Posted by Miss M on 2004-12-17 13:57:10
Post Subject: HELP! Yarn Shop East Vancouver?
Hey all,
I am trying to figure out the name of a lovely yarn shop I visited in east Vancouver(I think - it was opposite Stanley Park). It was in a cute neighborhood with a bunch of other little shops (I remember there being a cheese shop there). You have to go down some steep steps to the store(there was also a back entrance at ground level), but it was FABULOUS! Tons of beautiful yarn!! I think the owners name was Ingrid? My mom bought some yarn there for a sweater, but has since discovered she doesn't have enough for her project. She thought she might contact the store first to find the dye lot before searching the internet.
Thanks so much!
~miss m
Posted by janaka on 2006-05-19 15:21:55
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come to atlanta!! come visit our local yarn shop!!! we have knit nite every thursday nite!! there is also a wonderful yarn shop in chatanooga, about one hour away from atlanta. pm me if you want detailed info!!
Posted by high-strung on 2006-10-24 14:08:29
Post Subject: AD: just launched my yarn webstore!
just want to let everyone know that my yarn shop is now open! i specialize in natural fibers and yarns that are a little lesser known, but high in quality. keep checking it as i will be adding to the inventory very soon!
Posted by jaimers on 2005-12-04 21:41:29
Post Subject: knittin' in KCMO
I've been knitting for just over a year, and was wondering if there were any KC metro knitters here who might be interested in starting a knitting group of some sort, or if anyone knows where i could jump into one?? the yarn shop in overland park has classes, but i'm too poor to afford 25 bucks a class PLUS the cost of supplies
Posted by Katrin on 2007-03-17 01:18:40
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If it's not too far a drive for you, the Fancy Tiger on Broadway & Ellsworth has Craft Night every Tuesday from 6 to 9. Everybody's welcome - it's free, you can bring any craft project you want, and sometimes they even have refreshments.
I'm always ambivalent about telling people about Craft Night, 'cause it's getting so popular that it's usually pretty crowded. On the other hand, the Fancy Tiger is such a great little shop run by such terrific people, I have to spread the love.
A little closer to you is Posh on 44th & Tennyson - a really nice yarn shop, also with a very cool owner. They have Stitch Therapy there on Thursday nights (also usually including snacks).
I learned how to crochet first ... then tried the american/british style of knitting. I was hopeless at it.
Then almost nine months later, I attempted the continental method and finally learned how to knit. I am by no means an expert but I am a little faster now.
I have been told that continental knitting in the round is the most efficient way to knit. I don't know how true this is since I only know one way to knit. I find that most guides on the net are geared towards the first method you learned. It makes me a little frustrated.
I am right handed but often times I am left hand dominant so this method really clicked for me.
As for your finger, are you pressing down too hard? I would have someone at the yarn store you mentioned watch you knit a few rows to trouble shoot.
On one of the other threads, I mentioned some links for continental style knitting, I think the one that boheme-anne started. I also really found that both SnB books (esp. the glossary of stitches in the 2nd one) helped quite a bit as well as reading “Knitting in Plain English.” Also the Susan Bates booklet called “My Knitting Teacher” was recommended by the yarn shop I go to. It is about $5 and it shows you both methods. The patterns are outdated but the directions are right on
Hope that helps!!
Posted by CraftinFool on 2006-07-28 08:53:32
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Thanks so much for all the recommendations. I like trying my hand at cables is a great idea and the funny thing is I bought a cable stitch holder last weekend in my favorite yarn shop in case I ever wanted to try them. Serendipitous.
Posted by amanelle on 2004-06-16 20:04:08
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I'm trying to get a Stitch n Bitch off the ground in my area. Did you set up a SnB yahoo group? I also got added to the directory on www.stitchnbitch.org. Yesterday a woman from our local paper called me and interviewed me because of all of the SnBs that have popped up since the book. I'm really hoping that will attract a few members. I'm also planning to drop off some fliers at a new yarn shop once it opens up. Our group is open to anyone with any craft as long as it's portable.
