A local yarn shop review.
Ellen was packing for Stitches West so most of her sock yarn was boxed up. I will use this as an excuse to hit her shop again next time I’m in town. She and her husband were helpful so I started my Christmas shopping (this is early, even for me, but she had some really cute socks).


If you’re in the area, you’ll also want to swing by so you can love on her shop dogs and enjoy the great natural light in the store.


And you can get some lunch and hang out in the area if you like because it is picturesque.


Ps. This is one of the cleanest and neatest yarn shops I’ve been in in spite of the fact that she was boxing up for a show.

Tags: Dallas, Desert Designs Knitz, LYS Review

A local yarn shop review.

I was asked if I needed help when I entered the shop, but felt like I was interrupting the knitting group that was going on. Honestly, the whole group was giving off a pretty unhappy vibe for ladies knitting in a yarn shop in the middle of the day on a Thursday. Or maybe I looked a bit too Austin hippy for their taste in my flip flops, frayed jeans and T-shirt (Texas “winters” rock). Either way, I was able to get the help I needed finding a few things I’ve not seen previously. I bought:
Fiesta Baby Boom – Sun Face (first orange I’ve purchased with the intention to knit socks for myself)
Viking of Norway Nordlys superwash – 957 aka purple/pink. (I would have preferred the blue, but it was too smurfy).

The bags and bags of yarn around the store were somewhat off-putting too, so I doubt I’ll be back just because I wasn’t a fan of the whole feel of the shop. But, in the interest of fairness, I should note that there is a 10% discount for joining the shop’s ravelry group and the shop’s prices are pretty reasonable with the discount.

Tags: Dallas, LYS Review

I’ve been to Twisted Yarns in Old Town Spring before and had a chance to hit it again around New Year’s with J. I determined not to buy any yarn and was holding firm until they said all the yarn was 20% off. I’m not made of steel wool.

This is what I got. Fuchsia Ombre’ Fingering. I’m planning to try my first two at a time socks with it. I enjoy this LYS, so if you’re in the Houston area and have time for a trip to Spring, check it out!

Tags: LYS Review, sock yarn, Spring, Texas, yarn