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Sep. 22nd, 2013 02:43 pmI did not, as it turned out, buy All The Yarnz yesterday. I'm easily distracted by things that are strokable or vivid or both, but I had a mission in mind, and spent a fair bit of time looking for yarn for a particular project instead of wandering about in a Cannot Resist Teh Silky state of mind.
Our group started off at Nest, in Crouch End (Crouch End is nice!), a comfortable and fairly traditional yarn shop with an emphasis on natural fibres. I managed to restrict myself to one sock yarn, having examined their Arans and not found what I needed. The next stop was the Handweavers' Studio, a rather intimidating place like a library of yarn, with all kinds of quite amazing things available, including the most incredible vivid colours, 'jelly' yarn, silk+steel (I was a bit disappointed with this one, because I'd been hoping to buy it, but it was such an incredibly thin gauge I couldn't deal at all), metallic stuff with the appearance and feel of cassette tape (only shiny!), all kinds. Very much a place for people who (a) weave, and (b) know *exactly* what they are doing!
Lunch at the Museum of Childhood—where I must, one day, spend actual time—then on to a quirky, compact shop called Prick Your Finger. (I've no idea where we were! We were shepherded around the bus routes, which was great, but I wished in retrospect that I'd looked at a map in detail beforehand. I did get myself an Oyster card, and felt like a Proper Londoner.) Added bonus of a second-hand bookstore opposite! Finally, a somewhat more complicated bus route via Whitechapel to Islington, for Loop—two storeys of yarn, and I probably did my wallet some favours by not spending time downstairs with the fine-gauge silky skeins of pure temptation. Came quite close to getting the yarn I need for my project, but… not quite close enough.
Then, off to pub at Waterloo for a very much needed drink and sit down, and a whole bunch of fabulous giveaways! I lucked out and got some mohair/silk in a very fine yarn, together with the pattern for a lovely shawl… not my usual knitting style, but very pretty! The three of us from my knitting group who participated together had a 'show and tell' on the train ride home.
In very other news, take a look at this Tom & Lorenzo post and scroll to the second pic, in which Justin looks Not At All Creepy, No, Really, and examine the delicate question of his hair. Opinions?
Our group started off at Nest, in Crouch End (Crouch End is nice!), a comfortable and fairly traditional yarn shop with an emphasis on natural fibres. I managed to restrict myself to one sock yarn, having examined their Arans and not found what I needed. The next stop was the Handweavers' Studio, a rather intimidating place like a library of yarn, with all kinds of quite amazing things available, including the most incredible vivid colours, 'jelly' yarn, silk+steel (I was a bit disappointed with this one, because I'd been hoping to buy it, but it was such an incredibly thin gauge I couldn't deal at all), metallic stuff with the appearance and feel of cassette tape (only shiny!), all kinds. Very much a place for people who (a) weave, and (b) know *exactly* what they are doing!
Lunch at the Museum of Childhood—where I must, one day, spend actual time—then on to a quirky, compact shop called Prick Your Finger. (I've no idea where we were! We were shepherded around the bus routes, which was great, but I wished in retrospect that I'd looked at a map in detail beforehand. I did get myself an Oyster card, and felt like a Proper Londoner.) Added bonus of a second-hand bookstore opposite! Finally, a somewhat more complicated bus route via Whitechapel to Islington, for Loop—two storeys of yarn, and I probably did my wallet some favours by not spending time downstairs with the fine-gauge silky skeins of pure temptation. Came quite close to getting the yarn I need for my project, but… not quite close enough.
Then, off to pub at Waterloo for a very much needed drink and sit down, and a whole bunch of fabulous giveaways! I lucked out and got some mohair/silk in a very fine yarn, together with the pattern for a lovely shawl… not my usual knitting style, but very pretty! The three of us from my knitting group who participated together had a 'show and tell' on the train ride home.
In very other news, take a look at this Tom & Lorenzo post and scroll to the second pic, in which Justin looks Not At All Creepy, No, Really, and examine the delicate question of his hair. Opinions?