All posts tagged: stash

sin city knit shop, las vegas

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The second LYS I visited was the Sin City Knit Shop on E. Windmill Ln. From the look of it, this shop has been around for quite some time. I think I recall being told that until Mirage Fiber Arts opened its doors it was the only one in Vegas for a while. I had the immediate feeling that the people relaxing and knitting were all good friends, and was greeted as if I was a part of that circle too. I can’t tell you how at home I felt here! I said I was looking for some sock yarn, and everyone there sounded off with great suggestions of what was in stock! It may have been for that reason that I wasn’t even entirely sure who was the owner of Sin City Knits, it was like everyone was at home, I was a guest, and there happened to be a ton of yarn around. The atmosphere is too charming here. I decided to pick up one of Sin City knits’ own dyed sock yarns …

​ mirage fiber arts, las vegas

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While on my thanksgiving weekend trip to Las Vegas with Nick, I took advantage again of Ravelry’s fantastic LYS finder resource and found two shops to visit. The first was Mirage Fiber Arts on S. Buffalo drive. The moment I walked in, I was warmly greeted by the ladies knitting on those adorable rocking chairs. Their full walls suggested a generous and well curated selection of squishy yarns. I spent most of my time there handing skeins of alpaca or mohair to Nick and insisting that he squeeze and appreciate them. While convincable, I was mostly on the hunt for something more local than the usual staples of Malabrigo or Berocco, and found what I was looking for. A skein of Nerd Girl Yarns Swagger in “I Ain’t Nobody’s Bitch”, and Ethereal Fibers’ Dark Matter Sock, a 70/20/10 Merino/Yak/Nylon yarn, which is unfortunately not the most well catalogued yarn on Ravelry. Stranded Show-Off pattern another try?) I’ll share my second LYS experience with you very soon! For now, I’ve got an Ease sweater to finish …

places : toronto, ontario

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With just my iPhone in tow (tried to travel light), I spent a rushed three days exploring Toronto on foot. Naturally I had to ask Yelp where the nearest LYS’s were. Yarns Untangled . This small shop is gorgeously lit and incredibly well curated, I wanted to bring every one of their skeins home. I took this yarn lust as an opportunity to manage my stash. I took a good look at the entries in my Ravelry stash section, and carefully assigned the relevant ones to projects on my queue. Once that was done, I had the conscience-clearing parameters needed to make my special souvenir yarn purchase — it’s gonna have to be a skein of super soft fingering wool for the Slide socks by Cookie A. My next stop was Romni Wools , which was an overwhelming experience. The first floor was absolutely brimming with yarn of all weights and colors! I chose a Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the Sequoia colorway, entirely for sentimental reasons–for Nick and my first year, we visited the …

places : solvang, santa barbara

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Nick and I decided to celebrate our 6-month weekend by making a two-hour drive over to Solvang, CA. I took on navigating and shotgun-knitting responsibilities for the ride. An absolute burden, I know. Coming along with me were my Two-at-a-time Toe-Ups on the magic loop bought while on my stop in Ashland, Oregon. (I regret not properly documenting that awesome little LYS adventure!) It’s awesome to not have to worry about a tiny DPN falling right out of my project and falling into the crumb-filled crevice between the seats! Seriously people, if you are a victim of stopping mid-project to fish through crap for your lost DPNs, learn magic loop. It just might change your life. I’ve only been to Solvang once in the last decade or so, but distinctly remembering getting to feed ostriches. So when I saw this big obnoxious OSTRICHLAND! sign, we had to stop to feed those god awfully ugly yet fascinating living dinosaurs. The feeding bowl + dust pan combination is a little high-tech for my tastes, but I did …

wip: rhubarb + another stash acquisition

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GD is a joy to see progress and all, but it’s past the point of being really hot and cumbersome now, so I’ve been gravitating hard toward this nice and portable kindle-friendly sock project. The Rhubarb socks are slowly growing, I’m pretty sure I’ll hit the 75% mark by the end of this coming week. I’m aching to get these off the needles and on my feet already. Metal or plastic needles might help lower the frustration level of this project, but I have this entirely irrational need to finish these socks with the same needles with which they were stared. That way it’ll know who’s the boss, right? Oh, and about that new Regia skein! A good knitter friend and I were driving over to a café for some sketching and she reminded me that A Major Knitwork was just a block up from where we were that very second. We just had to check it out. I saw that particular skein in those particular colors, and just needed to see those become a …