With a side trip into owning
a yarn shop for a few years, I am now back to creating fine handwovens, handspun and hand dyed yarns, in my log home studio in the beautiful hills of southwestern Wisconsin.
With a side trip into owning
a yarn shop for a few years, I am now back to creating fine handwovens, handspun and hand dyed yarns, in my log home studio in the beautiful hills of southwestern Wisconsin.
I usually head to the local
yarn shop for some knitting time with good friends.
Not exact matches
And then we found our way to a favorite Maine spot
for lunch, Nezinscot Farm where we not only ate farm fresh yumminess, but wandered the
yarn and fiber
shop as well.
«Doubtless I «ll keep on inventing puzzles
for myself to solve, «she writes, «until I am hauled away to the great
yarn shop in the sky.
When Steve gifted me two skeins of String Theory DK
for Solstice (from his and my favorite sorta - kinda - local
yarn shop, KnitWit), it came with the polite insistence that I make something
for myself.
I'd been looking
for the perfect
yarn for a few months now, and was thrilled to find this at a local
yarn shop yesterday because it combines so many beautiful shades of blue.
Keep your eyes open at thrift
shops and second - hand stores
for ribbons, buttons,
yarn, beads, artificial flowers and fabric scraps.
Now that you know the important things to look
for when
shopping, let's get into our
yarn reviews.
While
shopping for the perfect fall sweater, be mindful of the different types of
yarns for your choosing.
Blog of Easy Knitting
For Everyone where she shares behind - the - scenes tidbits from photo shoots,
yarn shop hops and knitting shows.
I love Artesano (and was gutted to find out recently that they have gone into receivership — another independant
yarn shop gone) and I found this lace cardigan pattern on their website,
for free, no less.
We're the European flagship
shop for both Brooklyn Tweed and Quince & Co and we also stock Wollmeise and Woolfolk
yarns as well as over 100 colours of Madelinetosh.
Then it's just a short hop to the Resort Village
Shop for provisions, the Centre Complex
for a Ranger Guided Walk or Ranger's desk just
for a
yarn.
So here's my
shopping list
for the year: Nintendo (Wii) Metroid Other M - August 31 Kirby's Epic
Yarn - October 17 Donkey Kong Country Returns - Nov 21 3rd Parties (Wii) NBA Jam - October 5 (used / $ 20 new) Goldeneye 007 - November Epic Mickey - Undated, «holiday season» Nintendo (DS) Art Academy - October 25 3rd Parties (DS) Super Scribblenauts - October Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light - October 5 WiiWare BIT.TRIP FATE - Fall Eep.
We have also re-launched our website; we will soon launch a blog of natural dyes to share experiences and disseminate the technologies, and a
shop on the Internet
for marketing our
yarns and knits.
We're the European flagship
shop for both Brooklyn Tweed and Quince & Co and we also stock Wollmeise and Woolfolk
yarns as well as over 100 colours of Madelinetosh.
My grandma was green before it was cool, she recycled ziploc bags, used
shopping bags, and saved all her scraps of fabric and
yarn for other projects.