It was only so long before I succumbed to my inner koigu. So yesterday I took a lunchtime field trip and walked up to Knit NY. It was the only one of the 3 koigu sources that I consider walking distance. It was too nice to squander the time by taking the subway. I wish I did.
While the store had a good selection of koigu and yes some came home with me (not to mention the opportunity to fondle first hand Misti Alpaca laceweight – which I orded from elsewhere when I got back), the trip didn’t have the same kind of satisfaction it should have.
First the store had an odor that reminded me of cat pee. Not one of my favorite smells, but as an owner of cats one that I am not unfamiliar with.
Ringing up my sale of two skeins of koigu took an amazingly long time. I complicated matters by changing my mind on one skein of Misti Alpaca and putting it back. The process was endless and it wasn’t because of a line as I was the only shopper there.
What had me really wishing that I had gone to my first choice of Purl was the $1 a use sign on the ballwinder!!! What’s up with that? There was a note on the table that indicated we were chipping in for a new one. Yeah not. I already plunked down my $40+ for one at home. If theirs was falling apart, buy a new one and write it off as a business expense. I think that was my last visit there and I’m not so hip to use that yarn..
I’ll take the subway next time.
I started the first row of the snowflake this morning on the train so Alex’s Fana is coming along. Not going to be able to go to the beloved SNB at Modern Yarn tonight as the folks are away for the weekend and I can’t get a babysitter. Sigh. I have to head there over the weekend though as the Cascade Bollicine in bright pink and white that I also ordered for Kat’s Fana is in. I’m eager to compare the yarns. I don’t much like the Checkheaton I’m using for Alex as it is very splitty though the results are nice.
Craft on!
