Yarn and San Francisco

Well we’ve just got back to the hotel and are having a little rest. And as you can tell from the titel of this post – I got yarn!

Yes my first visit was to ImagiKnit in the Castro area of the city. Now I remember when it only occupied one storefront, now it covers two, it’s big! If you haven’t been there before it’s well worth going. They have everything from novelty yarns to worsted weight wool for felting. Plus patterns, knitting bags etc.

So it was tough looking in there and deciding what to get, in the end I bought six skeins of Cascade 220 – four in a royal blue and two of the quatro in a blue/green mix. I’m not sure if I’ll be mixing the two really. I always try and buy enough yarn for a sweater especially with worsted but then well it’s nice to have basics like that in the stash. Let’s see I also picked up KnitScene, new Vogue Knit1 and a fab dragonfly shaw pin. I saw it and decided to ask how much it was and was prepared to hear that it was very expensive but it turned out to be just under $19! A snip!

Then to Art Fibers where I spent ages picking out a surprise for Jeni, so long that I think I changed the colourway twice! I also got some Kyoto for me in a purple shade, plus one balls of a handpainted silk in red and black and two balls of a lace weight silk and wool that will apparently make a sweater. Now of course i’ll probably get really bored less than halfway through making that but what the hell, I may pick it up again in say five years and finish it!

Off now for dinner in Chinatown!