[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want to Know Wednesday 1/31/18

Wed Jan 31 20:18:52 UTC 2018

Hi Amy, there is something absolutely magical about local yarn shops. I absolutely love them and every city I visit I make it a priority to visit one while I’m there. I wish I could afford to buy all of my on there. I once bought a miss Babs skein of yarn in Arlington  Virginia and I just don’t have the heart to use it LOL I like to touch and squish it a lot ha ha. It sounds like you have a very nice local yarn shop there how lucky you are! Are you in Baltimore? Melanie

> On Jan 31, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Amy Herstein via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> It is windy here in Maryland, too, but the difference is that it has
> turned extremely cold ... again. We had a tiny veneer of snow, nothing
> much, but enough to frost the grass a little.
> 
> If I have a choice, I love to buy my crafting tools and supplies from
> smaller businesses. Don't get me wrong. I do frequent larger
> businesses, especially online warehouses, but I've never grown weary
> of the charm of the smal-business craftsperson. I love and am grateful
> for their good service, their knowledge of the crafts, and their
> passion for what they do, and I love the chance to enroll in classes
> at local yarn stores and to network with other crafters. When I choose
> my sewing machine, I'd like to find a similar place; ditto for my
> fabric. Now that I've finished up my generalizing, here is some info
> about my specific place of choice.
> 
> Specifically, I love Clover Hill Yarn Shop. It was originally owned by
> a woman who had a young daughter, a husband, and five cats. She spins
> her own yarn and is a crocheting and knitting guru. So were the other
> women she hired; many was the time I came to see Jolene or her staff
> with a very hopelessly tangled mess of yarn or a project I'd goofed up
> so badly I couldn't make heads or tails of the mistakes I'd made. She
> or her staff always fixed them and sent me on my way ready to work on
> it again. During the time she owned the shop, I took classes from her
> or the others: a designing class, a tank top class (one of the
> projects I goofed up and then lost), a class during which we made a
> shawl, a mittens class, and more. Among my various and sundry
> unfinished objects is a beautiful, cabled, button-less sweater made
> out of a yarn no longer produced, one featuring a diamond cable on the
> back and each front, adorned with lace. Her shop is small, but the
> yarns are lovely, and the samples she knitted were lusciously
> tantalizing. The staff always remembered me, helped me sort out masses
> of complex knitting charts, and loved to help me choose just the right
> yarn for each project.
> 
> A while ago, Jolene sold her shop, but the women who bought it from
> her are just as good. They have chosen to structure their classes
> differently, but they've kept the sit-and-knit and sit-and-spin
> socials. They are just as helpful with charts, correcting badly abused
> projects, and selecting quality yarns.
> 
> Amy
> 
> On 1/31/18, Nella Foster via Nfb-krafters-korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hello to all of you crafters out there.  I'm still trying to get used to
>> writing 2018.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I hope all of you are having a wonderful day.  It is very windy here in
>> northwest Arkansas, but the temps are warm.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Today's question comes from Cathy and she wants to know the name of your
>> favorite place to purchase craft items and why you like this store.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I sure hope this discussion isn't going to cost me more money. Lol
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> As usual I look forward to reading all the responses.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Nella
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