And so it continues...
San Diego is an absoutely gorgeous town, and both Brandon and I were sad to return to Phoenix. Of course, yarn stores were visited between trips to Tijuana (blech!), the zoo, the beaches, and eating lots of cheap, awesome food.
Needlecraft Cottage was the first stop, right on Pacific Beach. It's mostly needlework stuff, but they have a nice selection of yarn. I ended up with some Online Linie 43 Punta (a black eyelash and metallic purple, blue, gold, etc. boucle), a ball of GGH Joy, a sweater defuzzer for those nasty felting fuzzies, and a pair each of bamboo straights in 11 and 13, as I couldn't wait to get home to make some more fast scarves. The yarn store lady was very helpful in pointing us towards some great restaurants.
We went farther eastward to check out two stores, but they were closed. Their loss!
Saturday we visited Knitting in La Jolla, which is an awesome store. The prices really astounded me, given that it's such a ritzy area - many of them were lower than we find in Minnesota. They've got an awesome selection of Colinette and Rowan and K1C2 and Trendsetter and lots of other stuff I usually don't see so extensively. To top it off, there were SALE items (including nice stuff like Rowan). I wanted to buy lots, but I limited myself to two skeins of Bartlett that were about $5 each, one in turquoise and one in tan - they'll make a cute felted bag. This lady was also really helpful.
We've been back in the Phoenix area since Monday but really haven't gotten out much. Yesterday we had the adventure of going out to Tortilla Flat through the Superstition Mountains. The scenery's nice, but the drive's trecherous, and neither of us is really into the Old West/Southwest stuff that's around here. Before we left, however, we went up to Scottsdale to visit Arizona Knitting and Needlework. HOLY COW. They've got skeins hanging from the ceiling, even! I saw a ton of stuff by Berocco that I'd never seen in person before, as well as a lot of other obscure things. They've got half a store full of Colinette, I swear. To make things even better, these were the NICEST yarn store ladies I've ever met in my life. We jabbered quite a bit and they understand my urge to roll around and fondle yarn. They get it. I walked out of there with an older Jaeger magazine for $2 (marked down from $12!), two balls of Berocco Uxbridge Tweed in the beautiful green color (it'll be a scarf for a friend), a ball of some Wendy yarn that's a thick-and-thin wool/acrlyic blend which I'm turning into a scarf for my step-sis, and a skein of Mountain Colors Bearfoot in their firey colorway... my lord. This was a very luxurious purchase, as it was $19 for the skein, but it'll make a pair of the most gorgeous socks ever. It's a superwash/mohair/nylon blend and is wonderfully soft and has a really nice halo. I'm so excited about it!
I've finished the Punta and Joy scarves already. I should take a picture of my mom in her Punta scarf before we leave today (we're currently at her house digesting our big Thanksgiving meal). I've got a really good start on the Uxbridge scarf, which I'm doing on 10.5's in a 2x2 rib, and I'm very close to being able to start the heel turn on the first of Jack's socks. It's amazing how much knitting I'm getting done when I'm not even doing a lot of it!
I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
Tipper @ 3:57 PM * link
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