Friday’s Fiber Goodness…
On Friday mom and I ventured up to New London, MN to go to Uniquely Knit. It’s right in the heart of downtown and is a nice little shop. She had a huge selection of Cascade, Lopi and Brown Sheep and a lot of novelty stuff. The sock yarn selection was kind of sparse, but this is a very small town and the shop is quite small in space so I’m not surprised. But she had shelves from floor to ceiling. They had no spinning stuff, though I expected that from the location and name of the shop. I still made a few purchases…
I of course had to buy some sock yarn from Minnesota so I’d have socks to remind me of the trip. I don’t see Socka around in our area shops at home. I think Lambspun might carry it, but I try not to go there if I can help it. So, I picked this up in the nice dusty greens, blues and neutrals. It has a touch of flash that may or may not be evident from the photo. I think these will fit into my wardrobe seamlessly!
Then, I’ve loved the Lucy Bag since I first saw a photo a loooooong time ago, but I hadn’t noticed this pattern at the shop I mostly frequent back home. So I bought the pattern and the yarn needed to make the largest version…
The yarn is a heathered purple so it has a lot of depth and I think will look really great when felted.
My mom also bought two skeins of Lopi and a coordinating eyelash yarn and a felted bag pattern for our neightbor’s youngest (and best friend of my sister). She’s a relatively new knitter but really enjoys knitting bags and mom fell in love with this bag that was on display and decided to get her the main supplies. It will be up to her to get the proper needles, but I suspect by the purse she was carrying when we gave her the gift that she may have them in her inventory already. We also gave her info on where to see the sample and the shop owner (whom we discovered my mom used to visit with when my dad used to play in raquetball tournaments well after we left the shop) said she’d be more than willing to help her should she need some assitance.
So, that concluded the fibery goodness on Friday.
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