The Knitting Room

While in Calgary, I was also able to visit The Knitting Room. What a great store! It's got tonnes of yarn (including lots of things I'd never seen in person before!) packed in to a small(-ish) space, and the staff were very friendly. (If you look at the photo on the first page of the website, it's a little out of date. There were a lot more shelves in that space, and the table had been moved into the back room.) Also, who can turn down easy free parking?



I bought four hanks of the Estelle Cloud Cotton Eco. This yarn is so soft, I can hardly believe it's cotton! I bought the four hanks left in the colour I wanted... no idea what I'll do with it, but that's never stopped me before. And, I bought Barbara Walker's A First Treasury of Knitting Patterns. As I find myself designing more things, or combining elements from different patterns, I see more and more the value of stitch dictionaries.

Make One Yarn Studio

Make One Yarn Studio

This is an amazing LYS, I just have to say! Amy has done a really wonderful job with the place. It's very bright and inviting, has a good variety of fibres and price points, and nice, friendly staff. Granted, I was there on a weekday morning, so it was less busy than it might have been, but they made me a pot of tea! And, they had comfy couches for me to sit and knit while and drank my tea, before continuing with the shopping.


And, for full disclosure, I bought two skeins of Dream in Color Classy and a few Zephyr Style patterns: Wicked, Rusted Root and Juliet.