today, my friends, I am off to getknitted...

[Fillyjonk]

ds wants a pair of dragon mittens and i really don't have any suitable yarn, oh no...

and we are in bristol for the day anyway...

so, you know, its thelogical thing to do

will proabably be a flying visit with at least one grumpy kid but hey...

just wanted to share this, really

here is

i do love the amy butler stuff (though price is shocking) ditto seacell...

oh where did link go?

again, i say getknitted

at those too jealous to post...

Oh you cow

I so want to visit that shop. I shall content myself with ordering loads from their site instead

oohooohhohohoooooooh
Nice.
THough I am not allowed any new yarn.

ok i shall report back

does anyone want to know about anything in particular, tell me in the next 5 minutes.

will be looking mainly at very very nice and expensive stuff, today, stuff that i can't afford.

am hoping that they have a car park visable from shop so i can park car with (sleeping) kids and run and out in a paranoid shopliftering kind of way (oooh bad mummy alert, leaving kids in car whilst oogling yarn . it is for the best, i have found)

and report back on the latest yarns you see there.

i must admit i really want to see habu

i saw it at loop and liked it very much but was at the price

then i checked it on knitters review and found that it does have a fair meterage and is also as lovely as i thought

but they don't have it i don't think

ah now must go, bargains to be had

(oooh maybe they have a BARGAIN BIN!)

Have fun Cloudhopper

OOOPS I meant Fillyjonk - dur

My brain doesn't kick in 'til at least the fourth cup of tea

Is the shop really fabulous?

I am still on stash reduction. I went to the giant weirdo Toronto place on holiday and bought very little.

click on the lionk

it looks huge

it is, of course, possible that it somehow isnt'

oooh must go now, kids getting nicely hyped up ready to crash in car...

Dragon mittens? [wistful]

oh FECK i must go

yes bascially bog standard mitts but with spikes

am looking forward to this, ds will chooose wool if he is awake

right off now..

have a lovely time. Let me know whether it is worth a special camping weekend away in bristol.

I want the kit for the felted knitting needle bag

Seriously, hope you had a wonderful time. I am still hoping to go in summer...

oooh it was MARVELLOUS

more later

it is big and they have a kids play area and i got lots of wool (26 balls) for not much money really(£25)

Jeebus, that's cheap. Presumably it was all acrylic?

ok may be interupted but

2 x lornas laces
10 x ggh goa in v nice green (cotton/acrylic, neis)
10 x some ggh chunky merino in dyable cream
2 x sari lorna laces
3 x some turquoise eyelash yarn (not normally my thing but...this somehow worked/ ggh amelie

actually thats 27

i also got freebie pens and stuff

gosh hope wasn't undercharged...

oh and some noro but uncertain about it-silk garden

OOoooooh. Am so envious. Especially because I am a dilettante knitter anyway. Buying wool is my favourite bit.

What was it like? HOw big? Did they have mainly wool or a big fabric/other crafts section as well?

Did it have a bohemian vibe?

so many questions....

it had an odd vibe, kind of like a greasy spoon on the outside, oddly plasticy. It was on a seriously busy road and beneath a tower block.

but inside it was very nice, usual yarn shop really, wooden floors, white decor etc.

It didn't have much fabric, just amy butler and some really nice buttons, which i womanfully resisted

oooh it was SPLENDID!

I really need to start finishing some projects before I go there, or I will just end up spending loads for no reason. Have filed this for future reference under "when i need a pick me up".

BTW I saw the Any BUtler fabrics on their website, which gave me the idea that it might be a mecca for fabric hunters too.

I also do a nice line in collecting fabric for "future use". sad really but you have to have a vice of some sort.

thanks for sharing the experience - in a small way I feel I have been part of it - and much cheaper than actually going.