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May 9, 2005
My Cheatin' Heart
I loooooooove my LYS. I love their selection, their location, and mostly I love their staff. Everyone who works there is fabulous.
So I felt like an adultress today when I walked (okay, bounced) into a brand-new yarn store in San Jose, Commuknity. It's gorgeous. It's airy and spacious, but has discrete little spaces where you can sit and knit. They're so new that they're not fully stocked yet, but everything they've got so far is top-notch. I actually squealed when I saw the basket full of Artyarns Supermerino. I walked around with two skeins clutched to my bosom, much to the amusement of the owner.
The staff was marvelous, and I met the lovely and charming Nathania, who showed me pictures of Alpacas and the Harlot on her digital camera.
And their prices are GREAT. Oy, I'm doomed. Is yarn-store bigamy okay? I hope so.
I also visited another new (to me) yarn store this weekend, but I don't think I'll be visiting it often. Article Pract in Berkeley Oakland was gorgeous in that upscale hippie Berkeley Oakland way and had great stuff, but I was a little put off by the man-knitter minding the store. He was not unfriendly, but I wouldn't exactly have called him a kindred spirit. And then when I bought my yarn (more about that in a sec), I asked him to wind it, and he told me that they don't wind yarn for their customers. They have a winder thingamajig and he said I was welcome to use it, but that he wouldn't do it for me. I thought that seemed a little weird.
However, the yarn I got there - oh. my. god. I've never seen it anywhere else and I'd go back there just to get some more. Move over Manos, there's something fluffier: MalAbrigo merino! It was so soft it was like petting a sheep. Every time I've put it down after fondling it, I've examined my hands expecting them to be oily with lanolin. I need to find something to do with it quick, because my swatch is becoming, um, large. I can't stop knitting with it. AND it's cheaper than Manos! It's $12 per skein, but you get 200 yards. Woohoo!
I am such a yarn floozy.
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Malabrigo is my absolute favorite yarn. So soft, so gorgeous! My Nantasket Basket is made out of it. Want to know a better place to buy it, pricewise? http://handpaintedyarn.com/index.php?cPath=36&osCsid=ebd917759dc55db8b17d52d04c5ba41a
They are out of stock right now but keep an eye out. They have the best price on it normally ($7.50 skein).
Posted by: Rani at May 10, 2005 8:03 AM
Hmmm I may have to check out that yarn, sounds scrumptous. I know what you mean, I have 2 LYS that I try to frequent, one is new but the owner is so nice, the other one has been around forever has the nicest sales people, and they always remember what I'm working on no matter how many other customers they have. It's a dream. But anytime I'm at either place I feel guilty about not shopping at the other one. Fortunately they carry a vastly different array of yarns so I can justify.
Posted by: Rebekah at May 10, 2005 9:44 AM
$7.50?! Holy cow! This calls for further straying from my LYS. :) With all this guilt, I should be Catholic or something.
Posted by: Kate C. at May 10, 2005 11:32 AM
All this PG-13 talk of adultery, bigamy, bouncing, straying, and cheating is making me perspire! Please don't stop on my account though...
Posted by: bob at May 10, 2005 3:06 PM
Don't make me turn the hose on you, Bob.
Posted by: Kate at May 10, 2005 3:11 PM
Now you start with the HOSE talk already! Stop before I become titillated!
Posted by: bob at May 10, 2005 7:21 PM
Hi Kate! I was compelled to drop by after the comment you left on my site about Malabrigo. I can't believe I've never heard of this yarn before! I'm really digging their citrus colorway. And if it's as soft as they say, it would make a much better so-called-scarf than the Manos. Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Megan at May 13, 2005 2:42 PM