Posted by aspiring on 2004-12-20 11:00:05
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I've never been to Vancouver, but I've heard there's a nice yarn shop there called Urban Yarns. Could that be it? You can try Google, and also there is a directory in Stitch n Bitch Nation, can't remember if there were any entries for Vancouver.
btw: ugh, not enough yarn for a project! Your Mama has my sympathy.
Posted by Miss M on 2004-12-17 12:36:29
Post Subject: HELP! Yarn Shop in East Vancouver??
Hey all,
I am trying to figure out tha name of a lovely yarn shop I visited in east Vancouver(I think - it was opposite Stanley Park). It was in a cute neighborhood with a bunch of other little shops (I remember there being a cheese shop there). You have to go down some steep steps to the store(there was also a back entrance at ground level), but it was FABULOUS! Tons of beautiful yarn!! I think the owners name was Ingrid? My mom bought some yarn there for a sweater, but has since discoverd she doesn't have enough for her project. She thought she might contact the store first to find the dye lot before searching the internet.
Thanks so much!
~miss m
Posted by aspiring on 2005-06-06 11:24:18
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I was in Billburg last summer but didn't catch the Free Store, that sounds awesome!
Check out Artists and Fleas, I missed it because I was there on the long weekend so it was cancelled, but it sounds cool:
http://www.artistsandfleas.com/home.htm
Vegetarian restos:
Bliss
191 Bedford Avenue
between North 6th and North 7th
Brooklyn, NY 11211
tel: (718) 599-2547
goga café and vegetarian lounge
www.gogacafe.com
I only went to Bliss, but Goga sounds cool too.
Beacon's Closet has 2 shops for vintage clothes:
http://www.beaconscloset.com/
Lots more, I'm not a local. There's a nice little yarn shop called the Yarn Tree right on Bedford, there are lots of shops up and down that street. I remember hearing about some hipster places just off the main drag but can't remember the names and didn't get to them. Check this out:
http://www.billburg.com/
It's *so easy* to get to Manhattan from Williamsburg, so don't worry about feeling limited to Brooklyn, though you can probably fill up all your time over there!
Posted by Astrid on 2007-05-08 18:42:55
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The last time I've been to France is years ago (and it's a shame because my boyfriend is a Frenchy) but at the time every small town or even village still had it's own specialised yarn shop. Why not just ask your family to direct you to them and just look around? My mom's favourite yarn used to be '3 Suisses' she also had pattern books. I checked Google, but they seem to be more in confection clothing now.
Here's a tip that has not so much to do with your question but do consider this. In France there's a Goodwill organisation called Emmaus and they have thrift stores run by the very people the fund raising is intended for: the homeless and those who have lost direction in their lives. They're usually very cheap and have wonderful, sometimes very old stuff like from old French farms etc. Even if you don't buy it's nice to watch. Ask your family, especially when you're in the countryside!!!
Posted by bookish on 2004-12-17 12:06:42
Post Subject: new dallas yarn store!
Hey Dallasites,
I was looking for the local specials etc.. and came across this little gem of information:
Passion Knit Opening
This new DIY knitting and yarn shop is housed in the former space occupied by Tique in Snider Plaza. Beginner and advance knitters are welcome and classes for all levels are available. Choose from hundreds of yarns including 100 percent cashmere, wool, angora, and cotton. Coffee and tea are served daily and its upstairs lounge area offers the perfect place to perch while knitting away on that new project.
6817 Snider Plaza
Mon.-Fri., 10-6; Sat., 10-5
214-346-0047
Major credit cards; checks; cash
Posted by ChristineRenee on 2007-01-18 20:55:11
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If you are desperate for yarn I suggest you frog (unravel) some old sweaters. There are some nice instructions here: http://www.az.com/~andrade/knit/thrifty.html
I started doing this because I couldn't afford to buy the good yarn that I wanted at a fancy yarn shop, but I could afford to buy some nice marino wool or cashmere sweaters at the Salvation for about $2. One sweater will give you TONS of yarn to work with.
Posted by janaka on 2006-10-13 16:36:30
Post Subject: Friday the 13th!!!
it was only yesterday that i realized today was friday the 13th!!
