Twin Cities Part 2
My first LYS stop in St. Paul was Borealis Yarns, a shop I had not visited before. The front of the shop was very nice with a good selection of yarns. They had Lucy Neatby yarn which I had not seen before, and many of the standards. I then wandered into the glorious back room where they have a great selection of sock yarns.
I had a VERY hard time holding back because there were so many beautiful items, but I ended up limiting myself to two. First, this beautiful Silky Sock by Great Adironack. Totally reminds me of a peacock - the color name is Fiesta.
And this Opal Feelings yarn will make fairly thick stripes. The colors reminded me of something my mom would like, and wouldn't you know, when I was showing her my purchases she claimed this one for herself.
I would have liked to have purchased some of the Lucy Neatby yarn as well, but was trying to limit myself at this point.
My next stop was The Yarnery. The last time I visited this store, I saw Malabrigo for the first time and purchased some laceweight which I am currently making into a swallotail shawl/scarf.
This time around I went with some Malabrigo worsted weight in a color that is pretty close to burnt orange. If paired with cream, it could probably pass for burnt orange. I don't have any specific plans in mind for this, so it will probably marinate in my stash until the right project comes along.
The next day on my way to Northfield, I stopped at this new store in Lakeville - Knitter's Palette. How I wish this store had been around when I was in college - it would have been so convenient! I didn't buy anything because I had already spent quite a bit, but it was a lovely store and I hope they do really well. I will definitely go back to visit next time I'm in town.
And because I can't resist a good wind turbine, here's one of the many turbines I saw scattered around on my trip. This is Carleton's own wind turbine.
