Leaving for Toledo today, California on Sunday. I may or may not be posting while I’m gone over the next 2 1/2 weeks or so. Any suggestions for good yarn shops to visit? I have no idea if I will actually have any time for such things–I’m not going to be in the Bay Area for a decent chunk of that time due to the wedding, and there are plenty of other things I want to do while I am in the Bay Area, but just in case. I know there’s a new one in Albany called k2tog, and I am always interested in visits to Artfibers, Imagiknit, Article Pract, Stonemountain and Daughter, Lacis, and Stash Yarns, but I’ve been to all of those except k2tog already.
Project list (I certainly won’t knit up all of it; it sounds like a lot, but there will be many hours in the car and airport/airplanes, and I expect many hours of downtime, too, so I should be able to make pretty good progress on something else once the shawl is out of the way):
- Loquat Shawl and extra yarn to finish it
- Barbara Walker Volume 2
and The Lacy Knitting of Mary Schiffmann
- My skein of turquoise llama yarn, since I should be seeing Molly in CA and am hoping I can finish something for her before I do
- Yarn and needles for the Tangled Yoke Cardigan (lots of stockinette!)
- My skein of Sundara Sock in Arabian Nights to at least start swatching for a lace scarf
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July 3, 2008 at 9:56 am
soknitpicky
Have a fabulous trip!!
July 3, 2008 at 10:29 am
Nicole
Have fun!
July 3, 2008 at 11:02 am
Hilary
Have you ever been to Urban Knitting Studio in SF (Hayes Valley)? I didn’t even know that place existed and I happened upon while walking around one day. It’s a pretty cool place, if you have the time. However, I can’t remember if they have any “special” yarns that you wouldn’t be able to find anywhere else.
Have a great trip!
July 3, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Kristen
Since K2Tog is right down the street from me, I go all the time, and it’s very nice. I haven’t been to it, but there’s a new yarn store on Piedmont Ave that is supposed to be very good, and apparently carries a number of local yarns.
July 3, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Kate
Travel safely, and enjoy! I meant to post yesterday and forgot – if you’re ever at a loss for a toast, read from Kahlil Gibran’s “The Prophet.” There’s a lovely verse, about partnerships… here:
“~ You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you be alone, Even as the strings of the lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hands of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow. ~”
July 3, 2008 at 11:02 pm
chemgrrl
Have a fantabulous time! With lots of knitting, and no ripping.