I heard that some people refuse to go out because of the whole 13 = bad luck deal.
are you down with that?
i, for one, am not. i think it's cool and spooky, and it was actually a beautiful day here in the atl - a perfect fall weather day. I saw a black cat today, too!! and, of course, it is cool that freaky horror/sci-fi shows are on.
i worked at the yarn shop today and then went to goodwill and the recycling place, and nothing bad happened. there is a few more hours to go, however!! LOL.
Posted by karline on 2008-11-14 15:11:16
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Two very different ways:
Sewing I learned from my mom since I was a wee tot. She used to be a home ec teacher, so I had a very qualified instructor. ;) As a result, most of the sewing I''ve done in my lifetime has been very by-the-book. French seam finish? No problem!
Knitting I taught myself with the help of books and the interwebz. And the ladies at the absolutely fabuous yarn shop where I used to live. Been knitting for about three years, and in contrast to my sewing, I often prefer to knit something without a pattern ... just get a gauge I like, crunch some numbers, and go to town!
Last spring I tried to get my grandma to teach me crochet, but I haven''t really stuck with it. I think I need some book-learnin'' to really \"get it.\"
Posted by janaka on 2006-08-08 16:22:44
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i too have to touch the yarn. don't buy much online. i buy yarn at the happy places. if i want something snooty yarn shop has, i go when there is knitting clinic and get it then. usually during clinic everyone is nice.
Posted by honeybee on 2006-01-13 11:03:01
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usually if i feel yarn burnout i just need to go to the specialty yarn shop and treat myself to a few new and special yarns to play with.
if that fails, truffles are so good and really easy- makes a nice gift in a neat box or tin. or a tea basket, with some teas, a mug, and a tea strainer, and perhaps some cookies.
i make jewelry and handbound blank books, as well, so those are my default gifts if i don't want to give a scarf or hat.
someday i'm going to enter the world of homemade soaps, scrubs, salts, bath bombs, balms, etc. because i love nothing better than receiving a basket of yummy smelling bath and body goodies!
Posted by smokingmonkey on 2005-03-28 14:33:45
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My neighborhood yarn shop has several lovely shawls and shrugs that are very lacey looking made from chunky or ribbon yarn and super fat needles just using a simple garter stitch throughout. Kind of a similar effect as if you were knitting with all sorts of tog and yos.
Posted by Knits4Fun on 2005-01-31 18:59:40
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Ya, my recommendation is to take a class. I learned at my local high school which offers night school for adults--they offered beginning knitting and I've loved it ever since (that was four years ago)! I wasn't one who had a family member to teach me.
Maybe at your local yarn shop (LYS) too? For a beginner book, I got "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting and Crocheting." I've also heard the "Stitch and Bitch" books are good too.
Posted by athena on 2006-08-15 13:01:10
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if you are going to make a blanket (what size? adult or baby?), you will need to buy circular needles. something that big won't fit on straight needles even if 14" long. you will be a lot happier using 29" or more (40"?) circs for a blanket.
as to the instructions, can you tell us what specific instructions you don't understand?
what yarn shop in ny did you buy it from? i might be able to give you a suggestion for getting IRL help.
Posted by anthrogirl on 2006-11-08 14:05:37
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day after election day.
sonny is still here.
we are still out of noro at the yarn shop.
i am still unemployed.
...but rumsfeld has stepped down..and the democrats have taken the power back...and britney spears FINALLY filed for divorce.
there is still hope, obi wan kenobi.
I will send you good vibrations, my sister. Good luck on finding work- and yarn! And may Sonny get an instant case of amnesia, forget where he works, and never serve in politics again.
Michele (who did the Happy Dance when Elliot Spitzer won)
Posted by Knits4Fun on 2005-02-25 12:54:22
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-My husband and son, their blonde hair, blue eyes . . .
