Finally some knitting

I have been working on my Prayer Shawl and ran out of the yarn I was using so I stopped in to Juniper Fiberworks a few weeks ago to get some more. I was surprised to see the note on the door saying they were moving - Again. I had no idea that was the plan but on October 27th they shut the doors for a week to move to their new (and final) location. They were to open again on November 3rd. Excited to see the new store, I went on my lunch hour to the new store on November 3rd. They still had boxes and bins sitting outside and were unpacking items when I went in but they were open for business and I was able to find what I needed. I was afraid they'd be out since this was a discontinued item.

That's Garnstudio's Angora-Tweed which was discontinued sometime around 2004. Clara Parke's recent review from Knitter's Review on-line October 23rd edition told that Garnstudio has re-released the Angora Tweed and that the color I'm using, #15 light purple, is one that they kept. (They reduced the original 14 color group down to six.) I love this yarn! Its a sport-weight yarn with pretty, colorful slubs that change the lavendar color green and blue and white sometimes. It makes me want to knit a sock or something in stockinette just to see what the fabric would look like. The skeins are only 150 yards which is why I ran out so quickly while working on this shawl.

I purchased three more skeins hoping it would be enough to finish the shawl which was on stall the entire week while I waited for the store to re-open. I think 450 yards should be enought to finish. Depending on how much I use, I'll have to get three more skeins if I want to make a pair of socks with this yarn.

The new store seems nice and once they finish unpacking I know it will feel cozy like the last place. This is the permanent location as I was told they bought the building. Its just across the street from the old yarn shop that was open when I first moved to town almost sixteen years ago. The old building has been empty for awhile and was the temporary headquarters for the Obama team during the primary campaign. It was one of the buildings she looked at buying but settled on this location across the street. Its on Greenwood Ave. so getting in and out of the parking lot will be of necessity from turning right, there is no turning left across Greenwood right there.

Now its back to knitting on the prayer shawl and hopefully I won't drag this out over more than two seasons!