for 1/2 price. Take time to visit the Sonoran Desert gardens…fabulous!

[Diane]

I love all these (and more): SC Belle Époque, Below Horizon, Riot Girls, A Little Night Music. I would love to try a skein with cashmere in it for socks. I’ve been in love with DIC colors ever since I saw my first skein.

[Merna]

Sundance - Smooshy with Cashmere
A one skein shawl, I can just see it now.

[Karen]

I have enjoyed knitting with Jilly, nice soft scrumptious shawls from one ball make a simple inexpensive gift (Something Autumnal), but scrolling down I happened upon Smooshy Cashmere in Galaxy….Wahoo!

[Eliza]

Pinky, please 🥰

[Virginia Harnischfeger]

Flower Drum Song - love the color mix. Kyoto Sunset is a close second.
Love working with Dream In Color for socks.

[Filomena]

Clockwork heart❤️

[Tabitha Bell Burks]

Mermaid Shoes on Smooshy Sock Yarn is my favoite of their colorways!

[Christie Bowie]

I think I would have to “ eeny, meeny, miney, no” between dune and burr. They both call to me!
And now that I know Tucson has great foodie places as well as being warm…. I really want to go!

[Rhonda]

Joshua Tree

Arizona is a beautiful state hope you're able to experience it.

[Sarah]

American Hen!

[Julia swallow]

Lovely yarn. Lovely color Surf.

[Julia swallow]

I love the yarn and the color surf.

[Ann]

Anything Uptown Electric. I love the combination of colors

[Jill Schroeder]

Windy City is speaking to me today.

[Amy O]

Hi from Tucson! DiC moved here from Chicago and we are SO HAPPY about it!! I pet the whole wall of DiC at Birdhouse Yarns every time I'm there:-)) Such gorgeous colorways<3. Give me a skein of Brass and Steam (a colorway I haven't seen yet at my LYS!)
p.s.-- Nancy and Veronica are totally fun to hang and knit with!

[Sally]

I think Mint Drop (Smooshy) would make a lovely pair of socks!

[Lara]

My favorite changes regularly. Today it’s Alive…just looks like spring…but Dune always catches my eye

[NCJKnits]

Mermaid Shoes :)

[MarthaO]

Today my fave is Uptown Electric. 😀

[Darcy]

Blue is my favorite color and there are so many to choose from! Rain on Me is my choice today.

[Pat Phythian]

So many lovely colors, but I choose My Fair Lady.

[Heather Campbell]

I’d have to say Carousel is my favourite. Such fun colours. Would love to make something for myself with it. Pretty!

[Jennifer McCarthy]

Blossom in Smooshy Cashmere is beautiful!

[Diana Byrum]

I live in Tucson! I love DIC yarn and I just kept going back to Brass and Steam.

[Elizabeth]

Looking at the options it is tough to settle on a color mood today. Hmm... let's try something new like a sunny yellow.
DIC JILLY SUNDANCE

In response to your question, "Maybe we need a knitting retreat in Tucson??"
YES!!! Hope someone organizes one.

[Alice]

Mermaid shoes!

[Marilyn]

I really like Victoria in Smooshy.

[Susan Ipavec]

Federal Bank is my fave! I love the tonal greens— makes me think of spring!!

[Kim Holbrook]

Smooshy Mint Drop is to die for!

[Brenda]

Billowy speaks to me.

[Louann]

Kyoto Sunset but it was a hard choice they are really unique.

[Brenna Delosier]

I really like Cloud to Ground on Smooshy.

[Robin V]

Oh, Sundance really strikes my fancy!

(For some reason, I thought Dream in Color was based in Chicago. Where did I get that idea?!?)

[Diana Brewer]

Windy City is beautiful! Love the blues!

[Elizabeth o]

There are too many beautiful to pick just one or five! Here is a few, Galaxy, Rain On Me, True To Life, Lime On Ice, Carousel, and More Than Blush.

[Alene Sternlieb]

Dream in Color SC Carousel!

[Twylia V]

They're all great. If I have to choose only one, I'd pick Tidal. Love the mix of colors that mimic nature.

[Deb Adams]

DIC SC Absolute Magenta

[Christine]

Cloud to Ground is perfect on any base!