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As promised, pictures of the shop at Belfast Mini Mills:
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1. There was lots of yarn, all made in the mill, from lace weight to bulky, and so many types of luxury fibres.
2. Tea cozies made from the felt produced on site.
3. Beautiful woven throw in a pinwheel design.
4. Same design in fewer colours. Alpaca. So soft.
5. Lousy picture of awesome heathered yarn (50/50 mohair/merino)
6. 100% (yes!) Camel down
I couldn't leave without some souvenir yarn, now could I? Youngest requested the rainbow mohair/merino for a winter hat and gloves, and I couldn't resist the autumn colours of this 100% wool. I bought 2 skeins of each.
Continue reading Summer Road Trip 2008 - Part 4 (the conclusion!).
Last thing first and old news after...
I finally got to meet Dave of Criminy Jickets, in person. Tempted by the scent of wholesale-priced Peace Fleece, and my offer to put together a group order, he was finally lured into the open (well, actually the warmth of a favourite coffee shop), to pick up his yarn. Leanne of To Knit is Divine came to get her yarn too, and to add to the Ottawa knit-blogger fest Sarah of The Fish Knits took advantage of our rendezvous to drop off Dave's and Leanne's shares of the Knit Picks group order that she had organized. Fortunately I had brought Youngest Child with me and she happily acted as photographer, snapping a pic with every camera available. This is the one I got. Dave and Leanne may have better ones. I think Sarah had camnesia. Only time will tell.
I assure you that Dave was only following Youngest Child's instructions to look serious, while the rest of us just couldn't manage it. Dave is a sweetheart and gifted both Sarah and me with scrumptious yarn as a token of appreciation for our mad group ordering skillz.
I finally got to meet Dave of Criminy Jickets, in person. Tempted by the scent of wholesale-priced Peace Fleece, and my offer to put together a group order, he was finally lured into the open (well, actually the warmth of a favourite coffee shop), to pick up his yarn. Leanne of To Knit is Divine came to get her yarn too, and to add to the Ottawa knit-blogger fest Sarah of The Fish Knits took advantage of our rendezvous to drop off Dave's and Leanne's shares of the Knit Picks group order that she had organized. Fortunately I had brought Youngest Child with me and she happily acted as photographer, snapping a pic with every camera available. This is the one I got. Dave and Leanne may have better ones. I think Sarah had camnesia. Only time will tell.
I assure you that Dave was only following Youngest Child's instructions to look serious, while the rest of us just couldn't manage it. Dave is a sweetheart and gifted both Sarah and me with scrumptious yarn as a token of appreciation for our mad group ordering skillz.
Continue reading The Big Snow, More Hats, AND Criminy Jickets!.
Well, the weather today was cold, grey, and raining. All day. So the Rhinebeck loot photos had to be taken on the corner of my desk, near the window and what little daylight there was. Anyway, I think I was pretty restrained in my acquisitions. Everything I bought fit into one shopping bag with room to spare. See?
What? You want a better look? Okay ...
Continue reading The Loot.
