The Twin Cities is an awesome place to be a KNITTER

Back to Sunday....Christy and I went to St. Peter as some of you know...and not only is there 1 really nice yarn shop in town...there are 2! I left out of my earlier post (because of Heroes on Monday night...and then didn't get back here on Tuesday due to not wanting to miss a minute of Hugh Laurie last night) that we proceeded from Mary Lue's just over over one block and up...to The Tangled Skein. The town's population is around 10.5K as of 2005 but they have 2 yarn shops...well for now...Mary Lue's is moving to Mankato in July after all....

(But isn't it awesome to be in the Twin Cities surrounded by so many wonderful yarn shops and Knitters!!??!!! Damn straight it is!)

Lori, one of the owners, was on hand at The Tangled Skein to assist and answer questions. There were a group of ladies learning to knit socks at the very large table in the middle of the shop and all the while a lovely April Shower fell on the countryside. They had an excellent selection of Noro and Rowan yarns to name just two...there were lots of other yarns like Lorna's Laces and Koigu... I got the chance to fondle the Rowan Calmer and fall in love with the idea of knitting with it. Unfortunately for me the only color they had enough of for my project was red...and I did a red cotton tank 2 years ago. But at least I know what it feels like now.

Nothing new happening this week. I'm up to the garter ridge on the tee I'm knitting...pictures to come in a week or so. Ace (I did NOT name her) has decided she loves to be in my spring knitting bag...she actually pushed the zippered case out of it first before curling up with the alpaca yarn for a snuggle.

Its good to be a knitter...or a cat living with a knitter...here in Minnesota.