This week I have been participating in the 2009 Yarn Quest. It has been educational, interesting, and lots of fun! On July 11th, I picked up my yarn store card and have been visiting each of the seven participating stores. This is my first Yarn Quest...and it will definitely not be my last.
The first store that I stopped at was the
Black Sheep Wool Co. I had never been to this store, so I was really excited to go and see what all they had. It got off to a little bit of a rough start when I arrived at 10:00am and they were not open. I sat there and waited until 10:40am....when, finally, the worker arrived. The shop is small but they had a lot of gorgeous yarn and cute samples. One of my favorite things about this shop is their selection of buttons. I don't think that I have ever seen so many buttons in one place. They also had some really fun DPN holders and project bags.
My next stop was at
Blazing Needles. This is a brand new shop that I have never been to before. They will be celebrating their one year anniversary on July 23rd. I have looked at their website so I knew a little bit about them but I really wanted to go and see the store in person. This store has a lot of potential. Right now, they don't have a ton of stuff but I can see them building the store into something really cool. I love their classroom and I think that it is so neat that they have a felting room! They had a really good selection of purse handles and buttons.
Next, I was off to
The Wool Cabin. I had been to this store once before but I couldn't really look around because I had Elizabeth with me. I really enjoyed my time at this store. Other than Kamille's, it is probably my favorite. They had some really fun yarns and samples. Their selection is huge and they have lots of different kinds of patterns and notions. I bought a pattern for a darling knitted dress that I cannot wait to make. So Fun! I will definitely be going back to this shop!
I quickly stopped at
Kamille's but did not do any shopping. Since I am at the shop on a weekly basis, I decided to spend my time at the shops that I do not get to very often. I will say that I think Kamille's shop is probably the cutest shop out of all of the participating shops. Kamille's is cozy and friendly. She has a huge selection of yarn compared to some of the other shops.
Unwind was the next shop on my quest. I have to say that the owner of this shop was so nice. She took a real interest in making sure that I was happy and finding everything that I need. She had some really cute patterns and yarns. They have a huge selection of amigurumi animal patterns...and even ones that you can buy pre-made. I really like their selection of Lantern Moon bags and On Line Linie 5 Corafino yarns. I also found information about this really fun website www.mybootee.com.
Next, I was off to
Unraveled Sheep. This was probably my least favorite shop. It is kinda small and I did not love the atmosphere. They did have a nice selection of purse handles and beads though. The only yarns that I am really interested from this store is their selection of Cascade Yarns and their Berroco Love It yarns.
I ended my quest at
Three Wishes. This store is very big and seems to specialize in spinning. I haven't tried spinning yet but if I ever decide to, I will have to check out this store again. They do offer a few really nice yarns. They have Bebe Cotsoy, Sublime, Ella Rae Classics, and Tabali. They also offer Sublime and Sirdar Patterns.
