sheep in the city

Adventures in knitting

So, Friday night after not feeling so hot for a couple days, I went to knit with some friends down at at Stella's, a local coffee joint. It was just what I needed. Cathi, Cynthia, Katie and Lacey were all there...they didn't mind that I spent most of the time sniffling and wiping my nose. What friends! We were there a couple of hours and then we all simultaneously got hungry, so Lacey and Katie went home and the three of us remaining went to Jerusalem Restaurant. For those of you who live in Denver, I highly recommend visiting this restaurant. On friday and Saturday nights they are open 24 hours, but diring the rest of the week they are only open until 4:00...A.M!!! This was one little tidbit that I didn't know, but I'm glad that I know now. Anyway, we sat there and talked and ate, and talked and ate. It was great conversation and great food. Falafel, Hommoss, Chicken Kabob, and Baba Ghanouj all served with pitas and rice...mmmm, it was good! Here's a peek at the dessert case:

And check out these cookies. Hmmm...interesting. While we were there Cynthia, who is actively trying to develop her stash right now, and I decided to go out in search of yarn the next day. Fast forward to Saturday afternoon. Cynthia had never been to the world's largest "self proclaimed" yarn store, so we headed to Showers of Flowers first. I'm no longer that impressed with their store though. I'm not sure if it's because

A) I have enough yarn, or
B) It just seems like they have too much backstock, and that it seems like a waste.

I walked out with nothing, and Cynthia bought a pair of DPN's. (I'm going to help her start some socks soon) Next we headed to Strawberry Tree. We arrived at 3:59...they closed at 4:00. So we headed to The Aurora Yarn Supply, this was the one remaining store that I hadn't visited, they closed at 4:00 too. Foiled again. As a last ditch effort, and because I wanted Cynthia to have plenty of opportunity to enlarge her stash, I broke down and visited Knitty Cat after an 8 month break. All is well. I even bought a skein of yarn, which I have dubbed Fuax-gu. It is the same type of yarn as Koigu. (which we saw 3 skeins of the whole day) It's Cherry Tree Hill, which will make a pair of socks with one skein. One pricey skein...but one skein none the less. Cynthia has some pictures posted of what she purchased, she bought some Manos and Cherry Tree Hill as well, so go check them out. They are very Cynthia colors! So, in the end, we were able to find yarn, but it wasn't as easy as we thought when we headed out in the first place! It was fun, but we definitely had to work to find some yarn in this city!! Note to self...when yarn shopping on a Saturday...most stores in Denver close at 4:00. Why? I have no idea. It seems silly to close that early on the weekend. At least Cynthia found a little bit of yarn for the stash, that was the goal of the day...so in a round about way, mission accomplished!