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april 18, 2003
is there a knitting store around here?
Well, I couldn't go on vacation without researching whether there was a good knitting shop in the area! After spending a couple of hours at a local playground with the boys yesterday, I took a chance and took them with me to Wolfe Fiber Arts right in Columbus. What a great store! They had tons of great yarn and books and a lot of really good needles and neat notions, too (I'm a sucker for notions!). And I have never seen so many patterns in one place before. Simply incredible. I wish I'd had more time (baby-free time, that is) to really take a look at them all. The boys were very good though and the shop was quite baby-friendly. My double stroller was a bit too big to push around the store, but the ladies in the shop chatted with the boys by the hearth near the entrance (the store is in an old house) and read a few baby books with them. Bonus! I ended up finding some patterns I hadn't seen elsewhere and snapped them up, along with some more Rowan all season's cotton (did I mention that I am in love with this yarn?!). With the boys being so good and the store so great, how could I not get a little something? If you're ever in Columbus, I totally recommend this store. I'm looking forward even more to coming back to the convention next year, so I can go back to Wolfe Fiber Arts!
Otherwise, I've been having too good of a time playing games to really do much knitting. Minimal progress on the front of the Rebecca tank is all I have to report. Hey, I'm on vacation!
posted by alison at 10:07 pm | in
vacation 2003
Alison, you continue to amaze me. Wow, would I love to chronicle my vacation on the blog. Only hubby would have my head for sure. Not even newspapers are allowed. I have to say, I can't complain. When I see people with cells attached to their ears during their entire vacation, I think "thank goodness I didn't marry that dude." I'm from the Midwest, but I never visited Columbus. Your comments echo what I've heard in the past, though. Nice city, very friendly place to live. I'm so glad you're having such a wonderful time. I've been looking at the All Seasons Cotton as well and after hearing you rave about it, I'm very tempted to start a tank soon. Keep on truckin'.
Hey Kerstin! I'm not really a gotta have my cell phone and internet all the time kinda person, but we decided to bring the laptop along for the afternoons and evenings when the boys were sleeping and one of us was stuck in the hotel room watching the baby monitor. It was fun blogging the vacation. I hope it will remind me what a good time we had!
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