I'm home after spending the last several days visiting my dad in the suburbs of Boston. It was a short visit, but packed with fun. Besides hanging out with my dad and my sister, we saw two movies, two art museums, two yarn stores, and three sets of old friends (including 8 adults, 2 babies and 1 small child).
The yarn stores were Sit'n Knit in Melrose, and The Knitting Room in Arlington. They were both small but nice. Neither one seemed particularly special, but they both were friendly and had a servicable selection.
Meanwhile I've been trying to finish some of my many UFOs. Mostly I've been working on my Feather & Fan shawl (I had run out of yarn but managed to get more from a friend). And, emboldened by my sweater in Karabella's "special advertising section" in the Fall VK, I've also been trying to work on submissions for a couple publications with imminent deadlines. It's sure can take a long time to make swatches, especially when you keep ripping out and re-doing them to get each one just right...
If you were as close as Arlington, you should have stopped by at Woolcott & Co. in Harvard Sq. Great yarns (kind of $$) and fun quirky people.
Good luck with all your projects!!
Posted by: jessica~ | August 05, 2004 at 11:43 AM
Hi Alison - welcome back! Thanks for the yarn store reviews. Did you give your father the sweater you made for him?
Posted by: Ellen | August 06, 2004 at 11:01 AM
I wondered if that sweater was yours. Its gorgeous. One of my favorites in the whole issue. Seriously. :)
Posted by: amy boogie | August 07, 2004 at 09:28 PM
Next time you visit your dad, try and make it to Wild & Wooly in Lexington. And the First Church UU in Belmont or the Wellesley Hills church are both nice groups to drop in during the church year.
We're nice up here in Newburyport, too, but a little out of the way.
Posted by: julia fc | August 29, 2004 at 10:43 AM