I bought my first crochet hook (3.00 mm) and skein of yarn today (dalegarn "Baby Ull" machine washable wool, 50 g color 3718) from "Pinch Knitter" in Stanwood.  Travel there if you can- it’s a small shop (2 rooms, one with a table a chairs for chatting while knitting) within a large shop, but the yarn is amazing, and not outrageously priced, like one might expect in a small-town store.