Knit ATX

Austin, Texas is a happy place for me. I have family there. Some of my favorite food places are there. You don’t know true luxury until you wake up and walk to phenomenal breakfast tacos. And even though the weather there is usually much milder than back home, Austin has no shortage of stellar local […]

Knitcessities

A lot of things coming back to my Disney College Program lately! When I lived in Orlando in 2016, there were no local yarn shops. There was a needlepoint shop that had an indie dyer come in on the third Saturday of the month, but as I was working in housekeeping at the time, it […]

StevenBe

I had another wonderful weekend of dancing in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past weekend, and I once again took some time away from the dance floor to check out a much-anticipated local yarn shop! I first met StevenBe over a decade ago at the National Knit and Crochet show, that also happened to be in Minneapolis. […]

Nimblefingers

I think I am finally fully recovered from my swing dance weekend in Houston. That’s not to say that I didn’t have a blast and learn a lot (I also got to rock my new skirts). It was just so, so much dancing. I barely even had energy to knit by the time I got […]

Snips of Thread Revisited: The Yarn Pantry

Emma isn’t the only one who traveled to far-flung yarn shops in February. Her mom, Cyndi, also managed a stop at an old favorite with new digs. She agreed to share her thoughts on the updated store: A recent visit to my niece’s house to catch up with my sister took us to Humeston, Iowa—a […]

Mobile Yarn

Yes, I have been on a grand tour of the American Southeast this month. It wasn’t anything intentional. I would do just about anything to get out of the cold and my SAD funk… This opportunity came in the form of Rachel, my old college roommate. She’s amazing and smart, and she manages big-deal construction […]

Stash Tampa

I will never forget my first trip into a local yarn shop. The sheer awe of the yarn and the samples while getting to talk with truly like-minded people. Over the years, that glitter has worn away, and I thought I would probably never feel that way walking into another yarn shop. However, I did […]

Nina Chicago

During my blog hiatus, I made a trip to Chicago to visit my sister. Still a little nerve-wracking as we continue to muddle through this pandemic, but now that no one got sick, I’m really happy we went. One of the reasons I’m so happy about the trip was I got to partake once again […]

Gauge Yarn

I had to make another stop while I was in Austin. You may recall from my Easter Shawl post, the yarn I’m using came from one of the first yarn shops I ever visited: Gauge Yarn. I hadn’t been back since, so I decided to fix that. Truth be told, I ended up picking it […]

Knit Ewe Together

The “Adventures” are back! I celebrated a birthday last Thursday, and one of my gifts was a quick little trip up to Excelsior Springs, MO. It’s about half an hour outside of Kansas City proper. One of our destinations was a real, in-person, browsing excursion to a new yarn shop: Knit Ewe Together. It’s conveniently […]