Tanya and I were lucky to have my husband along - no need to fight to see who drove while the other knit. We could both knit while my husband drove.
After dropping my husband off in downtown Halifax for the day, Tanya and I headed out for a wonderful day of yarn shopping and yarn harloting. Our first stop was an adorable knitting shop in Dartmouth called Tangled Skeins. I made a few purchases at this location. I purchased the most breathtaking shawl pattern - Queen of the Waves - by Ilga Leja (a knitting designer from the Halifax, NS area). I plan to knit this pattern using the yarn that will be spun from the fleece I purchased at London Wul a few weeks ago. Thank you Tanya for volunteering to spin this for me!
I also purchased some Rowan Tapestry in the Moorland colorway to make the Fetching fingerless gloves. I can't wait to get started on this pattern.
While looking for the Tangled Skeins, we discovered a rubber stamping shop, Carousel Rubber stamps, located on Queen Street in Dartmouth which has a very wide selection of stamps and stamp related products.
We then headed out for the Hydrostone Market on Young Street, where we had the most delectable lunch at Rogi Orazio, a senstational Italian restaurant. We visited the various shops in the market including LK Yarns, where I purchased 3 skeins of Fleece Artist Merino Sock Yarn. The following finds were astonishing at $10 a ball.
I also purchased the following Fleece Artist Somoko (65% Merino, 20% Kid, 10% Nylon and 5% Silk) sock yarn.
And finally, we ended the day with hilarious stories told by none other than Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (the Yarn Harlot). I purchased her latest book - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off. Stephanie autographed both my newly bought book and one of her previous books which I purchased and read about a year ago - At Knit's End.
Here is the best picture I managed to get... Not very good... Tanya has much better pictures on her blog.
It was great to have some other friends from Moncton - CJ, Manon and Dorine join us later in the day for this momentous event.
What an amazing day!
2 comments:
This was the best day ever! And I'm so happy I could share it with you and CJ.
Looking at those skeins of yarn I love them even more now. Especially the Somoko and the blue/green/brown sock yarn! WOW!
Yes, the Harlot event was really great (and thank you for reserving us seats).
With all that yarn you purchased, hope the pool deck is finished so you can start knitting now (or that we have lots of rain in the coming weeks).
Manon
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