-My son's giggle
-Crisp, cotton sheets
-Getting a Knitting mag in the mail
-Getting a Knitting catalog in the mail to dream and browse through
-Browsing a yarn shop
-Friday or Sat. nights
-Saturday mornings
-clear blue sky and the smell of the earth, y'know that 'Spring' smell
-cheese, mmm luv it all
-hot cup of tea or coffee
-dinner out with good friends
-a clean house
Posted by janaka on 2007-03-26 15:08:49
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yoga, knitting, putting on a favorite dvd or cd, cooking can be wonderful, going for a walk, playing with kitty cats or dog. if you don't have any animals of your own, i highly recommend going to your local shelter and hanging out with some critters there, walk a few dogs. i guarantee, it will cheer you up - and it will cheer them up, also!!
i love to clean....i hate doing laundry, but i love to clean. usually puts me in a better mood. going to the yarn shop, or calling anna. she always cheers me up....
Posted by janaka on 2006-07-31 02:33:24
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good idea!
my local yarn shop(s), as well as other independent craft stores.
used book shops, not borders
or barnes and noble, unless i want to read current magazines.
farmers markets
non-chain movie theatres
see a pattern here?
also, if i want to buy a cup of coffee, or chai, i make sure to get it from caribou coffee - they support coffeekids.org, which is a wonderful charity that helps the south american coffee farmers that have suffered in the wake of the huge demand for coffee. i believe that starbucks also supports them, but i stay away from starbucks cuz a) the coffee sucks and b) they are EVERYWHERE
Posted by janaka on 2006-08-08 10:45:12
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Actually, there's a yarn store near me that's really, really mean. They look down their noses at "trendy new knitters" and seemt to think that they should only smile at you if you knit faire isle sweaters on a daily basis. I wouldn't say I boycott them, but I don't generally go there. There's another independent knitting store where everyone is really nice and helpful, and I go there. There's enough negativity in my life without having to worry about whether I'm up to the exacting crafty standards of the people who work at the knitting store.
ooh, that must be a trend - there is a yarn shop in atlanta that has that reputation, where customers leave in tears because of the very nasty attitude of the women who work there. i have not encountered it myself, having only been there four times, mainly for knitting clinics where i know my favorite master knitter will be there to teach me her amazing skills. i wouldn't go out of my way to go there, as there are plenty of other NICE independent yarn stores here.
you would think that they would go out of their way to be nice, huh? i mean, they are relying on us for their livelihoods. why chase us away?
Posted by meexie on 2005-06-08 04:37:47
Post Subject: What should a Crazy Old Lady Neighborhood have?
Offshoot of the Red Hat Society thread.
When I get old, I want to have a Crazy Old Lady Neighborhood with my friends (Batty Old Coots welcome as well). I would like the neighborhood to have:
*cat sanctuary (with lots of couches to shred)
*goats
*chickens roaming free
*ice cream parlor with lots of booze (when I say "make up for the sobriety of my youth, I'm going to mean it literally)
*tobacco shop with full line of Nat Shermans (I figure I can take up smoking again when I'm 70)
*yarn shop (for the knitting group that meets at the ice cream parlor and gets sloshed)
*coffee shop with powerful espresso and Turkish coffee (see booze and cigarettes)
*library with naughty books and DVDs
*bookstore
*theater that runs movies from our youth, including naughty ones
*Toys in Babeland (it's good for arthritis!)
*rec center (geriatric kickboxing anyone?) that also hosts activist meetings and community potlucks
*parks - dog park, walking park, jogging park, massive gardens park
*community garden
Posted by Nancy Flynn on 2005-01-10 21:43:55
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i do both, but i do think that crochet is a bit easier-- it also goes a lot faster, so it can be more satisfying at first to have a finished project in less time. i also agree that it is best to find someone to show you the ropes (pun!) in person-- maybe your local craft or yarn shop has a kind person who can teach you?
Posted by karikazo on 2004-06-03 11:48:09
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Whoa, this is so exciting! Congratulations!
SS, if you come to Raleigh (hey, cackalackie!) there's also Ornamentea, a fancy beading shop....they *might* be interested, or at least they could hook you up with the hip young crafter crowd around here. http://www.ornamentea.com/us.html
The bookstore cackalackie mentioned is next door to a needlepoint supplies shop, and there's also the yarn shop a few doors down. And if you're in Raleigh, you're close to Chapel Hill and Durham, too....You could come from Asheville, and then go up to DC!
If you are coming this way, my sister has a guest room. Just let me know!
