Hi fiber friends, Once again , I am here to share thoughts, give insight , and maybe even make you laugh. We are switching gears here just for a bit. Let’s talk about yarns and yarn shops for a moment. You may ask why, I will explain. (As you wish) I feel yarn stores are the best for beautiful fibers and wonderful help marvelous patterns and the latest tools and trends. Over the course of my posts I’m going to provide pictures, addresses and people at various shops that I love to go to and purchase from whenever I can. Without us knitters crocheters and even cross stitchers. (Even cross stichers) shopping our brick and mortar shops, they would all disappear. They need our patronage even for the smallest of things,they work hard to peak our interest with new classes, new patterns, fabulous new colors and wonderful fibers. If these brick and mortar shops did not have us they would cease to exist. Yes, I am aware I ...
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Franca Mitts
Quick Franca Mitts By Fairmount fibers design team. This project is fun to do and not very time consuming. T hey only take a couple hours from start to finish and would make a great last minute gift item or keep them for yourself! This is just one of the many wonderful patterns you'll find available at Ball and Skein, along with wonderful choices of yarns to create them.
Ball and Skien
"Ball and Skein" 4210 Bridge St Entrance on main street Cambria, CA, 934258 What can I say except I love love love this shop. The most amazing colors and textures can be found here. What sets this store apart are the two people who seem to be the heartbeat of the shop. Kris and Oz (Pictured above), are two of the most down to earth people I have ever met. With a plethora ...
Hi Ho fiber friends, I'm back!! It's been a crazy couple of weeks in the new year, with a 26th wedding anniversary crammed in there . Here are a few photos from my trip , and a fabulous yarn store where I love to shop or just visit . The Mr . and I got both stormy seas as well as sunshine. I love the ocean, it's my calm, serenity, I am always happiest when I can walk along the shore with water up to my calves. Even in the middle of January yet always with a careful eye on the waves. The sea is not to be taken lightly as beautiful as she is , She can also be very dangerous when not respected. On our travels outside our hotel, I met a seagull and I named him George. Don't know if that's his real name but he didn't seem to mind that I called him George. H e sat on our patio wall and shared my breakfast , even ate out of my hand a couple...